Since 1998, Andrea Sili has served at the University of Messina, first as an associate professor and since 2004 as a full professor of Metallurgy. At the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, he graduated in Chemical Engineering (1981) and in Mechanical Engineering (1984) and obtained the qualification to become a professional engineer (1982). From 1984 to 1998 he worked at the University of Rome-Tor Vergata, Department of Mechanical Engineering, as a researcher in the Scientific Sector of Metallurgy.. His research interests include the fields of metallurgical technologies, welding techniques, welded joint metallurgy, and physical metallurgy.