Bruna Kurelo received his degree in Physics from State University of Ponta Grossa (UEPG) in 2010 and the MS and a PhD degrees in Science-Physics from the UEPG in 2013 and 2019, respectively. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering and Materials at the Federal Technological University of Paraná. She has experience in Physics, with an emphasis on the physical-chemical properties of materials, working mainly on the following topics: stainless steels, Ni alloys, nickel aluminum bronze (NAB) alloys, heat treatment, glow discharge plasma nitriding, cathodic cage plasma nitriding, ion implantation by immersion in plasma, nanoindentation, tribo-mechanical properties, and resistance to corrosion in media containing Cl- and H+ ions.