**Francesca Lionetto**

Francesca Lionetto is an Assistant Professor at the University of Salento in Italy. She has been a visiting scientist at the University of Nottingham (UK) and at the University of Kaiserslautern (Germany). She is the author of more than 130 scientific publications on international journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters. She is a member of the Editorial Board of two international peer-reviewed scientific journals and a reviewer for about 30 international journals. She is the author of two national patents and one submitted European patent. Her research activity is focused on polymer and polymer composite science and technology. Her research interests are i) polymer rheology; ii) curing kinetics of thermosetting matrices; iii) polymer composite processing and joining; iv) heat transfer modelling during composite manufacturing; v) polymer-based nanocomposites; vi) hybrid welding of dissimilar materials; and vii) ultrasonic wave propagation.
