Irina Sviridova is a scientific researcher at Access e.V. She obtained her bachelor's degree in metallurgy from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in 2012. She holds a master’s degree in processing technologies of materials and a Ph.D. degree from the Brandenburg University of Technology in 2014 and 2022, respectively. From 2015 to 2023, she worked as a scientific researcher at the Chair for Mechanical Design and Manufacturing at the Brandenburg University of Technology. Her research interests included hybrid manufacturing of components from high-temperature alloys. Currently, she is working on innovative approaches to combining ceramic additive manufacturing and investment casting