We sincerely welcome Dr. Pedro Fonte from University of Algarve, Portugal, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Dr. Pedro Fonte is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve, Portugal. He is also an integrated member at Center of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of Algarve, Portugal, and a collaborator researcher at the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal. He graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2010 and obtained his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences – Nanotechnologies specialty at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2016. He has more than 60 publications. We appreciate Dr. Pedro Fonte for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Fuyuan Gong from Zhejiang University, China, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. His research interests mainly include the durability of concrete structures, resource utilization of building solid waste, multi-scale calculation of material structures, etc. He has more than 68 SCI-indexed publications. We appreciate Dr. Fuyuan Gong for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Mona Hosseini-Sarvari from Shiraz University, Iran, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Prof. Dr. Mona Hosseini-Sarvari is an academic researcher from Shiraz University. Previous affiliations of Mona Hosseini-Sarvari include the University of Pennsylvania. She has more than 120 publications. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Mona Hosseini-Sarvari for her participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Vesna Nikolic from the University of Belgrade, Serbia, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. She serves as a member of the EB for several journals. She has more than 30 publications in materials. We appreciate Dr. Vesna Nikolic for her participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Abdelkader Zarrouk from Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. He received his Ph.D. in Materials and Corrosion Science, from Mohammed First University, Morocco, in 2011. He has published more than 617 papers in international journals (indexed Scopus) with h-index = 75 and presented about 200 communications in symposia and national/international meetings. He has developed two Moroccan patents and six U.S. patents. He is on the editorial board of twenty-eight (30) international journals and a reviewer in more than seventy peer-reviewed international journals published by Elsevier, Springer, Royal Society of Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Taylor and Francis, etc. He is the author of two books. His main research interests are in the field of Physical Chemistry, especially electrochemistry (Corrosion and corrosion inhibition in all media for metals and alloys using various techniques). He is currently interested in using some quantum chemical methods like density functional theory (DFT), Molecular Dynamics Simulation, and other semi-empirical methods, elimination of heavy metals and radioactive elements by adsorbents, coating, and electroplating, Recently, he has been interested in organic solar cells, the elaboration and characterization of thin films via electrodeposition and their applications. He is also interested in the electro-fenton process. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Abdelkader Zarrouk for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Chunjiang An from Concordia University, Canada, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Dr. Chunjiang An is Associate Professor and the Research Chair in Spill Response and Remediation of Concordia University. His research interests include a broad range of topics related to pollution control, risk assessment and systems analysis. Dr. An has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles. As the PI, Dr. An's interdisciplinary activities have been supported by many organizations such as Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and Fonds de Recherche du Québec Nature et technologies. He has served as the organizing/technical committee member and session chair for over 30 international conferences and symposiums. Recently, he organized some major events about environmental protection as the Chair and Co-Chair such as PEOPLE 2023 International Conference, International Oil Spill Science Conference (IOSSC) 2022, and ITAC-MPRI Workshop 2021. He was also invited to deliver over 30 presentations in international conferences and workshops. His research findings have also been widely reported by Concordia University, CTV, Global News, The Hill Times, Quebec Science, etc. We appreciate Dr. Chunjiang An for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Ioannis Spanopoulos from University of South Florida; USA; to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Dr. Ioannis D. Spanopoulos; Ph.D is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Florida. In 2015; he acquired his PhD. degree in Materials Chemistry from the University of Crete working on developing Metal-Organic Frameworks for gas storage and separation applications. In 2016; he joined the research group of Prof. Mercouri G. Kanatzidis at Northwestern University as a Post-Doctoral Fellow; focusing on the design and synthesis of environmentally friendly and stable perovskite materials for optoelectronic applications. He received the 2020 IIN Outstanding Researcher award from the International Institute for Nanotechnology; the 2022 ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Research award; he is a Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) and he holds a teaching certificate (2020-2021) from the SEARLE center at Northwestern University. Research at the Spanopoulos Group focuses on utilizing molecular and crystal engineering to design and synthesize next-generation; multi-functional materials for energy and environmental-related applications. He has more than 75 publications. We appreciate Dr. Ioannis Spanopoulos for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Savaş Kaya from Cumhuriyet University, Turkey, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Dr. Savaş Kaya is an Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry , 58140, Sivas/Turkey. He was born in 1989, he obtained a Doctorate degree in 2017 in the field of Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry. He does research in Theoretical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Materials Science, Corrosion Science, Physical Inorganic Chemistry, and Coordination Chemistry. He has more than 350 publications. We appreciate Dr. Savaş Kaya for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Qudong Wang from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Prof. Dr. Wang has many years of research and teaching experience in the area of aluminium/magnesium alloys and their forming technology metal composite materials. He is a member of EB for several journals. He has more than 440 publications in materials. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Qudong Wang for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Leszek A. Dobrzanski from U Design and Production ASKLEPIOS Ltd in Gliwice, Poland, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Prof. Leszek Adam Dobrzański, DSc, Ph.D., MSc, Eng, Hon. Prof., M Dr HC is currently a Full Professor of Materials Engineering, Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Medical, Dental and Manufacturing Engineering, Management and Organisation and the Director of the Science Centre ASKLEPIOS of the Medical and Dental Engineering Centre for Research, Design and Production ASKLEPIOS Ltd in Gliwice, Poland and Principal Investigator and the Supervisory Council Chairman of the Centre. He is the President of the World Academy of Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, and a President of the international scientific society – the Association of Computational Materials Science and Surface Engineering. He is a Vice President and a Fellow of the Academy of Engineers in Poland. He is a foreign Fellow of the Ukrainian Academy of Engineering Sciences and a foreign Fellow of the Slovak Academy of Engineering Sciences. He was a Fellow of the Materials Science Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) the President of the Metallic Materials Section of this Committee, and a Member of several Sections of the Metallurgy Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and Committee of Machine Design of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has more than 3,000 publications. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Leszek A. Dobrzanski for his participation and support.