Dr. Chinchu Cherian has expertise in soil characterization, chemical soil stabilization, waste treatment and stabilization, smart and sustainable construction materials, and so on. Dr. Cherian is also proficient in advanced microscopic and spectroscopic analysis such as scanning and transmission electron microscopy (SEM/TEM), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS).

Prior to joining UNBC, Dr. Cherian was a Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer in the School of Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC). Dr. Cherian holds a PhD in Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), an M.Tech in Environmental Geotechnology from the National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), and a B.Tech in Civil Engineering from Mahatma Gandhi University in India.

During the postdoctoral position at Dr. Sumi Siddiqua's Advanced Geomaterials Laboratory at UBC Okanagan, Dr. Cherian was actively involved in a variety of academic and joint industry projects. They also got substantial teaching expertise in the domains of civil and geo-environmental engineering as a lecturer at UBC and Okanagan College. Currently, Dr. Cherian serves on the Education committee and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) committee of the Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS).