Amaia Torregaray Larruscain graduated in Chemistry from the UPV/EHU (1999) and holds a Ph.D. from the MU (2008) from the Mechanical Behavior and Materials Science program. She is currently an associate professor in the Department of Mining and Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science at the UPV/EHU where she teaches in the Degrees in Technical Engineering (Materials Science subject) and in the Master in Advanced Materials Engineering (Metallic Materials) program. She is also dedicated to directing final degrees and master's projects. Her research has been focused on the microstructural characterization of metallic materials in different manufacturing processes. She began this research career at the INASMET technology center, currently Tecnalia, in the Department of Materials and Processes (2000 to 2001). After that stay, she joined the MGEP of the Mondragon University, Department of Manufacturing (2002 to 2006) to study the characterization of metals in forming. After working at Gamesa (Pamplona, 2007), she joined the UPV/EHU at the end of 2007 to work on the study of metal matrix composites. Currently, her research work continues to focus on metallurgical aspects (mainly the characterization of metallic materials), collaborating with different research groups at the UPV/EHU as well as with the University of Bordeaux through the cross-border laboratory AENIGME.