Romain Sousa graduated in Civil Engineering from the University of Aveiro (2007), focusing on Earthquake Engineering. He pursued an Erasmus Mundus Master’s in Earthquake Engineering at the University of Patras (Greece) and the University Institute for Advanced Studies in Pavia (Italy), completing it in 2010. In 2015, he earned a PhD in Earthquake Engineering and Seismology from Pavia, where he also coordinated a 12-month research program at EUCENTRE, conducting a parametric study on Nonlinear Static Procedures for seismic assessment of 3D structural models with a team of five researchers. Following his PhD, he was awarded a grant from LNEC and SPES to develop an expedited seismic assessment methodology, now recognized in Portuguese legislation as an alternative to conventional methods in EC8. From 2016-2018, at LNEC, he worked on experimental shake table tests and seismic risk studies, proposing fragility functions for pre-code buildings and cost-effective retrofitting strategies.

Since 2019 is an Assistant Researcher at IPLeiria’s Civil Engineering Department and CDRSP, focusing on seismic risk and sustainable retrofitting for existing precast buildings. He collaborates with municipalities on structural assessments and supervises Master’s and PhD research. Sousa has authored over 50 scientific documents and organized courses on numerical modeling and seismic assessment. He has been involved in scientific events and is active in bridging IPLeiria’s research with the construction industry, promoting prefabrication and automation innovation.