J. Karimi has been a postdoctoral fellow at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg, doing research in electron beam additive manufacturing and material characterization. As a Research Fellow, he has been working on additive manufacturing of a new class of stainless steel since Jul. 2024, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). J. Karimi was a postdoctoral fellow at the Bremen Institute for Applied Beam Technology (BIAS, located on the University of Bremen's campus) from Nov. 2022 To Jul. 2024. He joined Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech, Estonia) as a research fellow and received his Ph.D. in September 2022. He has several years of experience in additive manufacturing (SLM, EBM, WAAM & LMD) and welding (SMAW, GMAW & SAW) processes.