Didier Talamona is an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering and Digital Sciences (SEDS), Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. He received his Ph.D. in engineering sciences from Blaise Pascal University, France. He was the Chair of the Institutional Research Ethics Committee at NU (2018–2019) and was appointed as an expert evaluator for the EU Horizon 2020 program in Sustainability. He has been awarded over USD $5 million in research funding from the EU, Singapore, and Australia. His current research interests include additive manufacturing, 3D printing, production of metal powders, metal powder properties, green materials, and sustainable development.