Zoia Duriagina. Prof., Doctor of Technical Sciences, Head of the Department «Applied Materials Science and Materials Engineering», Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine. Prof., dr. hab. of the Lublin Catholic University, Poland.

She has published more than 218 scientific publications, including 5 scientific monographs (2 of them in English), 4 textbooks and 16 patents.

Scientific and research interest - Stainless steels and functional alloys. Surface engineering: application of functional (dielectric, resistive, heat-resistant, protective) coatings. Creating new thermoelectric materials. Investigation the properties of Ti- powders alloys: development of 3D printing technology for the production of aerospace equipment. Biomedical, medical materials and functional coatings.

Professor Duriagina has a several awards: the «Golden Medal of Polish Scientific Society of Materials Science», Gliwice, 2016-2017. Diploma of International expert in the field of materials science, Weihai, China, 2017. Member of the Academy of Higher Education of Ukraine (since 2008). Member of the World Academy of Materials and Manufacturing Engineering (since 2015).