Prior to his appointment at UWA, Ali Karrech was a Senior Research Scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation until July 2012. He had also held the position of Assistant professor at the Petroleum Institute of Abu Dhabi (2007-2009).

Professor Karrech obtained his Higher Doctorate (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) in Engineering Sciences from the Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (Paris, France) in 2013. He received his PhD in Structures and Materials and his MSc in Mechanics of Solids, Materials, and Structures from the Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (Paris, France) in 2007 and 2004, respectively. Professor Karrech has a Multidisciplinary Master of Engineering from Tunisia Polytechnic School in 2001.

Professor Karrech's research expertise is in materials, structures, multi-physics modelling, minerals processing, and computer methods for resource engineering.

• Engineering Materials (ENSC1004) -- Unit Coordinator since 2021;
• Finite Element Method (GENG5514) -- Unit coordinator since 2014;
• Surface Mining (MINE4503) -- Unit coordinator since 2014;
• Material behaviour from Atoms to Bridges (ENSC1002) -- Unit coordinator in 2016;
• Resource Extration tehnologies (ENSC3011) -- Lecturer in 2013, 2014, and 2015;
• Risk, Reliability and Safety (GENG5507) -- Tutorials in 2013, 2014, 2015;
• Computational Solid Mechanics (CIVL8140) -- Lecturer 2011 and 2012;
• Numerical Methods and Modelling (GENG4405) -- Lecturer 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Computational geo-mechanics (Finite Element Method, Discrete Element Method...);

Resource engineering (surface mining, in-situ leaching, enhanced oil recovery...);

Mineral processing (hydrometallurgy);

Waste repurposing;

Thermal-Hydraulic-Mechanical-Chemical Coupling; 

Non-equilibrium thermodynamics of natural materials;

Large transformations (finite strain/rotations, instabilities in materials and structures);

Phenomenological and upscaling based damage mechanics; 

Dynamics and vibration;

Granular materials; 

Composite materials; 

Construction and building materials; 

Homogenisation and overall effective media;