Amelia Almeida is Associate Professor in the Dept. Chemical Engineering of Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. Professor of Materials Science, Phase Transformations, Surface and Coatings Technology and Materials Selection and Design. She develops her research activity at CeFEMA (http://cefema.tecnico.ulisboa.pt), on laser surface modification, laser-assisted synthesis of advanced materials, rapid manufacturing, nanocomposites, electron microscopy, tribology.