João Ramôa Correia, born in 1978, is Full Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico – University of Lisbon, teaching the areas of construction technology, rehabilitation and new materials for civil engineering applications. His areas of expertise are fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) materials, particularly glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) pultruded profiles, carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) strengthening systems and composite sandwich panels. His most important research topics include the fire and durability behaviour of GFRP pultruded profiles, the development of composite sandwich panels for civil engineering applications and hybrid structures, which combine FRP components with other construction materials, such as steel, concrete or glass. He is the founder of the CORE group of CERIS (http://coregroup.tecnico.ulisboa.pt), a research group that specialises in advanced composite materials for civil engineering applications.