Dr-Ing. Rafik BELARBI, is a Senior Professor of Civil Engineering and had been (2007-2019) Head of Civil department of La Rochelle University. He is the Editor of Advances of Civil Engineering (Hindawi). His major thrust areas of research cover wide spectrum and several domains. It covers multi physic and multiscale approaches as: sustainable building material for energy and environment applications and durability aspect. He is author of more than 100 papers in international journal. His google scholar citations are 2500+ with H-Index of 26.