Luke Bisby

Luke Bisby
Born
Canada
CitizenshipCanada; United Kingdom
Alma materMcGill University (BEng); Queen’s University (MSc, PhD)
Known forBehaviour of structures and materials in fire; Expert witness to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry; Co-Editor-in-Chief of Fire Safety Journal
AwardsFellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2021); Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2019); Howard Medal, Institution of Civil Engineers (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsStructural fire engineering, civil engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of Edinburgh, Queen's University at Kingston, Université Laval
Thesis Fire Behaviour of Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Reinforced or Confined Concrete  (2003)

Luke Alexander Bisby is a Canadian-born structural engineer whose research focuses on how buildings and infrastructure behave in fire. He is Chair of Fire and Structures in the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh and serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier’s Fire Safety Journal.