Katya Brunelli is an associate professor in Metallurgy at the Department of Industrial Engineering of Padova University. She received Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering in 2004 from University of Padova. Her scientific activity is addressed to surface treatments of light alloys, microstructural evolution of metallic alloys, intermetallic, amorphous metals, corrosion of metals and hydrometallurgy. She is author of about 180 scientific and technical papers.