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Marco Casini
Sapienza University of Rome, ItalyProf. Marco Casini is a leading
academic in the Green and Smart
Building sector with over 20 years
experience in Building Sciences.
He is an environmental engineer, PhD
in Environmental Engineering and
Research Fellow in Architecture
Technology at Sapienza University of
Rome, Department of Urban Planning,
Design and Architecture Technology.
Since 2002 he has been Professor of
Architecture Technology and of
Environmental Certification of
Buildings at the Faculty of
Architecture of Sapienza University
where he also teaches in several
Master's, PhD and Graduate schools
on subjects pertaining to Energy and
Environmental Sustainability for
Buildings. Dr. Casini's research
activities cover a wide spectrum of
topics within sustainable
architectural design and energy
efficiency of buildings, focusing on
advanced materials and
nanotechnologies for smart building
envelopes as well as integrated
renewable energy systems. He worked
as scientific coordinator on major
projects including the development
of "Italian regional system for the
certification of environmental
sustainability of buildings -
Protocollo ITACA Lazio" (2014) and
the preparation of the "Sustainable
Energy Action Plan of Rome" within
the European Covenant of Mayors for
Climate and Energy (2012). Dr.
Casini's professional activity has
included scientific and technical
consultancy on technological,
environmental and energy aspects
related to the design and
construction of complex building
structures worldwide, as well as
training on Green Building and Smart
Cities strategies and policy making
for Italian public authorities
(Prime Minister's Cabinet, Ministry
of Internal affairs, Regione Lazio).
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Fabio Tosti
University of West London, UK
Prof. Dr. Fabio Tosti (IEEE
M’17–SM’19) received the M.Sc. and
Eng. degrees (cum laude) in
Infrastructure and Transportation
Engineering from Roma Tre
University, Rome, Italy, in 2010,
and the Ph.D. degree in Civil
Engineering with European Doctorate
Label (excellent rating) from Roma
Tre University, in 2014. A
registered Chartered Engineer, he is
a Professor of Civil Engineering at
the School of Computing and
Engineering, University of West
London (UWL), London, U.K., and the
Director of “The Faringdon Research
Centre for Non-Destructive Testing
and Remote Sensing” at UWL. His
research interests include the
development of new algorithms,
methodologies, and models for
geoscience applications and the
non-destructive and satellite remote
sensing assessment, repair, and
maintenance of civil and green
infrastructure. He has
authored/co-authored over 220
research publication records in
international journals, conferences,
and books and delivered numerous
keynote and invited lectures. Prof.
Tosti was a recipient of the ECSs
Award by the European Geosciences
Union (EGU) in 2017 and several Best
Paper Awards at International
Conferences, including the 2023
International Conference on
Geographic Information and Remote
Sensing Technology (GIRST 2023), the
2021 IEEE Asia–Pacific Conference on
Geoscience, Electronics and Remote
Sensing Technology (AGERS2021) and
the IEEE 2020 43rd International
Conference on Telecommunications and
Signal Processing (TSP2020). He was
the General Co-Chair of the 3rd and
2nd International Workshop on Signal
Processing Techniques for Ground
Penetrating Radar Applications in
2022 and 2020 (TSP—IEEE Conf. Record
49548), respectively, and he served
as the main organiser, scientific
committee member and chair of
technical sessions in 50+
international conferences and
workshops. He served as the managing
guest editor for various journals.
He is the Editor-in-Chief of NDT
(MDPI), and an Associate Editor of
the International Journal of
Pavement Engineering (IJPE), Remote
Sensing (MDPI), Frontiers in Remote
Sensing, Geoscientific
Instrumentation, Methods and Data
Systems (GI), and the Journal of
Railway Engineering.
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Alberto T. Estévez
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Spain
Alberto T. Estévez (Barcelona,
1960), Architect (UPC, 1983),
Architecture Ph.D. of Sciences (UPC,
1990), Art Historian (UB, 1994), Art
History Ph.D. of Arts (UB, 2008).
With a professional office of
architecture and design (Barcelona,
1983-today). Chairman-Professor
(Catedrático) in Architecture,
teaching in different universities,
in the knowledge’s areas of
architectural design, architectural
theory and art history (UPC, TU
Wien, UB, UPF Elisava, HSAK Vienna,
UDEM, UdG, USTA Bucaramanga).
Founding as first Director the ESARQ
School of Architecture (UIC
Barcelona, 1996), as an avant-garde
international school in its first 10
years: it was then the first school
in the world with an architecture
curriculum including –among other
things– mandatory subjects of
sustainability and international
cooperation, as well as laboratories
for biological architecture
(genetics) and digital architecture
(manufacturing). He also founded two
research lines there, with two
officially accredited research
groups, two masters’ degrees and
Ph.D. programs: “History,
Architecture and Design” (UIC
Barcelona, 1998- today) and “Genetic
Architectures / Biodigital
Architecture” (UIC Barcelona,
2000-today). As well as the Master
of International Cooperation with
Alex Levi and Amanda Schachter (UIC
Barcelona, 2004-today). He was also
the Founder and 1st Director of the
UIC Barcelona PhD Program of
Architecture. Director of 31 PhD
Thesis. He has written more than
three hundred publications, and has
participated in a large number of
exhibitions, congresses and
committees. Invited to give more
than one hundred lectures around the
world, presenting his ideas,
research, projects and works of
architecture and design (in the last
two decades on biodigital
architecture & genetics). He was
also Vice-Chancellor /
General-Manager of UIC Barcelona
(Universitat Internacional de
Catalunya), where he is currently
the Director of iBAG-UIC Barcelona
(Institute for Biodigital
Architecture & Genetics) after
founding it.
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