Prof Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga

Dr. Bastidas-Arteaga is Full Professor at La Rochelle University since 2020. He was Associated Professor at University of Nantes between 2010 and 2020. His research work aims at providing robust stochastic frameworks to optimise design, inspection, and maintenance of ageing coastal and offshore structural structures. Since 2009, he has been working on the assessment of consequences and adaptation of infrastructure and buildings subjected to climate change within the framework of national/international collaborations and research projects. He is co-author of more than 200 technical papers and reports. Among these publications, he co-edited a book on Climate Adaptation Engineering. He has been and is also participating in several technical committees related to climate change and civil engineering: French Association for Normalisation (AFNOR, France), American Concrete Institute (ACI, USA), Joint Research Centre (JRC, Europe), and the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE, International). He participated as an expert in project-team 1, mandate Adaptation to Climate Change (CEN-CENELEC). He is currently providing expertise to the European Union for the assessment of effects of climate change on the durability of buildings in Europe.