Jonathan Melchiorre is a Ph.D. student in Artificial Intelligence at Polytechnic University of Turin (Italy), Department of Ingegneria Strutturale, Edile e Geotecnica (DISEG). He received his master's degree in civil engineering from the Polytechnic University of Turin. His master's degree thesis was developed at Princeton University in collaboration with Università degli Studi Federico II di Napoli. It is regarding the size and shape optimization of arch structure by means of the evolutionary algorithm. He collaborated on the Marie Curie Rise ADDOPTML European project by spending time abroad at National University of Athene (NTUA). His main research activity is in the field of artificial intelligence algorithms applied to structural engineering problems. Specifically, he focused his research effort in the optimization field by developing and applying meta-heuristic optimization algorithms to civil engineering problems. He is also working in the field of generative and parametric design.