Prof. Raul Fangueiro is currently a Full Professor and senior researcher in the School of Engineering at the University of Minho, Portugal. He is Director of the Center for Textile Science and Technology of the same university, with expertise in advanced materials (nano, smart, and composites) and structures (3D, auxetic, and multiscale), with 45 research projects. He is the mentor and the coordinator of the FIBRENAMICS – Institute of Innovation on Fiber-Based Materials and Composites, including 350 partners, developing the promotion, dissemination, technology transfer, and research activities of fiber-based advanced materials. He is the scientific coordinator of several national and international research projects on advanced fibrous and composite materials, mainly for building, defense, architecture, and healthcare applications. He has supervised various PhD and postdoc scientific works and is the chair of AUXDEFENSE, the World Conference on Advanced Materials for Defense and ICNF, the International Conference on Natural Fibers. Prof. Raul Fangueiro is the founder of the WANFR – the World Association of Natural Fibers Research, a member of the Editorial Board of several leading international scientific journals on composite and fibrous materials, and a member of several working groups of the European Defense Agency and NATO.