1.Physical and mechanical properties of traditional and innovative metals (mainly aluminium, magnesium and titanium alloys) with particular attention to multiscale problems related to damage and degradation due to service loadings 2.Physical and mechanical properties of additively manufacture metals (mainly titanium Ti6Al4V and aluminium AlSi10Mg, but also Inconel 718 and stainless steel 316L) 3.Physical and mechanical properties of innovative solid-state multi-metals weldments (mainly aluminium-steel joints but also copper-aluminium and titanium-copper joints) 4.Physical and mechanical properties of metals in presence of defects (cast iron, steel, Ti6Al4V, aluminium alloys, magnesium alloys) 5.SEM/TEM characterization of crack initiation and propagation in metallic materials (aluminium and titanium alloys) 6.Mechanical and physical properties of magnesium alloys for biomedical applications (mainly for Mg AZ31) 7.Hot-dip galvanization and its influence on the mechanical behaviour of metal manufacts 8.Atomic layer deposition and other advanced techniques for coatings of metals 9.Physical and mechanical properties of metallic weldments (mainly made of steel and aluminium) 10.Physical and mechanical properties of pure lead (and its alloys) used for nuclear applications (in collaboration with CERN) 11.Physical and mechanical behaviour of metals under complex loadings and environmental conditions (CrMoV steels, aluminium alloys, magnesium alloys, titanium alloys) 12. Metamaterials at different scales 13. In-situ testing 14. Nanomechanical and micromechanical behaviour of metals 15. Creep and Fatigue interaction