Nele De Belie is professor in Durability and Sustainability of Cement Bound Materials at Ghent University and director of the Magnel-Vandepitte Laboratory for Structural Engineering and Building Materials. Her research focuses on sustainable concrete with supplementary cementitious materials, concrete durability, biodeterioration, bioconsolidation, smart concrete with self-healing or self-cleaning properties, circular economy, and life cycle assessment. She has supervised more than 60 (inter)national projects in these areas. She is president of RILEM and laureate of several awards in recognition of her scientific work, such as the Robert L’Hermite medal (2010). She is author of > 400 WoS publications and 20 book chapters, editor of 10 books, inventor in 4 patent applications, and editorial board member of 3 SCI-indexed scientific journals. Nele De Belie is a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts.