Rui Silva is a Researcher and Civil Engineer, working in the areas of conservation, rehabilitation and structural reinforcement of masonry buildings. Graduated and Integrated Master in Civil Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) in 2010, he finished his PhD at the same University in 2020, where he dedicated himself to the development of a set-up to carry out compression tests of masonry walls and the geometric and material characterization of different types of stone masonry existing in the Porto region. Also in the academic field, he was the co-supervisor of two Integrated Master's theses and co-author of several articles in national and international conferences. Since 2016, he has been working at the Rehabilitation Nucleus of the Institute of Construction of the University of Porto (IC-FEUP), where he is dedicated to the survey, inspection, experimental characterization of materials and structural systems in the rehabilitation and reinforcement of masonry and concrete buildings. The works are requested by public and private entities such as, for instace, the University of Porto, the Porto City Council, the Regional Directorate of Culture of the North, the Route of the Romanesque, the Association of Municipalities of Baixo Tâmega. He has about 12 years of relevant technical-scientific experience. Apart from the above, Rui Silva has been involved, since the beginning of his career, in the design of several buildings, collaborating regularly with private design offices.