Isabel Falorca is professor of Soil Mechanics, Water and Hydraulic Resources and Geotechnics at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture of the University of Beira Interior. She has a PhD in Civil Engineering (2011) at the University of Beira Interior, a MSc in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (2003) and a Licence degree in Civil Engineering (1997), both at University of Coimbra. She conducts research on soil reinforcement, geosynthetics, ground improvement and physical modeling of geotechnical-hydraulic processes. She has focused on the fundamental study of soils and man-made geo-systems with an emphasis on the mechanics of various interacting phenomena. Her research is largely experimental and has been sponsored by the National Science and Technology Foundation and local manufacturers. She received the Young Geotechnical Engineer Award from the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering in 2007. Prof.ª Isabel Falorca co-chaired the International Seminar on Geotechnical Solutions for Inter-Regional Environmental Problems Portugal-Spain, held in Covilhã on 2019, Portugal, under the auspices of the Portuguese Geotechnical Society. She was director of the Integrated Master in Civil Engineering from 2017 to 2019. She is member of the International Geosynthetics Society, of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering and of the Portuguese Geotechnical Society.