Javier Andres Forero Valencia is a Civil Engineer and researcher at C5Lab – Collaborative Laboratory for Sustainable Construction Materials, Portugal. He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Brasília (Brazil), including a research period at Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal), an MSc in Civil Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), and a BSc in Civil Engineering from the University of Nariño (Colombia). All his academic degrees are formally recognised in Portugal. His research focuses on sustainable cementitious materials, recycled concrete aggregates, concrete durability, carbonation, alternative binders and the development of low-carbon construction technologies. His experience includes experimental research, industrial validation of concrete mixtures and university teaching in Brazil. He is also involved in the application of machine learning techniques to cement and clinker characterisation.