JOSÉ CAMPOS E MATOS

Assistant Professor with Habilitation

ORCID: 0000-0002-1536-2149

Prof. Dr. José António Silva Carvalho Campos Matos is an assistant Professor at Department of Civil Engineering of the School of Engineering of University of Minho. Since 2007, he has been teaching, supervising master's and doctoral theses at UMinho. Member of ISISE- Institute of Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering. Graduated in civil engineering in 2002, he obtained a master's degree in civil engineering structures in 2008 and a PhD in civil engineering in 2013, in the area of probabilistic safety assessment of existing structures. Research fields are asset management systems, life cycle costs (LCC), safety assessment, risk assessment and sustainability. Author or co-author of more than 250 publications in international conferences and journals. He participates in several international committees, coordinating several international working groups. It also coordinates research projects such as SIRMA - Strengthening Infrastructure Risk Management in the Atlantic Area (Interreg), InfraCrit - Development of a Management System for Critical Infrastructures (Portugal 2020), SustIMS - Sustainable Infrastructure Management System (Portugal 2020) , SAFEWAY - GIS_Based Infrastructure Management System for Optimization of Response to Extreme Events in Land Transport Networks (Horizon 2020), Action COST TU 1406 - Quality specifications for road bridges, European-wide standardization (BridgeSpec), among others. Past-President of the European Association on Quality Control of Bridges and Structures (EuroStruct), VicePresident of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) and Chairman of Commission 8 of fib - federation internationale du beton.

DANIEL OLIVEIRA

Associate Professor

ORCID: 0000 0002 8547 3805

Daniel V. Oliveira, Portuguese, has a Bachelor degree (5-years duration, 1993) and a Master degree (2-years duration, 1996) in Civil Engineering by University of Porto, and a PhD Degree (2003) in Civil Engineering by University of Minho. Currently, he is Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of University of Minho. His main research interests are related to the experimental and numerical analysis of traditional and heritage masonry structures, earthquake engineering, repair and strengthening of masonry, earthen construction, vernacular stone heritage, risk analysis and durability. Daniel Oliveira has been involved in more than 40 research projects in the field of masonry, funded on a competitive basis, carrying out coordination tasks in 7 international and 5 national projects. In particular, he has been the principal investigator of the HeritageCare project, and the UMinho local coordinator of NIKER and OPHERA projects, funded by the European Commission. He supervised 5 post-Doc students, 30 PhD students and 90 MSc students, from Portuguese and international universities. He is author of more than 300 technical and scientific publications about masonry (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8547-3805), currently holding a Scopus h-index of 40. He worked in 5 RILEM committees as researcher (being the Secretary in two of them), dealing with the performance of masonry and earthen constructions. Daniel Oliveira is Deputy Coordinator of the international Master course in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions (SAHC, www.msc-sahc.org), coordinated by University of Minho and funded by the European Commission as Erasmus Mundus Master Course for a period of 10 consecutive years, award winner of the “EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards 2017”. From 2017 to 2019, Daniel Oliveira was the President of the School Council of the School of Engineering, University of Minho, the body in charge of the government and strategic decisions of the School of Engineering.

JOSÉ SENA-CRUZ

Associate Professor

ORCID: 0000 0003 3048 1290

José SENA CRUZ is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Minho. He is Co-Director of the ISISE (https://isise.net/) Research Center (more than members 80 members with doctorates; more than 180 doctoral students; funding 14MEURO/year), since 2023, Director of the European Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Course in Advanced Structural Analysis and Design using Composite Materials - FRP++ (https://msc-frp.org/), since 2022, Director board member of Associated Laboratory for Advanced Production and Intelligent Systems (ARISE), since 2022, Vice-director of Institute of Science And Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (IB-S), since 2021, Member of the Scientific Council of School of Engineering of UMinho, since 2012, Director board member of the Structural Lab of UMinho (LEST), since 2013, Vice-President of the Portuguese Group of Structural Concrete (GPBE), since 2019, Member of Executive Committee of IIFC, since 2023. Specialized in Finite Element Analysis; Computational mechanics; Composite materials and structures; Repairing and strengthening RC structures with composite materials; Testing and constitutive laws; Monitoring; Durability and long-term behaviour of composite materials used in existing and new structures, as well as the development of innovative solutions for sustainable sustainability on and offshore. He is co-author of approximately 400 publications (books, book chapters, papers in international and national journals, international and national conferences, scientific and technical reports, and book notes) - 88 are papers published in international top journals (Scopus: h-index 31; citations 2989). He participated in 37 national and international R&D projects, being 11 as Principal Investigator (coordinator), with a global budget of c.a. 19M€ (6.3M€ for UMinho). In these projects, in addition to the active participation also scientifically supervised 24 researchers. He supervised 19 PhD students (9 concluded), 11 as the main supervisor, and 45 completed MSc dissertations, 5 involving abroad institutions; 2 professors, and 4 visiting researchers. In terms of the career development of researchers, have been supporting 2 Post-Docs, providing the necessary support for their evolution. He has been actively participating in international networks (CEN, fib, Rilem, COST actions), namely: CEN/TC 250, as a former member of the PT WG4.T2; fib TG 5.1 FRP reinforcement for concrete structures and TG 8.1 Model technical specification for repairs and interventions as a member; COST Action CA18120, as science communication coordinator; COST Action TU1207, as co-chair of WG4; RILEM TC 234-DUC, as secretary and member of the TC. He participated in +50 (+35 as coordinator) consultancy works in the areas of inspection, diagnosis, and reinforcement of structures. Most of these works are highly complex, which implies the systematic use of applied research, associated with serious structural problems, while in other cases they concern the assessment of load capacity, usually throughout load tests. He has participated in teaching 30 different curricular units within the scope of the following main UMinho educational programs: Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering, European Master Course in Advanced Structural Analysis and Design using Composite Materials, European Master's in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions, Master's in Civil Engineering (MEC), Integrated Master's in Civil Engineering (MIEC), Integrated Master's in Architecture (MIARQ). The main courses/subjects taught are: strengthening of the built heritage; advanced techniques in structural analysis; experimental analysis; repairing and strengthening techniques; reinforced concrete structures; composite materials in the industry; design of structures with FRP composites.

MIGUEL AZENHA

Assistant Professor

ORCID: 0000-0003-1374-9427

Miguel Azenha is an Associate Professor at the Structural Division in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, His research interests comprise: (i) numerical and experimental study of concrete at early ages regarding phenomena such as thermo-hygral-mechanical couplings, concrete properties evolution during hydration, creep and shrinkage; (ii) use of digital processes in construction, namely Building Information Modelling. Chairman of COST Action TU1404 "Towards the next generation of standards for service life of cement-based materials and structures", secretary of RILEM TC on "Thermal cracking of massive concrete structures". Coordinator of the Portuguese National Course in "Building Information Modelling" and member of the national BIM Drafting Committee. Director of the ERASMUS+ Master Course in Building Information Modelling.

JOEL OLIVEIRA

Assistant Professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-8077-9792

Joel Oliveira started his academic career in 2000, has been an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Minho since 2006, and has been a member of the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering since 2020. After concluding his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering in 2006, Joel Oliveira specialized in transport infrastructures, focusing on sustainable road pavements. He has been involved in research projects on pavement management systems, circular economy, construction digitalization, and nature-based solutions for the built environment, with a global budget of more than 10M euros. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho and has been teaching Master's and Doctoral Programs related to Civil Engineering and Sustainability of the Built Environment. Joel has concluded the supervision of seven Ph.D. and forty-one MSc theses and has authored more than 140 scientific publications (72 indexed in Scopus, with an h-index of 25).

TIAGO MIRANDA

Assistant Professor

ORCID: 0000-0003-4054-6860

Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho and a researcher at the ISISE Research Centre. He holds a PhD in Geotechnics and develops research mainly in the topics of asset management and monitoring of geotechnical structures, soil improvement with sustainable binders and advanced underground structures modelling. He is coauthor of more than 220 scientific documents (papers in journal and conferences and book chapters – h-index of 30 in Scopus), participated in 37 research projects (10 as Principal Investigator) and holds 2 patents. He was the CEO of the Institute for Bio-Sustainability of the University of Minho from 2014 and 2021 and is currently a member of the General Council of UMinho. He was founder of a start-up (LEVEL) in the field of asset management and monitoring of geotechnical structures and is co-author of two softwares in these fields, namely LEVEL-AMS (asset management) and SENSING  (monitoring of geotechnical structures).

PAULA VARANDAS FERREIRA

Associate Professor with Habilitation

ORCID: 0000-0002-3712-4803

Associate Professor at the Department of Production and Systems, School of Engineering, University of Minho, and a Researcher at the ALGORITMI Research Centre. She holds a PhD in Production Engineering and Systems (University of Minho), MSc in Finance (University of Porto), Graduation in Chemical Engineering (University of Porto). Coordinator of the Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) research group at the ALGORITMI Research Centre November 2021-September 2024. Director of the Doctoral Program on Industrial Engineering and Systems since 2019. Her research interests primarily lie in energy planning, socio-economic impact assessment of industrial and energy systems, risk analysis, and project evaluation in alignment with sustainable development goals. Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the ENERGY Journal (Elsevier) since January 2024, and she has also been serving as a subject editor for Economy and Environment since 2017. Additionally, she is a member of the Editorial Board of several other international journals, including The International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning, AIMS Energy, AIMS Environmental Science, Smart Energy (Elsevier).

HÉLDER S. SOUSA

Assistant Researcher

ORCID: 0000-0002-4569-1090

Hélder S. Sousa, graduated in Civil Engineer by University of Minho in 2009, made his doctorate thesis in 2013, also in University of Minho, about methodologies for safety evaluation of existing timber elements. His research domains include safety assessment of timber structures through non-destructive methods, with special emphasis in visual inspection, and through reliability analysis by probabilistic methods, being author of several publications, in both conferences and in specialized journals, on those topics. He also develops research in timber engineering regarding the structural design with innovative wood based materials.

ELISABETE RODRIGUES TEIXEIRA

Invited Assistant Researcher

ORCID: 0000-0003-1435-0733

Elisabete Teixeira is an Invited Assistant researcher at the University of Minho, she is Environmental Engineering with a PhD in Civil Engineering. At this moment, she is the Coordinator of a European Horizon project, NBSINFRA - Citynature-Based Solutions Integration to Local Urban Infrastructure Protection For A Climate Resilient Society (https://nbsinfra.eu/). Her field of competencies involves the sustainable performance of eco-efficient low-cement concrete, life cycle assessment, sustainability assessment, risk analysis, protection of critical infrastructures, and nature-based solutions. She authored 27 ISI Journal papers (8 as first author with 50 average citations and 2.462 FWCI), with a Scopus h-index of 13. Until now, she was the supervisor of 5 master dissertations, she is the supervisor of 4 PhD theses (ongoing), and the supervisor of two research fellows. She is a team member and lecturer in the NoRISK, an International Master on Risk Assessment and Management of Civil Infrastructures (recently approved for funding, and with the first edition 2024/2025). At a national level, he is a member of the Order of Engineers and belongs to the Portuguese Group to Support the Discussion of the European Horizon (2021-2027) (GNAD).

MONICA SANTAMARIA-ARIZA

Invited Assistant Researcher

ORCID: 0000-0002-8456-7738

Invited Assistant Researcher at the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Minho, Portugal. PhD in Civil Engineering from University of Minho and a Master's Degree in Civil Engineering/Structures from Los Andes University, Colombia. Her PhD research focused on risk and resilience management of transportation networks exposed to flooding and degradation processes. Her main research interests encompass performance predictive modeling for infrastructure asset management, vulnerability modeling, risk assessment, infrastructure resilience, and Bayesian probability for decision support. She has published peer-reviewed journal articles and presented at multiple international conferences. She has been actively involved in European research projects, collaborating nationally and internationally with public and private industry partners and several academic institutions. Currently, she is working for the European project “MULTICLIMACT: MULTI-faceted CLIMate adaptation ACTions to improve resilience, preparedness and responsiveness of the built environment against multiple hazards at multiple scales”, which aims to safeguard Europe’s built environment against the increasing threats of natural and climatic hazards through innovative strategies.

MAURICIO BONATTE

Researcher

ORCID: 0000-0002-7326-4862

Maurício Bonatte graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering from the State University of Feira de Santana (Brazil) in 2018. He also studied abroad at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (USA) during his undergraduate studies. He later pursued a master's in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions, which he completed in 2020 through a joint program at the University of Minho (Portugal) and the Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic). Currently, Maurício is engaged in the Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering at the University of Minho and collaborates on research projects at the University of Strathclyde (Scotland). His research aims to provide innovative solutions for assessing and mitigating risks in critical structures.

EMILIO BASTIDAS-ARTEGA

Full Professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-7370-5218

Pr. Emilio BASTIDAS-ARTEAGA belongs to the Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Ingénieur pour l’Environnement (LaSIE) of La Rochelle University. His research work aims at providing robust stochastic frameworks to optimize the design, inspection, maintenance and climate resilience of aging coastal and offshore structures under realistic environmental conditions and climate change. His track record of research achievements and publications counts more than 170 scientific documents (more than 70 peer-reviewed journal papers), one patent, and an H-index of 26 (Google Scholar). He is in the world’s Top 2% More cited scientists since 2020. He is a member of the scientific committee of international (ICASP, IPW, OCEANEXT, ESREDA) and national (JFMS) conferences recognized in the field of structural reliability. He has been and is also participating in several technical committees related to climate change and civil engineering: French Association for Normalisation (AFNOR, France), CEN/CENELEC Mandate 526, American Concrete Institute (ACI, USA), Joint Research Centre (JRC, Europe), and the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE, International). Currently, he is Vice Chair of the Task Group 6.1 Effects of Climate Change on Infrastructures of the IABSE.

ERWAN LIBERGE

Associate Professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-9658-2353

Erwan Liberge, Associate Professor at La Rochelle University, LaSIE laboratory, holds a PhD degree en mechanics (2008). He is an expert in computational mechanics, more precisely in computational methods for fluid-structure interaction (FSI). He has developed approaches for reduced order models for FSI using reduced basis methods, and also methods for FSI in a Lattice Boltzmann framework.

RACHID CHERIF

Associate Professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-9988-3856

Dr. Rachid CHERIF (M) is civil engineer and associate Professor at La Rochelle University since 2019. He integrated the Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Ingénieur pour l’Environnement (LaSIE, UMR CNRS 7356) at 2014. His research topics aims at durability of ‘green concretes’ with mineral additions and recycled aggregates and at multi-ion transport in cement-based materials including thermodynamic equilibriums and corrosion initiation. He teaches subjects such as "Pathologies in reinforced concrete structures", "Durability of buildings and construction materials", etc. His track record of research achievements and publications counts with 20 scientific documents (16 articles in international journals with review by pairs and 4 conference papers). He co-supervises 4 PhD students and 3 master student. He coordinated 2 regional research projects: DURCYL (2021 - 2025), SARECARB (2022 -2026) and participated in several research projects: PERFDUB (since 2019), ANR El-TORO (2022 - 2026), ANR PCRI SMACHA (2024-2028), etc.

JÉRÔME Le DRÉAU

Assistant Professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-6804-4160

Jérôme Le Dréau, Associate Professor at La Rochelle University since 2015, holds a PhD degree in Civil Eng. (2014). His main research activities are focused on building-to-grid interaction, energy flexibility and performance of building components.

AMEUR HAMAMI

Associate Professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-5199-7600

Ameur El Amine HAMAMI, Associate professor at la Rochelle University and LaSIE laboratory CNRS UMR 7356. Received a Phd Degree in civil engineering (2009). Research interest deals with concrete structures durability in costal zones andespecially with aggressive species transfer in porous media. On another hand, his research concern the development of new bio-sourced and green materials for the building insulation and the energy storage.

PHILIPPE TURCRY

Associate Professor

ORCID: 0000-0001-6296-695X

Philippe Turcry, associate Professor at La Rochelle Université, holds PhD degree in Civil Engineering (2004). Expert in reactive transfers in porous materials, with applications in durability of reinforced concrete structures and ageing phenomena of cementitious materials, such as carbonation, environmental impact of cement and concrete.

JÉRÔME LUX

Associate Professor

ORCID: -

Jérôme Le Dréau, Associate Professor at La Rochelle University since 2015, holds a PhD degree in Civil Eng. (2014). His main research activities are focused on building-to-grid interaction, energy flexibility and performance of building components.

PIERRE-YVES MAHIEUX

Associate Professor

ORCID: 0000-0003-0136-540X

Pierre-Yves Mahieux, Associate Professor at La Rochelle University, hods PhD degree in Civil Engineering (2008). I carry out my research activities within the Laboratory of Engineering Sciences for the Environment (LaSIE UMR CNRS 7356). My research work is part of the concrete life cycle through the study of the durability of reinforced concrete / prestressed concrete structures in aggressive environments, then the characterization of inert construction and demolition waste including concrete, and finally the design of alternative materials from recycled aggregates. This applied research is based on a scientific experimental and numerical approach of reactive transfers in cohesive or non-cohesive granular media. It is also a social approach aimed at better preservation of natural resources, better protection of the coast and built heritage, and finally, it is a contribution to the development of new circular, local and sustainable pathways.

JOSÉ TURMO

Full Professor

ORCID: 0000-0001-5001-2438

Dr. Jose Turmo (Spain, 1974) got his 6-year program degree in Civil Engineer (1998) from University of Cantabria (Santander, Spain) and his PhD (2003) in Construction Engineering from Technical University of Catalonia BarcelonaTech- UPC (Barcelona, Spain). At the moment, he is Professor in the School of Civil Engineering in Barcelona, BarcelonaTech (Spain), where he teaches Construction Engineering. His area of expertise is Construction and Maintenance of Concrete Bridges and Structures and Structural System Identificaction. He has done several research stays as a postdoc, being appointed as Visiting Faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (2005), Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, San Diego, USA (2006) and Kwang-Hua Visiting Professor (2010) and High End Foreign Expert (2014-2016) at the Department of Bridge Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. He has authored around forty SCI papers and seventy conference papers.

JOAN CASAS

Full Professor

ORCID: 0000-0003-4473-4308

Dr. Joan Ramon CASAS (Spain, 1960) got his 6-year program degree in Civil Engineering (1984) and his PhD (1988) in Construction Engineering from Technical University of Catalonia, UPC-BarcelonaTech (Barcelona, Spain). At this moment, he is Professor of Bridge Engineering and Structural Management in the School of Civil Engineering in Barcelona, UPC-BarcelonaTech (Spain). His area of expertise is Design, Construction and Management of Bridges and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) with main focus on Fiber Optic Sensors (FOS). Secretary General of IABMAS (International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety), since 1999, Chairman of Working Commission I on Structural Performance, Safety and Analysis of IABSE (2009-2013) and Vice-chairman of the same Commission from 2005 to 2009. Managing Editor for Europe and Associate Editor of the Journal STRUCTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING, Associate Editor of the Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE) and Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in the Built Environment-Bridge Section. Among other awards, he has received the Bill Curtin Medal from the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) and the T.Y.Lin Medal from IABMAS. .

MILAD KOMARY

Assistant Professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-3219-2970

Dr. Komary (Iran 1990) completed his BSc in Civil Engineering at K. N. Toosi University of Technology (Tehran, Iran), in 2014 and his MSc in Structural Civil Engineering from Tehran University (Tehran, Iran) in 2017, and his PhD in in Construction Engineering from Technical University of Catalonia BarcelonaTech- UPC (Barcelona, Spain) in 2022. He is currently an assistant professor at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of the Polytechnic University of Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona, Spain, where he teaches Structural Engineering, Project management, Bridge and building construction. His research is primarily focused on developing solutions within the civil engineering field, with a specific emphasis on optimizing structural monitoring costs, pioneering in structural analysis, and evaluating structural pathologies and adapting cutting-edge technologies for structural engineering applications AI algorithms. I am a member of the IABSE E-Learning board, UNITE!, IABSE and IABMAS associations and the Youth Editorial Board of the journal of Prestress Technology.

ROLANDO CHARCÓN

Associate Professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-7259-5635

Dr. Rolando Chacón obtained the Civil Engineer from the Universidad de los Andes (VE), MSc and PhD from UPC, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (ES) where he is Associate Professor since 2009. His research has focused on advanced inelastic analysis of steel structures. In particular, structural problems associated with plate buckling, stability and dynamics. Furthermore, Rolando Chacón has gained a vast experience in experimental- as well as SHM- techniques for understanding the actual behavior of steel and composite bridges. Presently, his research is primarily focused on the convergence of analysis, simulations and measurements in new human-structures interfaces such as digital twins. As part of his teaching duties, he has developed innovative educational techniques for civil engineering within the creation of the Laboratory of Digital Models for Structures and Construction. He has contributed to European Guidelines through ECCS TC8 and TWG 8.3 in the development of the Eurocodes. More recently, he is an active member of the European Committee for standardization CEN/TC 442/WG 9 "Digital twins in built environment". His career has been recognized in the field of teaching with the European EUCEET award (2021), the David Luque award from UPCNET-UPC (2013) as well as in the field of research as the Best young researcher in Eurosteel (2008).

MARIANO ZANINI

Associate Professor

ORCID: 0000-0001-9326-802X

Mariano Angelo Zanini (UNIPD coordinator), Associate Professor at University of Padova, holds a PhD degree in Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering (2015) at the University of Trento. Expert in structural reliability and risk analysis of reinforced concrete structural systems and bridges, seismic risk assessment, resilience analysis, Bridge Management Systems, retrofit and extension of service life of existing RC structures.

CARLO PELLEGRINO

Full Professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-8160-9904

Carlo Pellegrino, Full Professor at University of Padova, holds a PhD degree in Solid Mechanics (1998) at the University of Bologna. Expert in structural retrofitting with fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) and fiber reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) techniques, bridge engineering, steel structures.

FLORA FALESCHINI

Associate Professor

ORCID: 0000-0003-2126-9300

Flora Faleschini, Associate Professor at University of Padova, holds a PhD degree in Sciences of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2015) at the University of Padova. Expert in sustainability of new reinforced concrete structures, development of green concretes, life cycle analysis of structures, retrofit and extension of service life of existing RC structures. She carries out mainly experimental and analytical research on reinforced concrete structures.

PAOLO SIMONINI

Full Professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-0056-0951

Paolo Simonini, Full Professor at University of Padova, holds a PhD degree in Geotechnical Engineering (1987) at the Politecnico of Turin. Expert in soil mechanics, site testing and monitoring, analysis of shallow and deep foundations, soil improvement techniques, and environmental geotechnics.

PAOLO SALANDIM

Full Professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-4461-7104

Paolo Salandin, Full Professor at University of Padova, holds a PhD degree in Hydrodynamics (1990). Expert in flow and transport in naturally heterogeneous aquifers. Data assimilation techniques applied to hydrological models. Design of dam outlets and stilling basins. Localized erosion in rivers and countermeasures. Floating debris and interaction with in river structures. Risk analysis in the design of hydraulic structures. Reliability and management of water supply and drainage systems. Shallow landslide triggering by rainfall and debris flow countermeasures.

LORENZO HOFER

Assistant Professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-2681-696X

Lorenzo Hofer, Assistant Professor at University of Padova, holds a PhD degree in Sciences of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2018) at the University of Padova. Expert in earthquake engineering, structural reliability, risk and resilience analysis, including extreme events modelling and loss analysis. His research covers also topics related to RC structures strengthening.

LORENZO BREZZI

Assistant Professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-1077-8874

Lorenzo Brezzi, Assistant Professor at the University of Padua, holds a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering (2016) from the same university focusing on modeling debris flows. His expertise includes geotechnical risk management and hydrogeological risk assessment, with a focus on slope stability issues (both slow and rapid landslides), advanced monitoring techniques such as fiber optic sensors and photogrammetry, and numerical modeling. He is involved in risk assessment related to bridge and viaduct interaction with landslides, and he contributed to the development of operational guidelines for the application of current regulations in the field.

ELISABETE RODRIGUES TEIXEIRA

Invited Assistant Researcher

ORCID: 0000-0003-1435-0733

Elisabete Teixeira is an Invited Assistant researcher at the University of Minho, she is Environmental Engineering with a PhD in Civil Engineering. At this moment, she is the Coordinator of a European Horizon project, NBSINFRA - Citynature-Based Solutions Integration to Local Urban Infrastructure Protection For A Climate Resilient Society (https://nbsinfra.eu/). Her field of competencies involves the sustainable performance of eco-efficient low-cement concrete, life cycle assessment, sustainability assessment, risk analysis, protection of critical infrastructures, and nature-based solutions. She authored 27 ISI Journal papers (8 as first author with 50 average citations and 2.462 FWCI), with a Scopus h-index of 13. Until now, she was the supervisor of 5 master dissertations, she is the supervisor of 4 PhD theses (ongoing), and the supervisor of two research fellows. She is a team member and lecturer in the NoRISK, an International Master on Risk Assessment and Management of Civil Infrastructures (recently approved for funding, and with the first edition 2024/2025). At a national level, he is a member of the Order of Engineers and belongs to the Portuguese Group to Support the Discussion of the European Horizon (2021-2027) (GNAD).

CLÁUDIA PEREIRA

Research Fellow

ORCID: 0009-0001-4740-7663

Cláudia Pereira graduated with a degree in Biology from the University of Coimbra (2020). She then earned a master's degree in Science Communication from the University of Minho (2023), during which she participated in several colloquiums and conferences in the field. Currently, she serves as a research fellow at the University of Minho, contributing to the European Horizon project NBSINFRA (Citynature-Based Solutions Integration to Local Urban Infrastructure Protection for a Climate Resilient Society).

VITOR COSTA

IT Technician/Developer

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Vítor Costa is an IT technician/Developer working at the Civil Department of University of Minho. He loves technology and programming! He has experience in server maintenance (Linux, Windows), networks and virtual machines, among other things. Has a developer he has experience with frontend and backend cutting edge technologies, such as Laravel, Vue, React, NextJS. On a free time, he keep collaborate with some major groups: Fibrenamics, RAmCI, TIMLAB, T!MBER and keep learning main stream topics like cyber-security and artificial intelligence.