Dr. Ashraf Ashour

Ashraf Ashour is a Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Bradford, received his PhD from Cambridge University, was the Head of Civil Engineering Department and the Director of Research, and is currently the Leader of the sustainable environments research group at the University of Bradford. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers (FIStructE) and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). He has extensive research experience in the development of new sustainable construction materials and their use in sustainable infrastructure as well as techniques to extend the life of concrete structures. He has published more than 300 journal and conference papers and is consistently ranked amongst the top 2% scientists in Civil Engineering in accordance with the Global Database produced by Stanford University and was recently awarded Newton Prize-2020 for his work in developing sustainable concrete materials and structures. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the Structures and Buildings Journal (ICE) and is currently an Associated Editor for Structures, Composite Structures and many other journals.