Vania Marisol Rodriguez Herrejon is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). She hold both a Master’s and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, where my research has focused on the relationship between processing, microstructure, and mechanical performance of metallic materials. Her expertise lies in advanced materials characterization, mechanical testing, and non-destructive evaluation techniques aimed at understanding and optimizing material behavior under demanding service conditions. Throughout our academic and research career, she had worked extensively with a wide range of manufacturing processes, including spray forming, casting, and several additive manufacturing technologies such as Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF), Binder Jetting (BJ), and Directed Energy Deposition (DED). Her work has centered on developing and characterizing high-performance alloys, particularly Inconel, duplex stainless steels, tool steels, and maraging steels, to improve their mechanical strength, fatigue resistance, and microstructural stability. At DTU, she is currently engaged in research focused on the additive manufacturing of steels, exploring microstructure evolution, defect formation, and the connection between process parameters and mechanical properties. Her work combines experimental methods with microstructural and mechanical analyses to support the development of efficient and sustainable manufacturing strategies. Driven by curiosity and precision, she aims to contribute to the advancement of next-generation metallic materials and processing technologies that meet the needs of modern engineering applications.