Assoc. Prof. Lovro Liverić, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rijeka and completed his Ph.D. in the field of materials science, focusing on the microstructure, phase transformations, and functional properties of Cu-based shape memory alloys. Before entering academia, he worked as a measurement engineer and casting engineer in industry. His research interests include advanced metallic materials, shape memory alloys, corrosion and degradation, failure analysis, materials characterization, heat treatment, and computational materials engineering. He has authored and co-authored scientific papers in international journals and regularly contributes to the academic community as a reviewer and guest editor.