Metallurgical and Materials Engineer with a PhD and more than 5 years working across classical metallurgy and advanced materials R&D. Trained across phase diagrams, heat treatment, casting, forming, welding metallurgy, and failure analysis, with more recent work centered on high-entropy alloys, functional coatings, and electrocatalysis. Delivered results directly to industry partners, and currently manage the budget of an individually awarded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship (EUR 263k, rated 95.6%). Author of 18 peer-reviewed publications, and increasingly building AI-assisted software tools to accelerate materials R&D.