Sergio M.R. Lopes received his MSc in structural engineering from the University of Lisbon–Instituto Superior Técnico in 1988 and his PhD from the University of Leeds in 1991. He became a lecturer at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, in 1984 and has been a Full Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering since 2012. His research interests include the behavior of structural concrete, bridges, high strength concrete structures, non-metallic reinforcement, and composite timber-concrete structures.