Ignacio Aviles graduated in Industrial Engineering from the University Carlos III de Madrid in 2011. He specialized in Material Science, and did his master thesis at CERN in electron beam welding of ultra-high purity Nb and Ti. He continued linked to the superconducting radio frequency community with a fellowship for material studies for HIE – ISOLDE cavities and superconducting proton Linac. In 2014, he started a PhD with Stefano Sgobba in the frame of the ITER – CERN collaboration, with special focus on fracture toughness at cryogenic temperature of austenitic stainless steel welds. Since 2018, he manages the ITER – CERN collaboration with Stefano Sgobba on material studies for the ITER magnet system and is responsible of the mechanical testing activity of the Materials and metrology section.