Nicola Baldo graduated in Civil Engineering, Transport, at the University of Padua (December 2000), and obtained a Ph.D. in Geodesy and Geomatics, at the Politecnico di Milano (May 2006). He is currently Full Professor at the University of Udine (October 2023 - today), for which he previously served as Associate Professor (December 2018 - September 2023) as well as Assistant Professor (November 2010 - November 2018). He serves at the Polytechnic Department of Engineering and Architecture - DPIA (January 2016 - present). Lecturer of Road, Railways and Airports Construction (B.Sc. in Civil and Environmental Engineering), and Transport Infrastructures Design (M.Sc. in Civil Engineering). Head of the research group "Road Infrastructures" and of the Car Driving Simulator Lab. of DPIA. His main research topics are: analysis and modeling of road safety, study of driving behaviors in complex infrastructural, environmental and cognitive conditions, analysis and modeling of experimental data related to the mechanical characterization of road infrastructure materials, also with advanced computational approaches based on machine learning algorithms. Speaker at numerous international scientific workshops and conferences. Reviewer and member of the editorial board of international scientific journals in civil, environmental and road engineering.