École Centrale Paris
Lyesse Laloui obtained his master's degree in Civil Engineering in 1987 at the Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics (ENTP) in Algiers. He continued his studies at École Centrale Paris with an advanced Master in Soil and Structural Mechanics in 1989. In 1993 he successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Modelisation du comportement thermo–hydro–mecanique des milieux poreux anelastique". After a post-doc at École Centrale Paris, he joined EPFL in 1994 where he became a Chair Full Professor in civil engineering.