Ioannis Ioannou is a Full Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cyprus. His research interests focus on the characterization of traditional and other building materials (e.g., stones, mortars, mud bricks, aggregates), capillary liquid transport phenomena in porous media, mechanisms of building stone decay, salt crystallization, weathering and conservation of ancient monuments and buildings, environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient composite building materials.