Dr. Bathurst (BSc., MSc., Ph.D. 1986 Queen's) is Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada where he has taught since 1980. He also holds a cross-appointment with the Civil Engineering Department at Queen's University. Dr. Bathurst is Past-President of the North American Geosynthetics Society, International Geosynthetics Society, Canadian Geotechnical Society and the Engineering Institute of Canada. He has authored or co-authored more than 220 papers in refereed journals (including the journal Nature), 20 book chapters and more than 250 contributions in conference proceedings.Dr. Bathurst is Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed technical journal Geosynthetics International which is an official journal of the International Geosynthetics Society, Editor-in-Chief of the ASCE International Journal of Geomechanics and an Associate Editor of the technical journal Geotextiles and Geomembranes which is also an official journal of the International Geosynthetics Society.He has received best paper awards including: 2021 ASCE Geo-Institute Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award; 2013 ASTM Hogentogler Award; R.M. Quigley Award of the CGS in 2015, 2008, 2007 and 2004; Crampton Prize of the UK Institution of Civil Engineers in 2017; 2009 and 2006 Gzowski Medal of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering; Georisk (2011, 2021); Geosynthetics International (2024), Geotextiles and Geomembranes (2024, 2021, 2014, 2011, 2005 and 2000); Soils and Foundations (2012). He received honourable mention (runner-up best journal paper) on six occasions.He was the recipient of: 2016 Legget Medal of the Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS) (senior award of the CGS); 2015 Meyerhof Award (CGS); 2002 Geosynthetics Division Award; 2003 CGS Cross-Country Lecture; and the IGS Gold Medal Award (now called the IGS Technical Award) in 2023, 2010, 1998 and 1994. He was awarded the 2024 Julian C. Smith Medal of the EIC "For achievement in the development of Canada".In 2021 Dr. Bathurst was awarded the IGS "Bathurst Lecture" in recognition of contributions in the area of soil reinforcement and delivered at a plenary session of the quadrennial International Conference on Geosynthetics. Dr. Bathurst is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Engineering Institute of Canada and Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, and was elected Honorary Foreign Member of the Japanese Geotechnical Society in 2019. In 2017 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada which is the highest academic award in Canada. He is the 2024-25 Geo-Institute USA Lecturer.