**Nikolay A. Belov**

Nikolay A. Belov is currently the Chief Scientist and Professor of Materials Science and Light Alloys at the National University of Science and Technology MISiS (former name "Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys"), Russia. His areas of expertise include the physical metallurgy of aluminum alloys, including the development of new Al-alloys (both casting and wrought), the analysis of multicomponent phase diagrams, structure formation during solidification and its evolution during heat treating and plastic deformation. He has published 18 books and over 300 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings and has been involved with over 50 patents and inventions.
