Edwin Zea Escamilla studied architecture in Colombia and holds an MSc in Urban Environmental Management from Wageningen University (NL). In 2010, he started working as a research assistant at the Chair of Sustainable Construction at ETH Zurich and received his doctoral degree in 2016. His research focuses on the life cycle and sustainability analysis of construction materials and buildings. Edwin undertook further education at the ETH Zürich and the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (Institute of Energy in Building) in the fields of Geographic Information Systems, project management for research, and energy efficiency in buildings. In August 2016, Edwin was appointed as the Head of Sustainable Building and Real Estate at the Centre for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CCRS) at the University of Zürich. Edwin is a member of the Bamboo Construction Task Force of the International Organization for Bamboo and Ratan and was appointed Topic Editor by the journal Sustainability (MDPI) in 2019. Edwin is also a co-organizer of the International Symposium on Bio-Based Materials and Structures.