Announcements

Name: Dr. Aires Camoes
Affiliation: University of Minho, Portugal

Name: Dr. Michał Łobacz
Affiliation: Medical University of Lublin, Poland

Name: Dr. Ajay Jayswal
Affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Name: Dr. Miran Merhar
Affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Name: Dr. Andras Lengyel
Affiliation: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Name: Dr. Morwenna Spear
Affiliation: Bangor University, UK

Name: Dr. Andrei Mihalache
Affiliation: “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania

Name: Dr. Oleksandr Tkach
Affiliation: University of Aveiro, Portugal

Name: Dr. Antonio Panico
Affiliation: University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Italy

Name: Dr. Pierre Fau
Affiliation: INSA/CNRS/Université de Toulouse, France

Name: Dr. Asif Ali Haider
Affiliation: Yunnan University, China

Name: Dr. Przemyslaw Strzelecki
Affiliation: Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland

Name: Dr. Elisabeth Thronsen
Affiliation: SINTEF Industry, Norway

Name: Dr. Susil Baral
Affiliation: Illinois State University, USA

Name: Dr. Felix Donat
Affiliation: ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Name: Dr. Toshimitsu Tetsui
Affiliation: National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

Name: Dr. Fernando Maccari
Affiliation: Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

Name: Dr. Victor Sanfins Cecon
Affiliation: Iowa State University, USA

Name: Dr. Hang Su
Affiliation: ¹ Jilin University, China; ² Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Name: Dr. Violeta Ramos
Affiliation: University of Exeter, UK

Name: Dr. Hannes Rijckaert
Affiliation: Ghent University, Belgium

Name: Dr. Xianwen Hu
Affiliation: Guangdong University of Technology, China

Name: Dr. Hussein O. Badr
Affiliation: Stanford University, USA

Name: Dr. Yi Yao
Affiliation: University of Wyoming, USA

Name: Dr. Jan Loskot
Affiliation: University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Name: Dr. Yuanjie Deng
Affiliation: Sichuan University of Science & Engineering, China

Name: Dr. Jarosław Żmudzki
Affiliation: Silesian University of Technology, Poland

Name: Dr. Yufan Zhou
Affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Name: Dr. João Crucho
Affiliation: Belgian Road Research Centre (BRRC), Belgium

Name: Dr. Zahoor Hussain
Affiliation: North Dakota State University, USA

Name: Dr. Joseph Govan
Affiliation: Universidad de Chile, Chile

Name: Prof. Bevis Hutchinson
Affiliation: Swerim AB, Sweden

Name: Dr. Karol Chilmon
Affiliation: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Name: Dr. Daniel Levacher
Affiliation: ComUE Normandie University, France

Name: Kun Viviana Tian
Affiliation: Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Name: Dr. Jasmina Lukinac
Affiliation: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia

Name: Dr. Leonardo Vivarelli
Affiliation: Musculoskeletal Tissue Bank – IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli Bologna, Italy

Name: Prof. Dr. Jingxuan Wang
Affiliation: Lanzhou University of Technology, China

Name: Dr. Lorenzo Stella
Affiliation: Queen’s University Belfast, UK

Name: Prof. Dr. Juan C. Vielma Pérez
Affiliation: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

Name: Dr. Maciej Jarzebski
Affiliation: Medical University of Lublin, Poland

Name: Prof. Dr. Jun Huang
Affiliation: Wenzhou University, China

Name: Dr. Marcella Balordi
Affiliation: RSE—Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico, Italy

Name: Prof. Dr. Toyohisa Fujita
Affiliation: Guangxi University, China

Name: Dr. Marco Race
Affiliation: University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy

Name: Dr. Xiaojun Wang
Affiliation: Beihang University, China

Name: Dr. Mateusz Fijalkowski
Affiliation: Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic

Name: Prof. Dr. Zorica Mojović
Affiliation: University of Belgrade, Serbia

Name: Asif Ali Haider
Affiliation: Yunnan University, China
“I greatly appreciate the opportunity to contribute to the peer-review process. It is rewarding to assist in maintaining the high standards of scientific publishing.”

Name: Prof. Dr. Jasmina Lukinac
Affiliation: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia
“It is always a pleasure to contribute to the peer-review process and support the dissemination of high-quality research through Materials.”

Name: Dr. Leonardo Vivarelli
Affiliation: Musculoskeletal Tissue Bank – IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli Bologna, Italy
“As a meticulous and critical reviewer who is committed to scientific rigor, clarity, and novelty, I view peer-review as a tool to enhance research and contribute to the progress of science and society.”

Name: Dr. Ajay Jayswal
Affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
“Reviewing for Materials allows me to support the scholarly community while staying engaged with cutting-edge research—truly an enriching and rewarding experience.”

Name: Dr. Karol Chilmon
Affiliation: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
“Reviewing for Materials has been a rewarding academic experience that has deepened my engagement with innovative research in materials science.”

Name: Dr. Adrian Chajec
Affiliation: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland

Name: Dr. Aidas Jokūbaitis
Affiliation: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

Name: Dr. Aidin Bordbar-Khiabani
Affiliation: Aalto University, Finland

Name: Dr. Alexander Heiss
Affiliation: FEM Research Institute, Germany

Name: Dr. Alireza Tabrizikahou
Affiliation: Poznań University of Technology, Poland

Name: Dr. Andreia Ruivo
Affiliation: NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal

Name: Dr. Andrew Barr
Affiliation: The University of Sheffield, UK

Name: Dr. Andrzej Sienkiewicz
Affiliation: Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland

Name: Dr. Anna Młynarczykowska
Affiliation: AGH University of Krakow, Poland

Name: Dr. Ayodele Olofinjana
Affiliation: University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia

Name: Dr. Bing Ren
Affiliation: Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, USA

Name: Dr. Bogdan Tutunaru
Affiliation: University of Craiova, Romania

Name: Dr. Bruno Godinho
Affiliation: University of Aveiro—Campus Santiago, Portugal

Name: Dr. Chao Zhang
Affiliation: Shanxi University, China

Name: Dr. Chenggao Li
Affiliation: Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China

Name: Dr. Debdeep Sarkar
Affiliation: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Name: Dr. Denis Mihaela Panaitescu
Affiliation: National Institute for Research & Development in Chemistry and Petrochemistry—ICECHIM, Romania

Name: Dr. Dipobrato Sarbapalli
Affiliation: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA

Name: Dr. Dowon Bae
Affiliation: Loughborough University, UK

Name: Dr. Ehsan Hosseini
Affiliation: University of Ottawa, Canada

Name: Dr. Eleonora Balliana
Affiliation: Ca’ Foscari University Venice, Italy

Name: Prof. Dr. Eliseu Aldrighi Münchow
Affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Name: Dr. Faguo Li
Affiliation: Xiangtan University, China

Name: Dr. Felipe Viela
Affiliation: Universidad de Madrid, Spain

Name: Dr. Felix Donat
Affiliation: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Name: Dr. Francisco Javier Trujillo
Affiliation: University of Malaga, Spain

Name: Dr. Gaetano Palumbo
Affiliation: AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland

Name: Dr. Gaetano Paolone
Affiliation: Vita-Salute University, Italy

Name: Prof. Dr. Giovanni Consolati
Affiliation: Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Name: Dr. Granzow Torsten
Affiliation: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg

Name: Dr. Hayder H. Abdullah
Affiliation: Curtin University, Australia

Name: Prof. Dr. Hui Wang
Affiliation: University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Name: Dr. Isaac Macwan
Affiliation: Fairfield University, USA

Name: Prof. Dr. Isabel Pestana Paixão Cansado
Affiliation: Universidade de Évora, Pólo da Mitra, Portugal

Name: Dr. Iva Milisavljevic
Affiliation: Alfred University, USA

Name: Prof. Dr. Jae-Sung Lee
Affiliation: Uiduk University, South Korea

Name: Prof. Dr. Jayme S. Keist
Affiliation: Pennsylvania State University, USA

Name: Dr. Joan Femenía
Affiliation: Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

Name: Prof. Dr. John Webb
Affiliation: La Trobe University, Australia

Name: Dr. José Antonio Suárez-Navarro
Affiliation: Research Center of Energy, Environmental and Technology, Spain

Name: Dr. José Clabel Huamán
Affiliation: University of São Paulo, Brazil

Name: Dr. Klaus Heckmann
Affiliation: Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH, Germany

Name: Prof. Dr. Karthik Kannan
Affiliation: National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

Name: Prof. Dr. Katia Vutova
Affiliation: Institute of Electronics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Name: Dr. Kazi Zahir Uddin
Affiliation: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA

Name: Prof. Dr. Laurentiu Slatineanu
Affiliation: “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania

Name: Dr. Lei Yang
Affiliation: Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Name: Dr. Ljubica Kazi
Affiliation: University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Name: Prof. Dr. Longchao Zhuo
Affiliation: Kyoto University, Japan

Name: Dr. Loucas Papadakis
Affiliations: ¹ Frederick University, Cyprus
² Frederick Research Center, Cyprus

Name: Dr. Łukasz Szeleszczuk
Affiliation: Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

Name: Dr. Malgorzata Kac
Affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Name: Dr. Marco Race
Affiliation: Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Italy

Name: Dr. Marek Chalecki
Affiliation: Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland

Name: Dr. Marijo Buzuk
Affiliation: University of Split, Croatia

Name: Dr. Mariusz Tichoniuk
Affiliation: Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland

Name: Dr. Marta Razum
Affiliation: Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia

Name: Dr. Marta Roig-Flores
Affiliation: Universitat Jaume I, Spain

Name: Dr. Miće Jakić
Affiliation: University of Split, Croatia

Name: Dr. Mohammad Rezayat
Affiliation: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain

Name: Dr. Muhammad Tahir Lakhiar
Affiliations: ¹ Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia
² Monash University, Australia

Name: Dr. Natsuko Murakami
Affiliation: Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

Name: Dr. Nick Hudyma
Affiliation: Boise State University, USA

Name: Dr. Oleksandr Tkach
Affiliation: University of Aveiro, Portugal

Name: Dr. Patryk Ziółkowski
Affiliation: Gdansk University of Technology, Poland

Name: Dr. Paweł Hyjek
Affiliation: Pedagogical University of Krakow, Poland

Name: Dr. Paweł J. Romanowicz
Affiliation: Cracow University of Technology, Poland

Name: Prof. Dr. Petros Koutsoukos
Affiliations: ¹ Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Greece
² University of Patras, Greece

Name: Dr. Qi Gao
Affiliation: The University of Western Australia, Australia

Name: Dr. Rafael Resende Assis Silva
Affiliations: ¹ New University of Lisbon (NOVA), Portugal
² Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil

Name: Dr. Renata Żyłła
Affiliation: Łukasiewicz Research Network—Textile Research Institute, Poland

Name: Dr. Riccardo Monterubbianesi
Affiliation: Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Name: Dr. Rihards Gailitis
Affiliation: Riga Technical University, Latvia

Name: Dr. Stephen Young
Affiliation: University of Tennessee, USA

Name: Prof. Dr. Tomasz Stręk
Affiliation: Poznan University of Technology, Poland

Name: Dr. Vijayavarman Chakkravarthy
Affiliation: Cranfield University, UK

Name: Dr. Vladimír Mára
Affiliation: Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

Name: Dr. Xin Tong
Affiliation: Guizhou Normal University, China

Name: Dr. Xuefeng Liao
Affiliation: Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China

Name: Dr. Zacharias G. Fthenakis
Affiliations: ¹ Istituto Nanoscienze, Italy
² Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, Greece
³ National Enterprise for nanoScience and nanoTechnology (NEST), Italy

Name: Dr. Zbigniew Pozorski
Affiliation: Poznan University of Technology, Poland

Name: Dr. Adina Oana Armencia
Affiliation: Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
“The review process has helped me not only contribute to the development of the scientific community but also accumulate vast experience and evolve as a researcher. Each review I have completed has challenged me to delve deeper into new topics and become familiar with the latest research in the relevant fields. In addition, collaborating with various journals within MDPI has broadened my perspective on current research and improved my skills in analysis and critical evaluation.”

Name: Prof. Dr. Alex Micael Dantas de Sousa
Affiliation: São Paulo State University (Unesp), Brazil
“It has been a great pleasure to contribute to publishing high-quality papers on materials and their applications, in addition to promoting open access to science.”

Name: Prof. Dr. Ana Pilipović
Affiliation: University of Zagreb, Croatia
“In general, reviewing papers for journals enhances our knowledge as reviewers. I usually perform reviews for the journal Materials in the field of polymers and polymer processing, but I can also delve into other fields such as the additive manufacturing of metals. I suggest that the system be returned to the way it was before so we can view comments from other reviewers, which are always worth seeing.”

Name: Dr. Arunkumar Shanmugasundaram
Affiliation: Chonnam National University, South Korea
“Peer review is an essential process that ensures the integrity and advancement of scientific research. I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute and collaborate with the Materials journal in maintaining high publication standards.”

Name: Dr. Claudio Testani
Affiliation: CALEF C/O ENEA CR Casaccia, Italy
“The review experience with Materials is always a challenge and an opportunity to learn more as a continuous process of professional growth.”

Name: Dr. Giedrė Streckienė
Affiliation: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
“The peer review process gives researchers/me access to the most current scientific and technological trends and methods, allowing us to grow and improve as researchers and as a community.”

Name: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ignacio Rintoul
Affiliation: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnicas, Argentina
“Reviewing is very important to me. I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute proactively and humbly to the quality of work produced by colleagues around the world.”

Name: Dr. Ioan Petean
Affiliation: Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
“Materials is one of the leading journals covering multidisciplinary aspects of materials science, characterization, and processing. It follows a rigorous peer review process focused on ensuring the quality of the manuscripts meets high scientific standards. The combination of novel elements and scientific soundness oriented for practical and technological applications within is fundamental in ensuring the published articles are of great interest to researchers worldwide.”

Name: Dr. Jacek Krawczyk
Affiliation: University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
“In my opinion, the peer review process at Materials is exceptionally clear and transparent. The intuitive peer review system allows reviewers to easily leave comments, partially by marking answers.”

Name: Prof. Dr. Piero Zecca
Affiliation: University of Insubria, Italy
“As a clinician dedicated to research, I approach each review seeking valuable insights in every article. A rigorous yet constructive peer review process ensures meaningful contributions to scientific progress.”

Name: Dr. Prashant Kumar
Affiliation: Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Japan
“Peer review is a vital process that ensures scientific integrity, fosters innovation, and refines research for a broader impact. It is always rewarding to engage in this collaborative effort.”

Name: Dr. S. M. Iqbal S. Zainal
Affiliation: Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
“I see peer review as a way to give back to the research community. It is rewarding to help others improve their work and I love that I learn something new with every review.”

Name: Dr. Shiraz Mujahid
Affiliation: Mississippi State University, USA
“Reviewing has been a wonderful way of keeping up with the latest advancements in the field while also contributing to the wider materials community worldwide.”

Name: Prof. Dr. Viktor Gribniak
Affiliation: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
“Reviewers are crucial in ensuring publications’ transparency and quality control. No journal can operate without this voluntary support. Thus, I encourage professionals to participate in this process, which is vital for the journal’s success and essential for authors.”

Name: Prof. Dr. Vilmar Steffen
Affiliation: Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR), Brazil
“I would like to share that the peer review process always provides me with great learning opportunities for improving my own manuscript writing.”

Name: Dr. Violetta K. Kytinou
Affiliation: Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
“Providing insightful and constructive reviews is essential for fostering high-quality research and innovation.”

Name: Prof. Dr. Guo Wei
Affiliation: China University of Mining and Technology, China
“Engaging in peer review allows me to contribute to academic rigor. I focus on providing constructive feedback, aiming to enhance the quality of manuscripts, especially in aligning research with practical applications in the field of green materials. This process not only promotes academic exchange but also drives the progress of scientific research.”