** Officer of Materials Science Division from March 2020 to March 2024 

Paolo Colombo is a professor of Materials Science and Technology at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. He is also an adjunct professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University, a visiting professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of University College London, UK, and a member of the EPSRC Peer Review College (UK). He was a Foreign Scientist at INSA, Lyon, France in 2015, and a DGF Mercator Professor at the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany in 2016. He was elected Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics, Academician of the European Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, Fellow of the European Ceramic Society. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for the Pennsylvania State University in 1991, the Pfeil Award (The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London, UK), the Global Star Award (The Engineering Ceramics Division of the American Ceramic Society), the Edward C. Henry Award (The Electronics Division of The American Ceramic Society), the Verulam Medal & Prize (The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London, UK) and the Global Ambassador Award (The American Ceramic Society). He published more than 270 papers in peer-reviewed journals, is the Editor-in-Chief of Open ceramics (ISSN: 2666-5395) and is in the editorial board of 9 international scientific journals. Paolo Colombo’s research interests include novel processing routes to porous glasses and ceramics (currently focusing mainly on Additive Manufacturing, using different technologies), the development of ceramic components from preceramic polymers and geopolymers, and the vitrification and reuse of hazardous industrial and natural waste.