Professor Sergio Cavalaro is a civil engineer who has studied and worked in Brazil, Spain, the Netherlands and UK.

His career has been dedicated to fast-tracking the journey from research to innovation and real impact, confronting some of the most pressing challenges in the built environment through highly collaborative and multidisciplinary initiatives.

His work underpins advanced and more sustainable construction materials, novel construction and maintenance processes, durability models and life-extension approaches used worldwide in the critical rail, road and water infrastructure that we all rely on.

He has a leading role in national academic consortia seeking to transform how academia, industry and government work together to solve these challenges in innovative ways and develop the talent pipeline of the future.

Landmark projects – including the world’s first 3D printed concrete bridge, automated repair systems for UK rail, and critical RAAC research for the NHS – exemplify his passion to collapse innovation cycles and deliver rapid, transformative impact.