He will be hosted by Dr Christian Louter who leads the Structural Glass team at ICOM. Mauro is Senior Lecturer in Building Engineering Design at the Department of Engineering and leads the Glass & Facade Technology Research Group. The group undertakes research on the structural and environmental performance of glass and building envelope systems.

Mauro has more than 40 peer-reviewed publications to his credit and he serves on several national and international committees related to glass and façade engineering. In recognition of his research, he was he was awarded the 2011 Guthrie-Brown medal by the Institution of Structural Engineers and the 2013 IABSE Prize by the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineers.