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Institute of Construction and Building Materials, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Interests: multiscale modeling; hydration and transport modeling; sustainable binders; thermal energy storage; ultralight foams
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Prof. Dr. Francisco Agrela

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Departamento de Ingeniería Rural, Universidad de Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
Interests: sustainable construction; recycled materials; life cycle assessment; waste and byproduct application; recycled aggregate cement-based materials
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Dr. José Aguiar

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Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC), University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Interests: sustainable construction; energy efficiency of buildings; phase change materials; composite materials; material durability; construction and demolition wastes; foundry industry wastes; polymers in concrete
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Dr. María del Mar Alonso López

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Department of Materials, Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Sciences (IETcc-CSIC), 28033 Madrid, Spain
Interests: cements; green concrete; sustainability; alkali activated materials; rheology; radioactivity
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Prof. Dr. Ben Amor

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LIRIDE (Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory on Sustainable Engineering and Ecodesign), Civil and Building Engineering Department, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada
Interests: life cycle assessment; circular economy; materials flow analysis; green Buildings; eco-materials
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Prof. Dr. Danuta Barnat-Hunek

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Department of Construction, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Lublin University of Technology, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Interests: recycled aggregates; materials based on cement; durability; hydrophobizaton; nanopolymers
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Dr. Karim Benzarti

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Laboratoire Navier, Université Gustave Eiffel—Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 77447 Marne-la-Vallée, France
Interests: fiber reinforced composites; concrete structures; numerical modeling; CFRP laminate; strengthening; durability; mortar
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Prof. Dr. Alexandra Bertron

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Civil Engineering at LMDC, Université de Toulouse, UPS, INSA Toulouse, 135 avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, CEDEX 04, France
Interests: building materials, cementitious materials, durability, chemical attacks, microorganisms, biodeterioration, indoor air quality, microbial proliferation, photocatalysis

Dr. Colin Booth

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Department of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
Interests: flooding; sustainability; environmental management; climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies; water resources management; built environment studies and urban pollution
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Prof. Dr. Miguel Bravo

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CERIS, IST-ID, Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georresources, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: materials science; sustainability in construction; recycled aggregate concrete; cementitious materials from industrial byproducts; supplementary cementitious materials; alkali-activated materials
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Dr. Antonio Caggiano

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Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Interests: sustainability in construction and building materials; recycling; smart materials; smart buildings; energy-saving; green buildings; eco-friendly materials; nearly zero-energy buildings; energy efficiency; energy storage; phase change materials; renewable energy resources; zero CO₂ emissions; CO₂ storage in materials; modeling; multiscale; multiphysics; micro- and meso-scale
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Prof. Dr. Francesco Canestrari

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Department of Civil and Building Engineering and Architecture, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Interests: rheology of asphalt binders; performance-based characterization of asphalt mixtures; design and maintenance of asphalt pavements; sustainable and innovative materials for road pavements
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Dr. Christian Carloni

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Department of Civil Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Interests: structural analysis; construction engineering; material characterization; civil engineering materials; structural dynamics; finite element analysis
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Dr. Jorge Carvalho Pais

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Department of Civil Engineering, ISISE, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Interests: bitumen; asphalt; asphalt mixtures; asphalt concrete; fatigue cracking; road materials

Dr. Francesca Ceroni

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Engineering Department, Parthenope University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Interests: FRP materials; masonry; bond; heritage buildings
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Dr. Silvina Cerveny

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Centro de Fisica de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5 (20018), San Sebastian, Spain
Interests: dynamics of water, polymers and biopolymers; nanomaterials; cementitious materials; characterizations (mechanical properties, FTIR, DSC)

Prof. Dr. Carlos Chastre

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Department of Civil Engineering, NOVA University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
Interests: strengthening of structures; FRP composite structures; stone masonry structures; precast concrete structures; cyclic tests; materials and durability
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Prof. Dr. Huisu Chen

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Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Construction Materials, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
Interests: cementitious composites; non-spherical particle packing; statistical characterization of microstructure; percolation; transport; magnesia cements; self-healing modeling

Prof. Dr. Özlem Cizer
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Civil Engineering Department, Materials and Constructions Division, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 40 bus 2448, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Interests: low-carbon cements; alkali-activated materials; early-age properties; carbonation; lime mortars

Prof. Dr. Frank Collins

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Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia
Interests: cement; concrete; construction materials; durability; remediation; sustainability of built infrastructure
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Dr. Luigi Coppola

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Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Bergamo, Viale Marconi, 4, 24044 Dalmine, BG, Italy
Interests: durability and sustainability of cementitious materials; admixtures and additives for concrete; alternative binders and aggregates; cement-based repair materials
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Dr. Marco Corradi

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Department of Mechanical & Construction Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
Interests: retrofitting buildings; sustainable construction materials; new advanced materials for upgrading of existing masonry and wood historic constructions; structural analysis and retrofitting of historic constructions; mechanics of structures and experimental analysis of existing structures
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Dr. Dario De Domenico

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Department of Engineering, University of Messina, Villaggio S. Agata, Contrada Di Dio, 98166 Messina, Italy
Interests: performance-based seismic design; seismic isolation; earthquake engineering; innovative structural control systems; limit-state behavior of reinforced concrete structures; strengthening techniques of reinforced concrete structures
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Dr. Sabino De Gisi

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Department of Civil, Environmental, Land, Building Engineering and Chemistry (DICATECh), Polytechnic University of Bari, Via E. Orabona n. 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
Interests: environmental impact assessment; industrial and municipal wastewater treatment and reuse technologies; innovative materials for environmental applications; multidisciplinary approaches for complex problems; remediation of contaminated sites; thermal treatments; waste management
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Dr. Jorge S. Dolado

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Materials Physics Center ‐ Centro de Física de Materiales CSIC‐UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal, 5, 20018 San Sebastian, Spain
Interests: multi-scale modelling; ceramic and cementitious materials; nanophysics; green chemistry; sustainability; energy storage
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Dr. Michele Dondi

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Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, CNR-ISTEC, 64-48018 Faenza, Italy
Interests: ceramic decoration; clay technology; refractories; silicate ceramics; waste recycling

Dr. Dolores Eliche Quesada

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Department of Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, University of Jaen, Campus Las Lagunillas, s/n, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Interests: recovery; waste; bricks; mortars; geopolymers; concretes; composites; ceramic materials; construction materials; sustainability; synthesis; processing; characterization
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Dr. Cheng Fang

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Department of Structural Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Interests: shape memory alloy; civil engineering; self-centering; resilience; damping
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Dr. Alessandro P. Fantilli

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Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy
Interests: high-performance fiber-reinforced concretes; concrete made from recycled aggregates from tires; eco-mechanical indices of concrete; concretes made from recycled aggregates from demolition
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Dr. Ilenia Farina

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Department of Engineering, University of Naples Parthenope, 80143 Naples, Italy
Interests: additive manufacturing; bio-manufacturing; sustainability; polymer recycling; additive manufacturing; concrete 3D printing; bio-materials; polymers and metal foams; CAD/CAM; composites; smart manufacturing
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