Leandro F.M. Sanchez is an Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa. His expertise is related to the development of sustainable concrete materials and concrete durability, especially the diagnosis and prognosis of concrete affected by Internal Swelling Reactions (ISR). He has co-authored over 130 referenced publications on concrete sustainability and durability and contributed to the development of standard test protocols, along with descriptive, empirical, and numerical models for the design and assessment of concrete. He is an active participant on several national and international committees and is currently the deputy chair of the RILEM TC AAR for alkali-aggregate mitigation in concrete and chair of the ACI Committee 221 for aggregates. He is also the current chair of the 17th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction in Concrete (ICAAR), to be held in Ottawa in 2024. He is a recipient of highly prestigious awards such as the VANIER PhD scholarship (2010), the NSERC Early Career Research Award (2016), the NFRF-Exploration grant (2019), the distinguished Ministry of Ontario Early Research Award (ERA, 2021), and the Faculty of Engineering Early Career Researcher Award (ECRA, 2023).