Andres Salas_Montoya, Associate Professor at the National University of Colombia. Civil Engineer, Universidad del Valle Colombia, 1996. Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from Universidad del Valle Colombia, 2007, postdoctoral position at University of Illinois, 2007 ~ 2011. Head of Academic and International Affair offices at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Visiting professor and researcher at INSA Lyon, École Centrale de Lyon and Université Lumière Lyon 2 in France, Universidade do Minho Portugal, Universidade Federal de Ceará Brazil, Universidad de Cuenca Ecuador, University of Illinois, and Pukyong National University South Korea. Research interests in cementitious materials, sustainable construction, energy efficient and adaptive comfort construction. Member of ACI 130 Committee. Awarded in Leadership Program for Sustainable Buildings in Latin America by the Swiss Government in 2022, Best Paper Award by the Korean Federation of Science & Technology Societies in 2021, 2019 Brain Pool Program by the Ministry of Science through the NRF of Korea.