Professor Amador Terán Gilmore holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), an M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of California at Berkeley, respectively. He has been a Professor at UAM since 1989 and Visiting Professor in several national and international graduate programs.

Member of 4 boards of the Mexican Society of Earthquake Engineering (1999-2002, 2004-2005, 2020-2021, 2021-2022) and two boards of the Mexican Society of Structural Engineering (2003-2004, 2009-2010). Head of the Structures Area (1997-1999) and, subsequently, of the Area of Technological Development and Sustainability in Civil Engineering (2010-2015) at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Azcapotzalco Campus.

He has authored more than 250 publications in structural engineering; he has given more than 300 presentations, conferences, lectures, and courses in Mexico and abroad. He coordinates several technical committees, including the Committee responsible for elaborating the Complementary Technical Norms for Earthquake Design in Mexico City, the Committee of Tall Buildings and Innovative Systems of the Mexican Society of Earthquake Engineering, and the subcommittee of Application of Seismic Response Control Devices of ANIPPAC. He has advised several structural calculation firms in seismic rehabilitation projects; the use of seismic control systems; and the design and review of the structural project of several high-rise buildings constructed in Mexico City.