Nelson Lam is a Professor and leader of the Structures and Buildings Discipline in the Department of Infrastructure Engineering at the University of Melbourne. He has 39 years of experience in structural engineering and has been working in the specialized field of earthquake engineering and impact engineering for the past 32 years. He is a member of the Seismic and Dynamic Events Panel at the Institution of Structural Engineers and also a member of the standing committee for revisions to the Australian Standard for Seismic Actions.