**Meet the editor**

Dr. Aimé Peláiz Barranco is a full professor in the Physics Faculty, Havana University, Cuba. Her activities range from teaching to advising undergraduate and graduate students and doing high-quality research. She is one of the leaders in the development of ferroelectric and antiferroelectric materials researches in Cuba and the international coordinator of the Latin American

Network of Ferroelectrics Materials. She has authored 100 scientific papers in refereed journals and presented an important number of research works at scientific congresses. Her results have been recognized in Cuba and worldwide through the award of several prizes, such as TWOWS Award for Young Women Scientists (2010), TWAS-ROLAC Award for Young Scientists (2011), and CAS-TWAS Award for Young Scientists (2012).
