**About the Editors**

**Cesare Signorini** (Ph.D.) is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Construction Materials at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany, in the framework of the Research Training Group GRK2250 "Mineral-bonded composites for enhanced structural impact safety", supported by the German Research Society (DFG). Dr. Signorini achieved his Ph.D. in Industrial Innovation Engineering at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, in Italy. His main research interests include fibre-reinforced concrete (FRC) and Textile Reinforced Mortar/Concrete (TRM/TRC) for structural retrofitting of masonry and concrete structures. Within these areas, his main focus was on the improvement of the interphase bond between fibers and inorganic matrices to optimize the mechanical behavior of the composites under quasi-static and dynamic regimes. In the framework of a European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Project, Dr. Signorini recently investigated the inclusion of recycled synthetic aggregates and fibers in concrete.

**Antonella Sola** (Ph.D.) is the Science Leader in Active Materials at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, CSIRO, Australia. With more than 100 scientific publications, she has been working on composites, advanced coatings, and biomaterials. Currently, she is investigating additive manufacturing and new processing technologies for the obtainment of composite systems with improved functionalities. She is also the head of CSIRO's research facility for the development of printable composites for fused filament fabrication, FFF.

**Sumit Chakraborty** (Ph.D) is currently an Assistant Professor at the JIS Institute of Advanced Studies and Research (JISIASR), Kolkata, India. He was formerly a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Sheffield in the UK. His research vision is to develop sustainable mineral and textiles composite materials utilizing natural and industrial wastes and CO<sup>2</sup> sequestration, followed by exploring their underlying chemistry. He is currently involved in producing cement-less binder for concrete utilising industrial wastes and aqueous based carbonation of the mineral wastes for permanent storage of CO2. He also worked on the development of surface-modified natural fibre reinforced spalling-proof geopolymer mortar/concrete.

**Valentina Volpini** (Ph.D.) is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Interdepartmental Research Center "En&Tech" of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. She achieved her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, International cooperation and Mathematics in 2020 at the University of Brescia, Italy, and also collaborated with the School of Engineering of Cardiff University, Wales. Her research activities are primarily concerned with modelling the multiphysical behaviour of smart materials and studying the propagation of waves in microstructured media by means of analytical (perturbative analyses and homogenisation procedures) and numerical (finite element analyses) methods. Recently, she also focused on the experimental investigation of Fibre Reinforced Cement Composites (FRCCs), with applications in construction engineering.
