Red de Científicos Argentinos en Alemania (RCAA) is a network of Argentine scientists, researchers, and academics living in Germany. Founded in 2009, it operates within Argentina’s RAICES diaspora program and is supported by the Argentine Ministry of Science and the Argentine Embassy in Berlin. Its main purpose is to connect Argentine professionals in Germany with each other and with institutions in both Germany and Argentina, promoting collaboration, knowledge exchange, mentoring, and joint scientific or innovation projects. The RCAA also organizes annual meetings, symposia, and outreach activities to strengthen the Argentine scientific community abroad and contribute to Argentina’s science and technology ecosystem.

Andrés Fabián Lasagni is Chair of Laser based Manufacturing at TU Dresden and Director of the Surface Functionalization Group and the Center for Advanced Micro Photonics at Fraunhofer IWS in Dresden. Born in Argentina in 1977, he studied Chemical Engineering at Universidad Nacional del Comahue and earned a PhD in Materials Science at Saarland University, where he developed the Direct Laser Interference Patterning concept. After an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship in the United States, he established laser surface functionalization research in Dresden. His work bridges laser processing, micro and nanostructuring, and functional surfaces for industry, including wettability control, tribology, and energy related applications. He has received multiple international awards and holds numerous patents in laser structuring.