Dr. Beatriz Martín-Pérez is a Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Ottawa. She holds a Ph.D. (1999) and a Master’s degree (1995) in Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Houston, TX (1993). Prior to joining the University of Ottawa, she worked as a researcher at the former Institute for Research in Construction of the National Research Council of Canada, focusing on the rehabilitation of urban infrastructure. Her research interests include the assessment of reinforced concrete structures affected by various deterioration mechanisms, with particular emphasis on reinforcement corrosion and its associated mechanics of damage build‐up. She is a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and a member of the American Concrete Institute and the International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib), where she is currently involved in several technical committees.