We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Boris N. Chichkov, from Leibniz University Hannover, Germany, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Prof. Chichkov’s research spans laser physics, quantum and nonlinear optics, nano- and biophotonics, nanoengineering, and tissue engineering. He has made pioneering contributions to femtosecond laser processing, additive laser nanofabrication, laser nanoparticle generation, and laser bioprinting of living cells and tissues. His work on laser cell printing can make a considerable contribution to human health and longevity. We appreciate Prof. Chichkov for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Samo Kralj from the University of Maribor, Slovenia, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. His research interests include soft materials, biophysics, and nanomaterials. On these topics, he has so far published about 200 papers in international journals, which have acquired about 4000 citations. He is very active as a science promotor. We appreciate Dr. Kralj for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Che-Wei Tsai from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, to join the Editorial Board of the Recent Progress in Materials. His research mainly focuses on high entropy materials. To date, he has authored/co-authored more than 85 refereed journal articles. We appreciate Dr. Tsai for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Mohammad Heidari-Rarani from the University of Isfahan, Iran, to join the Editorial Board of the Recent Progress in Materials. Dr. Heidari-Rarani mainly interested in understanding and modeling of structures and materials response with computational and experimental methods. He is one of the World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (2021-2024). He has published over 80 academic papers and is the author of 2 book and 5 book chapters. We appreciate Dr. Heidari-Rarani for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Wenkui Dong from the University of New South Wales, Australia, to join the Editorial Board of the Recent Progress in Materials. The research interests of Dr. Dong include smart, low-carbon, and sustainable cement materials, pavement materials, CFRP, mineral-impregnated carbon fibre yarns, solid wastes, self-sensing, self-healing and energy harvesting concrete, and asphalt materials, structures, and sensors. He is one of the World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (2022, 2023, 2024). He has published over 60 academic papers including 57 SCI journal papers and is the author of 1 book and 6 book chapters. We appreciate Dr. Dong for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Salete Balula from LAQV-REQUIMTE Laboratory, University of Porto, Portugal, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. She has more than 130 publications. We appreciate Dr. Salete Balula for her participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Kiryukhantsev-Korneev Philipp from National University of Science and Technology "MISIS", Russia, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. He has more than 210 publications. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Kiryukhantsev-Korneev Philipp for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Babak Kakavandi from Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Iran, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Please see Babak Kakavandi’s publications. He has more than 110 publications. We appreciate Dr. Babak Kakavandi for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Bruno G. Pollet from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Please see Prof. Dr. Bruno G. Pollet’s publications. He has more than 260 publications. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Bruno G. Pollet for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Shahram Mehdipour-Ataei from Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Iran, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Materials. Please see Prof. Dr. Shahram Mehdipour-Ataei’s publications. He has more than 160 publications. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Shahram Mehdipour-Ataei for his participation and support.