Raffaele Zinno, Ph.D in Chemical Technologies and New Materials (1995), Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering (1988) at University of Calabria (Italy). In 1992/1994, he was a visiting doctoral student at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering—West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV, U.S.A.). From 1997 to 1998, he was a researcher at the CNR—Central Institute for Industrialization and Building Technology, Rome. Since 1998, he has been associate professor of Strength of Materials and Structural Engineering at the University of Calabria, Department of Environmental Engineering. In 2018, he obtained the Italian National Scientific Qualification (ASN) as full professor in his scientific area. His main research interests Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), structural uses of wood and related experiments, theoretical analysis of structures in composite material (problems of damage in composite material, bending and buckling of structures in ordinary and advanced materials, etc.), experiments on innovative materials (composites, fiber-reinforced or high-performance concretes, self-diagnostic, smart, etc.) and on structures made with them, the design of structures in innovative material, and problems of dynamic analysis of structures. He founded and directs the SMART Lab (Structural Monitoring, structural Advanced materials, structural Rehabilitation, structural Testing Laboratory) at the University of Calabria.