Dr. Silvestre T. Pinho

Silvestre Taveira Pinho is Professor in Mechanics of Composites at Imperial College London where he holds the Airbus Chair in Composites. He is the Vice-President of the International Committee on Composite Materials (ICCM) for Region I, Chair of ICCM's Information Committee, Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, EPSRC Research Fellow, member of the Royal Aeronautical Society Structures & Materials Specialist Committee, Editor for "Composites Science and Technology" and Editor in Chief for Elsevier's book series "Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering".

Silvestre was awarded in 2010 by the European Society for Composite Materials (ESCM) the prize for best young researcher in Composites active in Europe and also served as a member of the Council and of the Executive Committee of the European Society for Composite Materials from 2012 to 2022. Silvestre was awarded two distinct fellowships from the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (2014 and 2022). Silvestre has also been a member of a UK government committee on recycling of Composites, and more recently authored the chapter on aviation of a NetZero All Party Parliamentary Group's report. He has also been interviewed for a BBC film on sustainability in aviation and delivered a TedX talk on "New lightweight materials inspired by nature".