Maria Cristina S. Ribeiro is graduated in Civil Engineering, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and post-graduated in ‘Advanced Studies in Building Rehabilitation’. She is research fellow at ‘Composite Materials and Structures Research Unit’ of INEGI (Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering), collaborate researcher at Mining Engineering Department and invited professor at Civil Engineering Department of FEUP (Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto), Porto, Portugal. Her main research fields concern mix-design of concrete-polymer composites materials according to end-use applications, hybrid composite systems, nanocomposites, composite materials flame retardancy processes and waste management solutions for fibre reinforced polymers.