Dr. Leandro Bengoa got his Chemical Engineering degree at Universidad Nacional de la Plata (2006-2011), receiving several awards as a top student after completion of the course of study. He then was awarded a doctoral grant to conduct PhD studies at Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Tecnología de Pinturas - CIDEPINT (2012-2015) on the electrolytic codepositon of particles as a technique to produce composite metallic functional coatings and the electrodeposition of alloys from cyanide-free electrolytes. After completing a two-year postdoctoral fellowship (CONICET), he secured a CONICET Research Fellow position (junior) to continue his activities in the field of composite plating. He was later awarded a MSCA Postdoctoral fellowship to work on the development of Zn-air batteries at Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICN2, where he currently works as a Senior Postdoctoral fellow, studying nanomaterials, electrolytes and anode protection strategies for Zn-based energy storage devices. During his career he has published 31 articles (14 as first author, 507 citations, h-index = 12) in highly ranked journals and 63 conference papers. He has participated in 15 research projects (4 as PI) in the field of electroplating, corrosion science and energy storage. Also, he collaborated in 61 industrial projects, funded by different companies and published 2 patents. Along his research career, Dr. Bengoa has also supervised 11 MSc, 3 BSc and 1 visiting PhD students and