Antolin Hernández Battez received his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cienfuegos (Cuba) in 1996 and worked there for two years before moving to the University of Oviedo (Spain), where he obtained his Ph.D. in 2002. He has been teaching at the Department of Construction and Manufacturing Engineering of the University of Oviedo since 2001 and is one of the founders and principal investigator of the Lubrication and Surface Technology (LuSuTec) research group. His lines of research are in the field of tribology (friction, wear, and lubrication), mainly in the characterization of materials and lubricants and in the development of new lubricants and additives (ionic liquids, biolubricants, etc.). He is a member of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (USA).