Marta Ostolaza finished her master´s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Manufacturing in 2018 and is currently working on her PhD in Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and Additive Manufacturing. She has been working as a researcher at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) since 2018. Her PhD work focuses on multi-material Direct Energy Deposition and Functionally Graded Materials for coating applications, which includes both experimental and simulation works. This research activity has resulted in two indexed publications and contributions to national and international conferences.