My research interests deal with mechanical definitions of the soil behavior, using parametric studies, model developments, and laboratory experiments. My research laboratory enables examination of soil in a unique thermodynamic environment, reliable evaluation of the full stress-strain range, operation of high pore pressure, full temperature control and ultrasonic wave measurements. The laboratory is designated to test hydrate-bearing soil; sediment which has been recently studied in the context of energy production. In addition to this research topic, I investigate soil viscosity issues, the stability of underground openings, discrete modeling of soil grains assembling soil sample, and analytic continuum mapping of individual geotechnical test results.

Klar, A. and S. Pinkert. 2010. Steady state solution for cylindrical penetrometers. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Method in Geomechanics, 34:645-659.
Pinkert, S. and A. Klar. 2011. Discussion of evaluation of undrained shear strength using full-flow penetrometers, by J. T. DeJong, N. J. Yarfrate, and D. J. DeGroot. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 138(6):763-765.
Klar, A., S. Pinkert, and J. T. DeJong. 2013. Evaluation of a logarithmic-law strength rate parameter using full-flow penetrometers. ICE Geotechnical Research, 1(2):53-59.
Pinkert, S. and J. L. H. Grozic. 2014. Prediction of the mechanical response of hydrate bearing sands. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 119(6):4695-4707.
Pinkert, S. and J. L. H. Grozic. 2015. Failure mechanisms in cemented hydrate bearing sands. Journal and Chemical and Engineering Data, 60(2):376–382.
Pinkert, S., J. L. H. Grozic and J. A. Priest. 2015. Strain softening model for hydrate bearing sands. International Journal of Geomechanics – ASCE, 15(6):04015007, 1-6.
Pinkert, S. and A. Klar. 2015. Enhanced strain softening model from cyclic full-flow penetration tests. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 142(3):04015087, 1-6.
Pinkert, S. 2016. Rowe's stress-dilatancy theory for hydrate bearing sand. International Journal of Geomechanics – ASCE, 17(1):1-5.
Pinkert, S. and J. L. H. Grozic. 2016. Experimental verification of a prediction model for hydrate bearing sand. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 121:4147–4155.
Pinkert, S. 2017. The lack of true cohesion in hydrate-bearing sands. Granular matter. 19(57):1-11.

- PhD (special direct program towards PhD)
Geotechnical Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion IIT, Israel. Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Assaf Klar. Thesis: ‘Solution of steady state plastic flow problems in saturated clays.’
- BSc (Summa Cum Laude)
Structural Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion IIT, Israel.