Marco Salvalaglio, born in Italy, is a theoretical materials scientist specializing in computational materials science, solid-state physics, and applied mathematics. He earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Milano-Bicocca in 2016. Following his doctorate, he was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship, which he undertook at the Institute of Scientific Computing at Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden) from 2016 to 2018. During this period, he also collaborated with the Leibniz Institute for High-Performance Microelectronics (IHP-Microelectronics) in Frankfurt (Oder). In March 2021, Dr. Salvalaglio established the "Mesoscale Material Modeling and Simulations" (3MS) group at TU Dresden, funded by the German Research Foundation's Emmy Noether Programme. His research focuses on developing models and simulations to understand material properties and evolution across scales. Using advanced models and computational tools, he investigates defects and grain boundaries, interfaces, pattern formation, and data-driven materials design.  In July 2021, he was recognized as a TU Dresden Young Investigator. By June 2024, he was appointed as an Associate Professor of Computational Materials Science at the Institute of Scientific Computing, Faculty of Mathematics, TU Dresden. The same year, he received the Richard-von-Mises Prize for groundbreaking contributions to applied mathematics and mechanics. Dr. Salvalaglio is also associated with the Dresden Center for Computational Materials Science and the Dresden Center for Intelligent Materials, contributing to interdisciplinary research in materials science.