Mauro Coni earned a BS in Civil Engineering (1991) and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering (1995) from the University of Cagliari. He is currently an Associate Professor of "Roads, Railways and Airports" at the University of Cagliari. His teaching contributions include lectures in courses such as 'Superstructures of Roads, Railways and Airports', 'Construction of Roads, Railways and Airports 2', and 'Laboratory of Superstructures of Roads, Railways and Airports'. He has authored 160 scientific publications. His research interests encompass environmental impact, sustainable materials, design and management of transport infrastructures, sensors, and innovative survey and control systems (SmartRoad) for the monitoring of infrastructures and their works of art. He has received the Best Paper Award for the articles 'Applying Building Information Modeling to Road Pavement Management' (Gervasi O. et al., eds, ICCSA 2021) and 'Thermal Performance of Ultrathin Multi-Functional Overlay' (SURF 2022). M.C. has international collaborations with the University of Illinois, University of Nottingham, Curtin University, and University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, where he holds an appointment as Honorary Professor. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Transportation and Development Institute, Construction Institute, International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, World Road Association, and Scientific Infrastructure Association of Transport.