Prof. Dr. Galya Duncheva, DSc, PhD, works as a Professor of Material Science and Mechanics of Materials at the Technical University of Gabrovo in Gabrovo, Bulgaria. Prof. Dr. Duncheva is the Guest Editor of Special Issue “Application of Diamond Burnishing to Improve the Performance of Materials” of the journal Applied Sciences and of Special Issue “Effects of Surface Layer Modification on Fatigue, Corrosion, and Wear Behavior of Metallic Materials” of the journal Coatings. Prof. Dr. Duncheva’s research interests mainly focus on mechanics of materials, surface engineering, surface integrity, fatigue strength improvement, wear resistance improvement, surface coldworking, process optimization, and finite element simulation. Prof. Dr. Duncheva’s scientific output includes 49 publications in various journals with an h-index of 16 (Scopus, April 2024).