Prof. Ornella Luorio is an Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering at the Polytechnic of Milan (IT). Formerly, she was a Full Professor and Chair in Architecture and Structures at the University of Leeds, UK, and a Program Leader in Architectural Engineering. She now serves as a Visiting Professor at the University of Leeds. Professor Luorio has an established reputation in academia and industry, for innovations in the sustainable design of lightweight structures and resilient built environments. Educated in Architecture at the “University Federico II” in Naples (IT) and “University Gabriele D’Annunzio” in Chieti–Pescara, she holds an MArch (Hons) degree in Architecture and a Ph.D in Structural Engineering. She developed her research career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston (USA), within the Structural Design Lab and Building Technology Program. She has published more than 100 scientific articles, including journal publications, technical reports and international conference papers. She has also led a World University Network (WUN_BRIC) and held a fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, USA). She serves as Associate Editor for the Journal “Architecture, Structure and Construction”, and as a scientific committee member of many international conferences (including ICSA, FIB, and SEEDS).