Simone Anelli received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Genoa. He did his bachelor’s thesis at Aperam S.A. (Isbergues, Fr), where he worked on the oxidation behaviour of ferritic stainless steels for SOFC interconnects at high temperature. His master’s thesis, carried out at the University of Genoa (UNIGE), was about the study of sol-gel coatings for metallic interconnects. Then he worked for Alluminio di Qualitá Spa, in Genoa, where he focused on a feasibility study of metallic powders for Additive Manufacturing applications, for the Italian market. He then carried out his PhD at IREC, in the Nanoionics and Fuel Cells group, on the optimisation of functional nanostructured ceramics for energy devices, with additive manufacturing techniques.