**About the Editor**

**Mari ´an Palcut** (b. 1981) graduated with honors in physical chemistry at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. He obtained his PhD in Materials Science and Technology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim in 2007. He completed his postdoctorate at the Technical University of Denmark and the University of Oslo. At present, he holds a faculty position at the Slovak University of Technology. He defended his habilitation thesis in May 2019. Assoc. Prof. Marian Palcut has published 39 articles indexed in Web of Science and Scopus. His ´ papers have been cited more than 500 times (excluding self-citations). His current h index is 14. Dr. Palcut is a regular editor of Advances in Materials Science and Engineering and a frequent reviewer of international peer-reviewed journals in Materials Science and Technology. He has participated in several national and international scientific projects focused on investigating the corrosion resistance of advanced metallic materials and alloys. His current research interests include corrosion studies of complex alloys, high entropy alloys, and lead-free solders.
