Jorge Alberto Duran-Suarez is a Full Professor at the University of Granada, Spain. With over 35 years of experience, his research focuses on the physical and chemical characterization of materials in cultural heritage, their conservation and restoration, and art in general. He specializes in the study of natural and artificial stone materials and currently serves as Secretary of the Art and Heritage Section of the Spanish Society of Ceramics and Glass, where his research is centered on archaeometry. He has participated in twelve publicly funded research projects and has authored more than 120 scientific and technical publications. In addition, he has contributed nearly eighty presentations to scientific conferences and meetings and has reviewed over 200 manuscripts for more than twenty JCR-indexed scientific journals