Selda Oterkus is an Associate Professor in the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean, and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. She is also the Vice-Director of the PeriDynamics Research Centre. Her research is mainly focused on multiphysics analysis of materials and structures using peridynamics. She is a prolific author in this area and has delivered lectures and seminars on it all around the world. She is also an academic editor of the Shock and Vibration journal and an editorial board member of Journal of Peridynamics and Nonlocal Modeling.