Main research activities •Materials Design for highly demanding applications: Automotive, Power Generation, Micro-Electronics, Space and Gen IV Transmutation Reactors, etc. •Thermophysical and thermodynamic properties of complex metal systems high temperatures. •Oxidation of pure liquid metals and alloys to optimize casting and solidification processes. •Wettability of metal/metal and metal/ceramic systems for soldering, fabrication of composite materials, Light-weight materials, Multicomponent alloys, etc. •Reactive Infiltration and manufacturing of CMC and MMC composites. •Liquid metal corrosion of structural materials candidate for nuclear. •Thermo-mechanical characterization. •Thermo-analysis by TGA, DSC and DTA. •Surface and microstructural characterization: SEM/EDS/STM, Raman, optical and confocal microscopy. Recent research activities: •Thermophysical Properties of different binary alloys and procedures (under static and dynamic conditions) etc. •Experimental and theoretical study of oxidation of liquid binary alloys: Si-X (X=Ge, Ir, Co, etc.) alloys, Ag-Cu, Fe-Cr, etc. •Reactivity and Wetting characteristics of SAC and Si-alloy/C-material systems, specifically Si-X (X = Co, Zr, Ir, V, Mo) / C, C-CVD, SiC and SiC single crystal. •Solid State Reactions •Study of the main operative conditions governing the Liquid metal Infiltration of Si-based alloys/C-based (and SiC) material systems.