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Luis Gerardo Flores Salazar is a conservator-architect engineer with a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, awarded by the University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering (FEUP), on July 12, 2024. He holds a master’s degree in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions (SAHC) from the University of Minho, Azurém Campus, completed on July 31, 2018. Before this, he earned a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), Superior School of Engineering and Architecture (ESIA) Tecamachalco, on February 16, 2015. Additionally, he obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in the Restoration of Sites and Monuments from the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Faculty of Architecture, in August 2017. He has served as a Research Assistant in the Postgraduate Department of ESIA Tecamachalco at IPN and as a Research Fellow at FEUP. His academic achievements have been recognised with one award, and his contributions include nine peer-reviewed publications and fifteen conference presentations. He was also invited to deliver a lecture on "Fire Risk Assessment Methods for Cultural Heritage" at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, as part of the master’s program in Built Heritage Conservation. Key areas of his research and expertise include multi-hazard risk assessment, vulnerability assessment, 3D modelling, conservation, cultural heritage, QGIS, and architecture. His work reflects a strong foundation in scientific, technological, and artistic-cultural domains.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Luis Gerardo Flores Salazar

Citation names

  • Salazar, L. Gerardo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4A19-DC19-F17A
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8616-1707

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
Italian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/09/01 - 2024/07/12
Concluded
 Engenharia Civil (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Development of multi-hazard risk indicators for Immovable Cultural Heritage " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 A
2017/09/01 - 2018/07/31
Concluded
 Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions (SAHC) (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
"Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of Historic Masonry Buildings in Mexico City." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15 (Escala 0-20)
2016/09/01 - 2017/08/31
Concluded
 Especialista em Restauração de Sítios e Monumentos (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo Facultad de Arquitectura, Portugal
"Proyecto de Restauración y Reciclaje de la Casa Anexa A de la Exhacienda del Molino en Vista Hermosa de Negrete, Michoacán [Restoration and New Adapted Project of the Annex House A of the Former Hacienda del Molino in Vista Hermosa de Negrete, Michoacán]" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 9.75 (Escala 0-10)
2008/08/01 - 2015/02/16
Concluded
 Engenheiro Arquiteto (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico Nacional Escuela Superior de Ingeniería y Arquitectura Tecamachalco, Mexico
"Proyecto Ejecutivo Unidad Deportiva en Chicoloapan de Juárez, Estado de México [Detailed Design Project for the Sports Complex in Chicoloapan de Juárez, State of Mexico]" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 8.78 (Escala 0-10)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/11/02 - 2024/11/01 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2019/08/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/03 - 2017/04 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico
2013/03/01 - 2014/12/31 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto Politécnico Nacional Escuela Superior de Ingeniería y Arquitectura Tecamachalco, Mexico
Instituto Politécnico Nacional Escuela Superior de Ingeniería y Arquitectura Tecamachalco, Mexico
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/10/07 - 2019/08/31 Risk Indicators for the Analysis of Cultural heritage under Threat (RIACT)
PTDC/ECI-ARQ/30469/2017
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/01/01 - 2014/12/31 Paisajes Culturales, Identidad y Urbanización Sociocultural en Pueblos y Barrios Originarios de la Ciudad de México [Cultural Landscapes, Identity, and Sociocultural Urbanization in the Original Towns and Neighbourhoods of Mexico City]
20144196
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico Nacional Escuela Superior de Ingeniería y Arquitectura Tecamachalco, Mexico
 Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Salazar, L. Gerardo. "Metodologia aplicada no projeto de restauração habitacional em Vista Hermosa de Negrete, Michoacán [Methodology Applied to the Housing Restoration Project in Vista Hermosa de Negrete, Michoacán]". In Estudos Brasileiros sobre Patrimônio – Volume 1, 167-177. Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Editora Poisson, 2019.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Xavier das Neves Romão; Rui Figueiredo; Paupério, Esmeralda; Salazar, L. Gerardo ; Tikhonova, Olha. Corresponding author: Xavier das Neves Romão. "Natural hazard risk management for cultural heritage assets: advances in the context of the RIACT research project". Paper presented in Copernicus Meetings EGU General Assembly, 2021.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. L. Gerardo F. Salazar; Xavier Romão; Rui Figueiredo. "A Hybrid Approach for the Assessment of Flood Vulnerability of Historic Constructions and Their Contents". Paper presented in 13th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions SAHC 2023, Kyoto, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-39450-8_91
  2. Salazar, L. Gerardo (4A19-DC19-F17A); Romão, X.; Paupério, Esmeralda. "Survey of Vulnerability Indicators for Fire Risk Assessment in Cultural Heritage". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference of Urban Risks ICUR 2022, Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  3. Salazar, L. Gerardo ; Figueiredo, R.; Romão, X.. "Survey of Vulnerability Indicators for Flood Risk Assessment in Cultural Heritage". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference of Urban Risks ICUR 2022, Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  4. Tikhonova, Olha; Xavier Romão; Salazar, L. Gerardo. "The use of GIS tools for data collection and processing in the context of fire risk assessment in urban cultural heritage". Paper presented in International Conference of Young Professionals «Geoterrace-2021», Lviv, 2021.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20215K3048
  5. Salazar, L. Gerardo ; Paupério, Esmeralda; Romão, X.. "Development of a Fire Damage Index for Immovable Cultural Heritage". Paper presented in 12th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions SAHC 2021, Barcelona, 2021.
    Published • 10.23967/sahc.2021.077
  6. Scacco, Jacopo; Salazar, L. Gerardo ; Bianchini, Nicoletta; Mendes, Nuno; Cullimore, Cassie; Jain, Lavina. "Seismic Performance of the Church of Carmo Convent". Paper presented in Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia, Guimarães, 2019.
    Submitted
Journal article
  1. Nuno Mendes; Nicoletta Bianchini; Georgios Karanikoloudis; Anna Blyth; Jacopo Scacco; Luis Gerardo Flores Salazar; Cassie Cullimore; Lavina Jain. "Preservation and Protection of Cultural Heritage: Vibration Monitoring and Seismic Vulnerability of the Ruins of Carmo Convent (Lisbon)". Sensors (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/s24186095.
    10.3390/s24186095
  2. L. Gerardo F. Salazar; Rui Figueiredo; Xavier Romão. "Flood vulnerability assessment of built cultural heritage: Literature review and identification of indicators". International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104666.
    10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104666
  3. L. Gerardo F Salazar; Esmeralda Paupério; Olha Tikhonova; Rui Figueiredo; Xavier Romão. "A new fire damage index to assess the vulnerability of immovable cultural heritage". International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104731.
    10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104731
  4. L. Gerardo F. Salazar; Xavier Romão; Esmeralda Paupério. "Review of Vulnerability Indicators for Fire Risk Assessment in Cultural Heritage". International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (2021): 102286-102286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102286.
    10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102286
  5. L. Gerardo F. Salazar; Tiago Miguel Ferreira. "Residential Building Models for Seismic Risk Assessment at the Historic Downtown of Mexico City". International Journal of Architectural Heritage (2020): https://doi.org/10.1080/15583058.2020.1855680.
    10.1080/15583058.2020.1855680
  6. Salazar, L. Gerardo ; Tiago Miguel Ferreira (D21E-0392-9F2A). "Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Historic Constructions in the Downtown of Mexico City". Sustainability (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/3/1276.
    10.3390/su12031276
  7. Salazar, L. Gerardo ; Ferreira, Tiago Miguel. "Vulnerabilidad sísmica para la rehabilitación del patrimonio cultural. Un acercamiento teórico-institucional [Seismic Vulnerability for the Rehabilitation of Cultural Heritage: A Theoretical-Institutional Approach]". Gremium 6 12 (2019): 116-137. https://doi.org/10.56039/rgn12a09.
    Published • 10.56039/rgn12a09
  8. Salazar, L. Gerardo. "Paisajes culturales como símbolo de identidad socioterritorial. Caso Santa Isabel Tola [Cultural Landscapes as a Symbol of Socioterritorial Identity: The Case of Santa Isabel Tola]". Esencia y Espacio 39 6 (2014): 56-67.
    Published

Artistic / Performance

Program / Show
  1. Valeria Alejandra Ochoa Cruz; Mónica Ochoa; Katya Giselle Garcia Chapa; Viviana Llamas Mata; Salazar, L. Gerardo. 2015. Trotamundis: Destino país (España, México, Brasil) [Country destination (Spain, Mexico, Brazil)]. Centro Cultural de España en México.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/07/04 Indicator-based Fire Vulnerability Assessment of the Ringebu and Heddal Stave Churches in Norway Energy efficiency, Structural Integrity in historical and modern buildings facing Climate change and Circularity (ESICC)
Instituto Superior Técnico, DeCivil (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/06 La ExHacienda del Molino en Vista Hermosa de Negrete. Un Análisis Histórico para el Trabajo de Restauración [The Former Hacienda del Molino in Vista Hermosa de Negrete: A Historical Analysis for Restoration Work] 2do Congreso Internacional de Historia y Ciencias Sociales
(Tlalpujahua, Mexico)
2017/05/10 Metodologia aplicada no projeto de restauração habitacional em Vista Hermosa de Negrete, Michoacán [Methodology Applied to the Residential Restoration Project in Vista Hermosa de Negrete, Michoacán] ICOMOS BRASIL / Simpósio Científico 2017
ICOMOS BRASIL (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
2017/04/26 Métodos Técnicas y Criterios del Proyecto de Restauración. El caso de Vista Hermosa de Negrete Michoacán [Methods, Techniques, and Criteria of the Restoration Project: The Case of Vista Hermosa de Negrete, Michoacán]
Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia (Jaguarão, Brazil)
2016/07/27 Características urbanas y arquitectónicas del sitio Chac Mool, Quintana Roo durante el Postclásico(1050/1100-1500 d.n.e.) [Urban and Architectural Characteristics of the Chac Mool Site, Quintana Roo, during the Postclassic (1050/1100-1500 CE)] 10° Congreso Internacional de Mayistas. Los Mayas: Discursos e Imágenes del Poder
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Izamal, Mexico)
2016/05/14 Transición espacial y temporal de la calle de República de Argentina en el Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México [Spatial and Temporal Transition of República de Argentina Street in the Historic Centre of Mexico City] Foro Políticas Públicas y Acciones en el Centro Histórico, Ciudad de México
Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico)
2015/11/17 El sacrificio en el sitio arqueológico de Chac Mool, Quintana Roo durante el pósclasico (1050/1100 - 1500 D.N.E.) [Sacrifice at the Chac Mool Archaeological Site, Quintana Roo, during the Postclassic (1050/1100 - 1500 CE)] XVIII "Juan Comas" Coloquio Internacional de Antropología Física
Asociación Mexicana de Antropología Biológica, A.C., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Durango, Mexico)
2014/09/26 Paisajes Culturales símbolo de existencia e identidad. Caso del Pueblo Santa Isabel Tola [Cultural Landscapes as a Symbol of Existence and Identity: The Case of Santa Isabel Tola Village] III Coloquio Internacional RIGPAC Turismo Globalización y Patrimonio
Universidad Iberoamericana (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/07 - Current Journal of Cultural Heritage (1296-2074) Elsevier
2024 - Current Environmental Science and Pollution Research (0944-1344) Springer
2021/05 - Current International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (2212-4209) Elsevier
2021 - Current Suistainability (2071-1050) Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
2022/10 - 2022/10 Heritage (2571-9408) Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
2020/01 - 2021/12 U.Porto Journal of Engineering (2183-6493) Faculty of Engineering University of Porto
2021 - 2021 Natural Hazards (0921-030X) Springer
2019 - 2020 Conservar Património (2182-9942) Associação Profissional de Conservadores-Restauradores de Portugal | ARP

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/11 - 2020/11 Topic: One session of Fire Risk Assessment – Assessment Methods for Cultural Heritage, as part of the curricular Unit of “Analysis and Prevention of Risks in Built Heritage" for the Master in Built Heritage Conservation (Mestrado em Reabilitação do Património) Master in Built Heritage Conservation (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2018 Presea [Award] “Dr. Ignacio Chávez Sánchez”
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico