**Meet the editors**

Carlos Alberto Giudice, Ph.D., is affiliated with La Plata National University, Argentina. His professional studies involve Chemical Engineering, specializing in paints and coatings as well as anticorrosive and antifouling paints, fire-retardant treatments, heavy-duty offshore protection technologies. He currently serves as Professor of "Materials Protection," director of career doctor in Engineering

Materials mention, and secretary of Science and Technology and Postgraduate, National Technological University—La Plata Regional Faculty, Argentina. Previously, he has worked as Principal researcher of CONICET (Scientific Research Career of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Researches, Argentina) Developed work.

He has authored and co-authored more than 250 research articles published in international scientific and technological journals and congress proceedings, about 40 chapters of books and more than 50 advisory works for coating industry, and edited or co-edited 5 books. He served as a lecturer and professor of numerous courses in Latin America, Europe, and Asia.

Guadalupe Canosa, Ph.D., is affiliated with National Technological University, Argentina. Her professional studies include Chemical Engineering, specializing in paints and coatings and technologies such as anticorrosive paints, fire-retardant treatments, and biodeterioration. She currently serves as a Professor of "Physical Chemistry" and "Introduction to Nuclear Energy". She

is also a coordinator of career doctor in Engineering Materials mention, executive advisor of the School of Advanced Studies in Engineering Sciences, member of the Science and Technology and Postgraduate Advisory Council. She holds a position of academic counselor of the Chemical Engineering Career (National Technological University—La Plata Regional Faculty), and associate researcher of CONICET (Scientific Research Career of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Researches, Argentina). She has authored or co-authored several books, chapters of books and research articles published in international scientific and technological jour-

nals, congress proceedings and numerous advisory works.
