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Dr. Shashanka Rajendrachari is an assistant professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Bartin University, Turkey. He obtained a Ph.D. from the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India. He also holds an MSc in Industrial Chemistry and an MTech in Nanoscience and Technology from Kuvempu University, Karnataka, India. He is the recipient

of numerous national and international awards for his research contributions. His research areas are nano-structured alloys, powder metallurgy, electrochemical sensors, corrosion, and smart and high-entropy alloys. He has 8 years of research and teaching experience and has published more than fifty-five research articles, ten books, and nine book chapters.

Volodymyr Shatokha graduated in 1982 as a Ferrous Metallurgy engineer. In 1985, he received a Ph.D. degree from the Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute (known since 1999 as the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine and since 2021 as the Ukrainian State University of Science and Technology). In 1998, he received the title of professor with the Ironmaking Chair. During 1999–2002, he was the dean of the Metallurgical

Faculty. During 2002-2021, he was the vice-rector for Research and Education. Since 2022 he is a professor of the Ironmaking & Steelmaking Department. His research deals mainly with the properties of iron ore materials, physicochemical processes of ironmaking, recycling methods, sustainability analysis, etc. He is the author of over 180 research papers, 7 books, and 7 patents. He is an honorary professor at the Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, China, and a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo (2013). He is a laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (2010) and a fellow of the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Programme for the EU climate and energy policy studies (since 2015).

Baris Avar is an associate professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Turkey. He is currently involved in teaching and research activities focused on material sciences and nanotechnology. His research interests include nanocrystalline, amorphous, and quasicrystalline alloys, as well as mechanical alloying and rapid solidification processes.
