Dr Vasilis Sarhosis

Professor Vasilis Sarhosis holds the Chair in Resilient Structures and Infrastructure at the School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds. He is also a visiting Professor at Southeast University, Nanjing, China and a CDRI (Coalition for Disaster Resilience Infrastructure) Fellow. He holds both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Leeds, and worked as a consultant Civil Engineer in the UK. Prof Sarhosis is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineering (FICE), Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering (FIMEchE) and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in the UK. He is currently chairing the National Scientific Committee on the Analysis and Restoration of Structures of Architectural Heritage (ISCARSAH-UK), which is part of the ICOMOS. His research focuses on understanding the long-term behaviour of masonry infrastructure subjected to natural and man-made hazards. He works together with industry to develop state-of-the art technologies and tools to reduce maintenance demands and improve the life-span of old and deteriorated masonry infrastructure and built heritage. He is currently working on the following areas:

• inspection, monitoring and condition appraisal of masonry infrastructure;
• structural assessment of masonry infrastructure; and
• maintenance, repair and rehabilitation of masonry infrastructure.