Salvador Ivorra Chorro is a university professor in the area of Continuum Mechanics and Structure Theory at the University of Alicante's Department of Civil Engineering, where he coordinates the Structures Laboratory, is a researcher responsible for the research group in structure essay, simulation and modelling and deputy director of the Department. He holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and University Specialist in Occupational Risk Prevention by the same university. Since July 2018 he is the Coordinator of the Subarea of Civil Engineering and Architecture at the State Research Agency. His research activity has been focused on the dynamic behaviour of structures and structural reinforcement, and he has devoted an important part of his research to the structures belonging to the historical heritage. As of December 2019, he has authored 65 scientific articles, 56 of them in JCR-indexed journals, more than 120 papers in congresses, and has directed 16 doctoral theses. He has participated in 16 competitive research projects, 9 as senior researcher, and in more than 200 research and technical assistance contracts with public agencies and private companies. He has been responsible for the coordination of a project financed with €2,000,000 from FEDER funds for the construction of the University of Alicante’s Civil Engineering research laboratory. He is co-inventor of two patents.