**Claudio Testani**

Dr. Claudio Testani graduated in Aerospace Structural Engineering in 1987, University of Rome, La Sapienza; then, in 2006, he defended his PhD thesis in Material Engineering, Universita di Roma ` "Tor-Vergata". He has long-standing experience in teaching and is a Member of the Teaching Board of the PhD school of TorVergata University Rome, Italy.

He is a qualified engineer and has worked for about 30 years in research centres for advanced structural materials development, applied metallurgy, industrial research and management with eight patents, producing more than 100 scientific publications. He attained a habilitation to become an associate professor and has worked as an R&D manager for an italian industry before coming back to research activities. He is also the technical director of CALEF, Italian R&D research Consortium of Universities and Industries.

He has received awards for his achievements, including: Top Peer Reviewer 2019 for "Material Science" and Top Peer Reviewer 2019 for "Cross-Field" on the Publons global reviewer database.

#### **Andrea Di Schino**

Prof. Andrea Di Schino completed his degree in Physics at the University of Pisa and PhD in Materials Engineering at the University of Napoli. He then joined Centro Sviluppo Materiali SpA (CSM), a european leading centre for materials research. After spending more than 10 years in CSM, he joined the University of Perugia as a Professor of Metallurgy. His main interests lie in combining fundamental theoretical research and experiments to explain mechanisms and discovering new insights in the field of steel metallurgy. He is the author of more than 200 papers relating to physical metallurgy and product development and is member of the Editorial Board of several journals. As of 2021, he is listed in the Top Italian Scientists (TIS) List.
