Nicola Ruggieri, Ph.D., is an architect who specializes in historical timber structures and construction history. He was the Italian delegate at the EU-COST ACTION FP1101/Assessment, Reinforcement and Monitoring of Timber Structures (Trento, London, Antalya, Praga, Trondheim, Wroclaw). He was member of the scientific committee of numerous international conference (HEaRT, Cosenza, 2013, Lisbon, 2015; RIPAM 8.5, Florence, 2020; YOCUCO Matera, 2018). He is the author of more than 100 publications (monographs, scientific articles, conference papers, editorships) and has taught at the University of Calabria, Sapienza of Rome, Roma Tre, Florence, Naples and Perugia. Since 2016, he is visiting Professor at the 2nd Level Master of Seismic Structural Improvement, Restoration and Repair of Historical Buildings, University of Ferrara, Italy. From 2015 to 2018, he was member of the Segreteria Tecnica di Progettazione of the Parco Archeologico di Pompei. Since 2019, he is expert member of International Scientific Committee on the Analysis and Restoration of Structures of Architectural Heritage (ISCARSAH) – ICOMOS and of International Wood Committee (IIWC) – ICOMOS. He was the author of many projects on Architectural Heritage (i.e. Cathedral of Catanzaro; Cathedral of Cosenza; Ex Real Polverificio Borbonico of Scafati; Monumental Tomb of Porta Stabia, Pompeii; Insula Meridionalis, Pompeii). Since 2018 he is official of the Italian Ministery of Cultural Heritage.