Prof. Antonella Saisi is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, (formerly Department of Structural Engineering), Politecnico di Milano. She received her BSc and MSc in Architecture and PhD in Earthquake Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 1991 and 1996, respectively. Her research keywords include preservation/conservation of the architectural heritage, monitoring of heritage buildings, diagnosis and assessment of historic structures, seismic vulnerability of heritage buildings, characterisation of building materials and study of intervention and strengthening techniques applied to masonry, calibration and application of non destructive tests to masonry buildings, analysis on masonry. Referee of several national/international institutions and international journals. Member of the Scientific Committee/Advisory Board of several international conferences.