Giuseppe Brando is an Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Chieti-Pescara. He has published almost 200 research papers focused on different topics, including steel structures, seismic protection through dampers, and seismic risk of cultural heritage. He is involved in several national and international research programs, which develop new strategies for seismic risk mitigation at different scales. At the University of Chieti-Pescara, he is part of the committee for the Ph.D Program "Engineering, Earth and Planetary Science". He is also part of the SC9-TC250 sub-commitee, encharged to draft the new version of Eurocode 9.