We sincerely welcome Dr. Salete Balula from LAQV-REQUIMTE Laboratory, University of Porto, Portugal, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. She has more than 130 publications. We appreciate Dr. Salete Balula for her participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Kiryukhantsev-Korneev Philipp from National University of Science and Technology "MISIS", Russia, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. He has more than 210 publications. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Kiryukhantsev-Korneev Philipp for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Babak Kakavandi from Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Iran, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Please see Babak Kakavandi’s publications. He has more than 110 publications. We appreciate Dr. Babak Kakavandi for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Bruno G. Pollet from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Please see Prof. Dr. Bruno G. Pollet’s publications. He has more than 260 publications. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Bruno G. Pollet for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Shahram Mehdipour-Ataei from Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Iran, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Please see Prof. Dr. Shahram Mehdipour-Ataei’s publications. He has more than 160 publications. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Shahram Mehdipour-Ataei for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Abdelrhman Menazea from the National Research Centre, Dokki, Egypt, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Please see Dr. Abdelrhman Menazea’s publications. He has more than 110 publications. We appreciate Dr. Abdelrhman Menazea for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Jalil Manafian from University of Tabriz, Iran, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Dr. Jalil Manafian is an academic researcher from the University of Tabriz. Previous affiliations of Jalil Manafian include Islamic Azad University & Amirkabir University of Technology. He has more than 170 publications. We appreciate Dr. Jalil Manafian for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Pedro Fonte from University of Algarve, Portugal, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Dr. Pedro Fonte is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve, Portugal. He is also an integrated member at Center of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of Algarve, Portugal, and a collaborator researcher at the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal. He graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2010 and obtained his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences – Nanotechnologies specialty at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2016. He has more than 60 publications. We appreciate Dr. Pedro Fonte for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Fuyuan Gong from Zhejiang University, China, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. His research interests mainly include the durability of concrete structures, resource utilization of building solid waste, multi-scale calculation of material structures, etc. He has more than 68 SCI-indexed publications. We appreciate Dr. Fuyuan Gong for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Mona Hosseini-Sarvari from Shiraz University, Iran, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Prof. Dr. Mona Hosseini-Sarvari is an academic researcher from Shiraz University. Previous affiliations of Mona Hosseini-Sarvari include the University of Pennsylvania. She has more than 120 publications. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Mona Hosseini-Sarvari for her participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Vesna Nikolic from the University of Belgrade, Serbia, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. She serves as a member of the EB for several journals. She has more than 30 publications in materials. We appreciate Dr. Vesna Nikolic for her participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Abdelkader Zarrouk from Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. He received his Ph.D. in Materials and Corrosion Science, from Mohammed First University, Morocco, in 2011. He has published more than 617 papers in international journals (indexed Scopus) with h-index = 75 and presented about 200 communications in symposia and national/international meetings. He has developed two Moroccan patents and six U.S. patents. He is on the editorial board of twenty-eight (30) international journals and a reviewer in more than seventy peer-reviewed international journals published by Elsevier, Springer, Royal Society of Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Taylor and Francis, etc. He is the author of two books. His main research interests are in the field of Physical Chemistry, especially electrochemistry (Corrosion and corrosion inhibition in all media for metals and alloys using various techniques). He is currently interested in using some quantum chemical methods like density functional theory (DFT), Molecular Dynamics Simulation, and other semi-empirical methods, elimination of heavy metals and radioactive elements by adsorbents, coating, and electroplating, Recently, he has been interested in organic solar cells, the elaboration and characterization of thin films via electrodeposition and their applications. He is also interested in the electro-fenton process. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Abdelkader Zarrouk for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Chunjiang An from Concordia University, Canada, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Dr. Chunjiang An is Associate Professor and the Research Chair in Spill Response and Remediation of Concordia University. His research interests include a broad range of topics related to pollution control, risk assessment and systems analysis. Dr. An has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles. As the PI, Dr. An's interdisciplinary activities have been supported by many organizations such as Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and Fonds de Recherche du Québec Nature et technologies. He has served as the organizing/technical committee member and session chair for over 30 international conferences and symposiums. Recently, he organized some major events about environmental protection as the Chair and Co-Chair such as PEOPLE 2023 International Conference, International Oil Spill Science Conference (IOSSC) 2022, and ITAC-MPRI Workshop 2021. He was also invited to deliver over 30 presentations in international conferences and workshops. His research findings have also been widely reported by Concordia University, CTV, Global News, The Hill Times, Quebec Science, etc. We appreciate Dr. Chunjiang An for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Ioannis Spanopoulos from University of South Florida; USA; to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Dr. Ioannis D. Spanopoulos; Ph.D is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Florida. In 2015; he acquired his PhD. degree in Materials Chemistry from the University of Crete working on developing Metal-Organic Frameworks for gas storage and separation applications. In 2016; he joined the research group of Prof. Mercouri G. Kanatzidis at Northwestern University as a Post-Doctoral Fellow; focusing on the design and synthesis of environmentally friendly and stable perovskite materials for optoelectronic applications. He received the 2020 IIN Outstanding Researcher award from the International Institute for Nanotechnology; the 2022 ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Research award; he is a Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) and he holds a teaching certificate (2020-2021) from the SEARLE center at Northwestern University. Research at the Spanopoulos Group focuses on utilizing molecular and crystal engineering to design and synthesize next-generation; multi-functional materials for energy and environmental-related applications. He has more than 75 publications. We appreciate Dr. Ioannis Spanopoulos for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Savaş Kaya from Cumhuriyet University, Turkey, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Dr. Savaş Kaya is an Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry , 58140, Sivas/Turkey. He was born in 1989, he obtained a Doctorate degree in 2017 in the field of Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry. He does research in Theoretical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Materials Science, Corrosion Science, Physical Inorganic Chemistry, and Coordination Chemistry. He has more than 350 publications. We appreciate Dr. Savaş Kaya for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Qudong Wang from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Prof. Dr. Wang has many years of research and teaching experience in the area of aluminium/magnesium alloys and their forming technology metal composite materials. He is a member of EB for several journals. He has more than 440 publications in materials. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Qudong Wang for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Leszek A. Dobrzanski from U Design and Production ASKLEPIOS Ltd in Gliwice, Poland, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Prof. Leszek Adam Dobrzański, DSc, Ph.D., MSc, Eng, Hon. Prof., M Dr HC is currently a Full Professor of Materials Engineering, Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Medical, Dental and Manufacturing Engineering, Management and Organisation and the Director of the Science Centre ASKLEPIOS of the Medical and Dental Engineering Centre for Research, Design and Production ASKLEPIOS Ltd in Gliwice, Poland and Principal Investigator and the Supervisory Council Chairman of the Centre. He is the President of the World Academy of Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, and a President of the international scientific society – the Association of Computational Materials Science and Surface Engineering. He is a Vice President and a Fellow of the Academy of Engineers in Poland. He is a foreign Fellow of the Ukrainian Academy of Engineering Sciences and a foreign Fellow of the Slovak Academy of Engineering Sciences. He was a Fellow of the Materials Science Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) the President of the Metallic Materials Section of this Committee, and a Member of several Sections of the Metallurgy Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and Committee of Machine Design of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has more than 3,000 publications. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Leszek A. Dobrzanski for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Craig Banks from Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Prof. Dr.Craig Banks has pushed the boundaries of screen-printing, the first to report novel screen-printed electrodes (SPEs) such as shallow recessed SPEs, pentagon-shaped recessed SPEs, arrays; CNT SPEs, graphene SPEs, back-to-back SPEs, paper-based SPEs and bulk modified SPEs through incorporating electrocatalytic materials into the bulk of the SPEs for important electrochemical reactions used in energy (batteries and supercaps)/water splitting such as the OER, HER, ORR, for pH sensing and also providing benefits in the field of electroanalysis towards a range of target analytes. Prof. Dr. Craig Banks has also pioneered additive manufacturing developing the ability to make his own filaments that are significantly electrochemical beneficial over those that can be bought. Please see Craig’s publications. He has more than 600 publications. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Craig Banks for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Elza Bontempi from the University of Brescia, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Prof. Elza Bontempi is a researcher with expertise in all the aspects connected with the circular economy, with an interdisciplinary skill set. Indeed, she has extensive knowledge about materials and eco-materials because she focalized her research on the circular economy, sustainability, and innovation.
She has more than 320 publications. She is ranked among the World’s Top 2% of outstanding Scientists. We appreciate Prof. Elza Bontempi for her participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Mario Coccia from National Research Council of Italy and Arizona State University (USA) to join to the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. He has written more than three hundred international papers in several disciplines, and he is a member of the Editorial Board of manifold international journals. Dr. Mario Coccia is in the list of World’s Top 2% Scientist, 2022-2023 by Stanford University (USA). We appreciate Dr. Mario Coccia for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Daniel R. Neuville from Université de Paris Cité, France, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Daniel R. Neuville is currently the senior research director at CNRS-IPGP (Institut de physique du globe de Paris). In 1992, he obtained his PhD in geochemistry (University Paris Diderot, IPGP). Since 2014, he has been head of the Geomatériaux group of IPGP. Since 2013, he has been in charge of the Master of Geochemistry, geomaterial, geobiology and environment program of Université Paris Cité. Between 1994 and 2009, he was secretary of the French Mineralogical and Cristallography Society. He has organized several international workshops and schools and convened many sessions at international meetings between materials and Earth sciences, such as EGU, Goldschmidt, IMA, AGU, GOMD. He was member of IPGP’s administrative and scientific councils, and several other councils. In 1999, he was awarded the Jean Rose Price by the French Association of Science and in 2007–2008, he was Joubin James Visiting Professor at University of Toronto. He was elected fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America in 2018 and he received the Otto Schott research award from Ernst Abbe Fund in 2022. Since 2007, he has been Editor of the Amorphous Materials issues of the American Miner- alogist; he was Guest Editor for Elements vol. 6 (2010) “Thermodynamics: the oldest branch of earth science” and vol. 16 (2020) “The redox engine of the Earth”, for Review in Mineralogy and Geochemistry vol. 78 (2014) “Spectroscopic methods in Mineralogy and Material Sciences” and vol. 87 (2022) “Geological Melts”, and for the American Geophysical Union monography “Magma Redox Geochemistry” (2021). In 2022, he was Guest Editor for a special issue of Comptes Rendus Geoscience “Glass, a ubiquitous material” and Comptes Rendus Physique From everyday glass to disordered solids In 2012, he was elected president of the French Glass Society (USTV), and re-elected in 2015, 2018, and 2023. He was the president of the European Society of Glass Science and Technology (2016–2018). He was the chair of the French committee for the International Year of Glass. Since 2013, he has been the elected chair of the TC03 Committee on the structure and properties of glass of the International Commission on Glass. He was the elected chair of the commission on Mineral Physics of the International Mineralogical Association (2014–2022). He has published more than 210 international articles, given more than 400 presentations at international con- gresses, and been invited to more than 60 conferences. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Daniel R. Neuville for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Vladimir Chigrinov from University of Applied Sciences Niederrhein, Germany, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Prof. Vladimir G. Chigrinov is a Professor of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since 1999. Since 2018 he works as Professor in the School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering in Foshan University, Foshan, China. 2020-2024 Vice President of Fellow of Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (IDSAI), Since 2021 distinguished Fellow of Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. He has more than 580 publications. We appreciate Prof. Vladimir Chigrinov for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Narottam P. Bansal from NASA Glenn Research Center, USA, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. He is a Senior Research Scientist, NASA Glenn Research Center. His research interests are solid oxide fuel cells, thermal and environmental barrier coatings, fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composites for high-temperature structural applications in turbine engines, nano-composites, CMAS, high-temperature superconductors, sol-gel and combustion processing, refractory glass-ceramics, kinetics of phase transformations, IR-transmitting materials, etc. He has more than 220 publications including six books, 6 invited book chapters, seven U.S. patents, and 118 peer-reviewed journal articles. He is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society. We appreciate Dr. Narottam P. Bansal for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Wai-Yim Ching from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Dr. Wai-Yim Ching is a Curator’s Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He is also a group leader at the Electronic Structure Group (ESG) in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and an invited speaker on many conferences. He has more than 500 publications. His recent honours include Robert B. Sosman Award, American Ceramics Society. (2024), Fellow of the AAAS (2018) University of Missouri’s Presidential Award for Sustained Career Excellence (2017), Academician of World Academy of Ceramics (2016), Fellow of the American Physical Society (2008), the Royal Society of Chemistry (2007), the American Ceramic Society (2002). We appreciate Dr. Wai-Yim Ching for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Chun-Sheng Jiang from National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Dr. Chun-Sheng Jiang is a senior scientist in the Analytical Microscopy and Imaging Science group of the Materials Science Center. He has conducted pioneer nanometer-scale characterizations for photovoltaic and energy storage technologies by developing and applying scanning probe microscopy-based nanoelectrical probes such as Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM), scanning capacitance microscopy (SCM), and scanning spreading resistance microscopy (SSRM) etc. He has published more than 280 research articles in these fields. We appreciate Dr. Chun-Sheng Jiang for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Nadhir Al-Ansari from the Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. His research interests are mainly in Water Resources and Environment. He has held several academic administrative positions (Dean, Department Chair). He has carried out more than 60 major research projects in Iraq, Jordan and the United Kingdom and has received several scientific and educational awards. He has more than 900 publications. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Nadhir Al-Ansari for his participation and support.

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We sincerely welcome Dr. Sanjay Nimbalkar from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Dr. Sanjay Nimbalkar has published a number of research papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He has more than 170 publications. His scholarly articles are internationally recognized and among highly cited. He is recipient of Institution of Civil Engineer’s (ICE) 2014 Thomas Telford Premium award in the area of Ground improvement. He is also a recipient of the ‘Professor Joseph M Sussman Best Paper Prize’, Switzerland (2020). He has also received Editor's Choice Award for the best paper in International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering in 2020. He has received Best Reviewer of the year 2022 (from EBM) Award - 2nd Prize and Reviewer of the year 2017 (non EBM) Award, in recognition to outstanding contributions to the Indian Geotechnical Journal. Additionally, Dr. Nimbalkar has been the recipient of several Publons Peer Review Awards, highlighting his outstanding number of reviews. Recently, he was presented with the 2023 Outstanding Associate Editor award in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the Transportation and Transit Systems section of Frontiers in Built Environment in 2022. Furthermore, Dr. Nimbalkar holds adjunct faculty positions at two prestigious Indian Institutes, namely IIT Bombay and IIT Madras, as well as East China Jiaotong University in China. We appreciate Dr. Sanjay Nimbalkar for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Boris Mahltig from University of Applied Sciences Niederrhein, Germany, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Prof. Boris Mahltig is an expert in functionalization, finishing and composite fibres, based at the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology, Niederrhein University. He has many years of research and teaching experience in the area of high performance fibers. He has more than 150 publications in textiles. We appreciate Prof. Boris Mahltig for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Mat Santamouris from University New South Wales, Australia, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Prof. Mat Santamouris is the Anita Lawrence Professor of High Performance Architecture in the University of New South Wales in Australia. He is a past a professor at the University of Athens, Greece and visiting Professor at the Cyprus Institute, Metropolitan University of London, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Bolzano University, Brunnel University and National University of Singapore. Past President of the National Center of Renewable and Energy Savings of Greece. Editor in Chief of the Energy and Buildings, Past Editor in Chief of the Journal of Advances Building Energy Research, Associate Editor of the Solar Energy Journal and actual or past Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Solar Energy, Journal of Buildings and Environment, Journal of Sustainable Energy, Journal of Low Carbon Technologies, Journal of Open Construction and Building Technology, Sustainable Cities and Society and of the Journal of Ventilation. Editor of the Series of Book on Buildings, Energy and Solar Technologies published by Earthscan Science Publishers in London. Editor and author of 15 international books on topics related to heat island, solar energy and energy conservation in buildings published by Earthscan, Springer, etc. Guest editor of twelve special issues of various scientific journals. Scientific coordinator of many international research programs and author of almost 290 scientific papers published in peer reviewed international scientific journals. Reviewer of research projects in 15 countries including USA, UK, France, Germany, Canada, Sweden, etc. Expert in various International Research Institutions. Highly Cited researcher according to Clarivate in 2017 and 2018. We appreciate Prof. Mat Santamouris for his participation and support.