Professor Raman Singh’s research interests comprise the nano-/microstructure and environment-assisted degradation, the fracture of metallic and composite materials, and the nanotechnology for advanced mitigation of such degradations. He has also worked extensively on the use of graphene and other advanced materials for corrosion mitigation, on stress corrosion cracking, and on corrosion and corrosion-mitigation of magnesium alloys (including their use in aerospace, defence and bioimplant applications). Prof. Singh is editor of several books, editor-in-chief and member of the Editorial Board of a few journals, leader/chairperson of a few international conferences and has given keynote lectures at several international conferences. He has authored over 220 peer-reviewed international journal publications, 15 book chapters and over 100 reviewed conference publications. Prof. Singh has also obtained several competitive research grants, including 4 Discovery, 7 Linkage, and one ITRH grant from the Australian Research Council. He has supervised 45 PhD students and his vibrant research group at Monash University currently consists of PhD students from different disciplines (Mechanical, Chemical, Materials and Civil Engineering, and Science) and different cultural backgrounds (Australian, Middle-Eastern, Chinese, Malaysian, Indian, African, American and Israeli).

Dr. Digby D. Macdonald is Professor in Residence in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the UC Berkeley. He holds a bachelor’s degree and master’s in Chemistry from the University of Auckland. He received his doctoral degree in Chemistry in 1969 from the University of Calgary. He is Khwarizmi Laureate in Fundamental science, Docteur Honoris Causa-INSA Lyon, Faraday Memorial Trust Gold Medallist, and Gibbs Award Recipient. Dr. Macdonald is also distinguished Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State University.

Dr. Rhys Jones is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University. His research focuses in developing a new repair technique to reduce the danger posed by ageing and corroded aircraft. His technique does more than simply patch up the problem; it restores the structural integrity of the metals involved. It is being tested by the Australian Defence Force and has drawn the attention of international aviation giants Boeing and Airbus. His research could improve the safety and life span of aircraft globally.

Dr. David M. Bastidas is Professor in the Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Corrosion Engineering at The University of Akron, US. He is faculty member and corrosion expert at the National Center for Education and Research on Corrosion & Materials Performance, NCERCAMP-UA (Akron, OH, US). D.M. Bastidas gained his PhD in Material Science and Engineering. He is Research Committee Member of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), Vice-Chairman of NACE RIP Symposium and Vice-Chairman of Corrosion of Steel in Concrete Research Committee of the European Federation of Corrosion (EFC). He has been awarded the National Concrete and Corrosion Award in 2020. His scientific research focuses on corrosion and materials degradation, including corrosion of steel in concrete, corrosion in novel geopolymers, smart corrosion inhibitors, stress corrosion cracking, localized corrosion, atmospheric corrosion, and galvanic corrosion. Prof. D.M. Bastidas received the outstanding Research Career Award I3 Program from the Ministry of Science and Education in Spain. He has authored more than 100 scientific publications and produced numerous patents and books.

Prof. Mikhail Zheludkevichis is currently Head of department of Corrosion and Surface Technologies at Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany. He is also professor at University of Kiel and invited researcher at University of Aveiro. In 1998, he graduated with distinction from the Belarusian State University and obtained his PhD degree in Physical Chemistry in 2002 from the same University. He started as a post-doc researcher in 2003 at University of Aveiro, where he later became a group leader. His research focuses on electrochemistry, multi-functional surfaces and active protection of light materials and multi-material systems. Additionally, he is a member of the technical group in Research Fund for Coal and Steel and is vice-chairman of the Aerospace Working Party at the European Federation of Corrosion. In 2010 Mikhail was awarded with a prize of Best Young Portuguese Electrochemist. Prof. Zheludkevich has published more than 140 ISI papers and 12 book chapters, and he is co-inventor in 12 patent applications.

Prof. Dr. Judit Telegdi holds a PhD in Chemical Sciences from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She is Professor Emeritus of Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and Professor Emeritus of Óbuda University, Budapest. She is also a Board Member of Doctoral School of Materials Sciences and Technology of Óbuda University. Her main research fields are LB and self-assembled molecular nanolayers used for controlling chemical/electrochemical/microbiologically influenced corrosion and biofilm formation; correlation between molecular structure and activity in inhibition of corrosion and biofouling; olygo- and poly-condensates of natural chemicals; special coatings with self-healing and slow-release activities; and application of different surface analyzing techniques. Her results have produced 171 international publications, 18 book chapters and 12 patents. Her work has been cited more than 1500 independent times.

Dr. Frank Cheng is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Pipeline Engineering at the University of Calgary. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta in 2000. His research focuses on Pipeline Corrosion and Integrity Management, including external and internal corrosion of pipelines, microbial corrosion, erosion-corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, hydrogen-induced cracking, defect assessment, corrosion modelling and micro-electrochemical measurements. He has published 3 books and 235 journal papers, with a total citation number exceeding 9,900 and an H-index of 63. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Canadian Distinguished Materials Scientist Award, the Metal Chemistry Award of Canadian Metallurgical and Materials Society, the H.H. Uhlig Award of NACE International, and Research Achievement Awards of the University of Calgary. He is an elected Fellow of NACE International.

Dr. Cuie Wen is Distinguished Professor of Biomaterials Engineering at the School of Engineering, RMIT University. She was Professor of Surface Engineering at Swinburne University in 2010-2014. In 2003-2010, she worked at Deakin University, first as Research Fellow and later as Associate Professor. Dr. Wen has published over 400 peer-reviewed articles. She is an editorial board member for the journals of Acta Biomaterialia; Bioactive Materials; Corrosion and Materials Degradation, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine; and Smart Materials in Medicine, International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing. Her research interests include new biodegradable magnesium, iron, zinc and their alloys; biocompatible titanium alloys and scaffolds for biomedical applications; corrosion and degradation; surface modification; nanostructured metals, alloys and composites; metal foams and nanolaminates.

Dr. Montemor graduated in Chemical Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), School of Engineering, Technical University of Lisbon, in 1989 and obtained her Ph.D., also from Technical University of Lisbon, in 1995. Her research is focused on new surface functionalization strategies and development of novel coatings for improved performance of metallic parts (steels, Mg and Al alloys) which are used in various sectors such as transportation (automotive and aeronautics), construction (building and offshore), biomedical (bioresorbable implants) and energy production (petrochemistry) and storage (fuel cells, hydrogen storage, hybrid batteries and supercapacitors). The strategies aim at valorising metallic materials in conventional and novel Hi-Tech applications. She is co-author of 17 book chapters, more than 250 scientific papers published in International journals and above 300 works presented in international and national congresses. She is currently Full Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and researcher at CQE and Vice President for Research and International Affairs at Instituto Superior Técnico. In 2017-2019, she served as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Instituto Superior Técnico and she currently serves as chairwoman of the TGA3 committee (RFCS-Cordis-EC). She was President of the European Federation of Corrosion (2015-2016), President of the Board of Directors of KIC Innoenergy Iberia (2016-2017) and expert of the TGS5 committee (RFCS-Cordis-EC). She is founding member of the company C2C-Newcap and of the CoLAb VG Energy Storage.

Dr. Sviatlana Lamaka is currently a staff researcher at the Department of Corrosion and Surface Technology of Magnesium Innovation Centre at Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) in Germany. Dr. Lamaka co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers listed by Scopus, 6 book chapters and 3 granted patents. Her work attracted over 5000 citations and she has an h-index of 37. Dr. Lamaka graduated from Belarusian State University and worked at University of Aveiro and University of Lisbon before moving to Germany. Her current research interests lie in the domains of corrosion, surface modification and corrosion inhibition of Mg and Al alloys for engineering applications. She focuses on big data science and machine-learning methods for testing and computational screening of corrosion inhibitors. Dr. Lamaka also develops localized electrochemical techniques for in operando corrosion studies. These spatially resolved methods are indispensable for studying corrosion mechanisms of engineering materials and the biodegradation of temporary medical implants made of Mg, Zn and Fe alloys.

Localized Corrosion of Single Phase and Multiphase MPEAs

Gerald S. Frankel is Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Director of the Fontana Corrosion Center at the Ohio State University. He earned a Sc.B. degree in Materials Science Engineering from Brown University and a Sc.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT. Prior to joining OSU in 1995, he was a post-doctoral researcher at the Swiss Federal Technical Institute in Zurich and then a Research Staff Member at the IBM Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY. His primary research interests are the passivation and localized corrosion of metals and alloys, corrosion inhibition, protective coatings and atmospheric corrosion. He is a member of the editorial board of The Journal of the Electrochemical Society and Corrosion and a fellow of NACE International, The Electrochemical Society, and ASM International. He received the W.R. Whitney Award from NACE International in 2015, the U.R. Evans Award from the UK Institute of Corrosion in 2011, OSU Distinguished Scholar Award in 2010, the 2010 ECS Corrosion Division H.H. Uhlig Award, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award for Senior US Scientists in 2004. From 2012-2016, he served as a member of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board after being appointed by President Obama. In 2016, he became the director of a DOE-funded Engineering Frontier Research Center focused on the performance of nuclear waste forms.

Thermodynamic and Kinetic Factors Influencing the Composition of Passive Films on High Entropy Alloys

Dr. John R. Scully is Charles Henderson Chaired Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Co-Director of Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering at the University of Virginia, USA. He received his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering in 1978 from The Johns Hopkins University. His primary research interest is to understand the relationships between a material's structure and composition and properties related to environmental degradation. He focuses on properties associated with hydrogen embrittlement, stress corrosion cracking, localized corrosion, and passivity of materials. His historical current focus is on advanced aluminum, magnesium, titanium, ferrous and nickel-based alloys, as well as stainless steels and aluminum-based intermetallic compounds.

Artificial Neural Networks in the Prediction of Corrosion

Dr. Mirna Urquidi-Macdonald is Professor Emeritus at The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Engineering Science and owner of the Mechanics Sabrina Technology. She has authored over 300 scholarly papers, published one book and two book chapters, and supervised more than 40 graduate students. Over the past twenty-three years, her research interests had revolved around designing, creating, and managing computer applications to solve engineering and scientific problems. While at Penn State University, she has actively fostered a “North/South” (Canada, US, Latin America) research program to address technical issues that transcend national borders and that require the development of interdisciplinary solutions.

On the Corrosion of Lightweight Al-Based Compositionally Complex Alloy

Dr. Nick Birbilis is Deputy Dean of Engineering and Computer Science at the Australian National University. He has a PhD (2004) in Materials Engineering and was a postdoctoral fellow at The Ohio State University. Then he moved to Monash University (2013-18), where he was Head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the inaugural Woodside Innovation Chair. Dr. Birbilis is a passionate educator and passionate advocate for diversity in STEM, who enjoys working in projects of social relevance and impact. Prof. Birbilis’ research interests focus on materials design, materials durability, and sustainability. In other words, creating (from computational design to production) materials to meet the needs of a rapidly evolving world, ensuring such materials remain durable, and imposing responsible consideration of life cycle. Such areas of research involve the spectrum of advanced materials characterisation, electrochemistry, and machine learning. Nick has >300 publications and numerous patents. His research has been instrumental in the development of corrosion resistant lightweight alloys, and in elucidating the role of microstructure in the corrosion of engineering materials.

Integrated Computation of Corrosion: Modelling, Simulation and Applications

Condition-Based Integrity Management: The Convergence of Inspection and Assessment Technologies

Impact of Radiation on Corrosion and SCC of Austenitic Stainless Steels

Gary S. Was is Professor of Sustainable Energy, Environmental and Earth Systems Engineering, and holds appointments in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. He has held positions as Director of the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute, Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Chair of the Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Department. Professor Was’s research is focused on materials for advanced nuclear energy systems and radiation materials science, including environmental and radiation effects on materials. He is a Fellow of TMS, MRS, ASM, NACE and ANS. Professor Was has published over 300 technical articles in referred, archival journals and delivered over 260 invited talks and seminars, published a graduate level textbook on Radiation Materials Science and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nuclear Materials.

Dr. Herman Terryn is Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Faculty of Engineering, and Head of the Department of Materials and Chemistry (IR-MACH). He has produced 17 book chapters, 528 scientific papers, 2 patents and supervised 57 defended PhDs. He was awarded with the Leonardo Da Vinci Helsinki Award in 2006; the Bronze medal for an outstanding project promoting and supporting the LifeLong Learning EU policy Award, Berlin, 2007; and the Eu-Award European Federation of Corrosion 2014, Pisa, Italy. He is also Honorary Professor at the University of Science and Technology Beijing.

The Interplay Between Atmospheric Corrosion and Antimicrobial Properties of Copper and Copper-Based Alloys Used in Indoor High Touch Applications

Dr. Inger Odnevall is Professor at the Div. Surface and Corrosion Science Dep. Chemistry, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. She is also affiliated researcher at AIMES - Center for the Advancement of Integrated Medical and Engineering Sciences, Karolinska Institutet and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Her main research interests are the interdisciplinary studies related to health and environmental effects in relation to corrosion and surface chemistry processes of metallic surfaces. Her main areas of interest cover a large variety of different applications such as outdoor construction materials, high-touch hygiene surfaces, bio- and implant materials, as well as on engineered (nano)particles used in different consumer products and non-intentionally formed (nano)particles at different occupational settings (e.g. during welding and AM manufacturing). Dr. Odnevall’s research, which is both fundamental and applied, is highly interdisciplinary and performed in close collaboration with both national and international academic partners, industry, stakeholders and metal associations. Its outcome has strong implications on for instance the classification and regulatory system of chemicals (REACH) within EU, as well as for environmental and health risk assessments and management of metals and alloys. She is author of 186 peer-reviewed scientific papers, has an h-index: 50 (google scholar), has 8832 citations (Jan., 2020) and >50 conference proceedings and presentations; >20 popular scientific publications, >30 invited lectures, >30 industrial reports, 1 book, and several contributions to book chapters.

The Virtual Corrosion Engineer

Risk-Based Inspection and Maintenance Planning to Manage the Integrity of Corroded Pipelines

Models and Their Use for Atmospheric Corrosion

Dr. Johan Tidblad is Associate professor at the Royal Institute of Technology, division of surface chemistry and corrosion science, in Stockholm, Sweden. He is chair of the international cooperative program on effects on materials of historic and cultural monuments. The focus of his work is atmospheric corrosion and modelling, including the effects of air pollution on materials and cultural heritage. Dr. Tidblad is manager for the unit vehicle corrosion and surface protection at corrosion department, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden.

Metallic Coatings for Mitigating Marine Corrosion

Dr. Marta Mohedano completed her PhD in Materials Science and Technology (Cum Laude and Extraordinary Award) from Complutense University of Madrid-UCM (Spain) in 2011 with the support of a UCM Pre-doctoral Fellowship, including predoctoral stays at the University of Cambridge (UK) for 6 months. She then continued at the UCM with a postdoctoral research contract until 2013, when she got the prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers and moved to Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht- HZG (Germany). She reincorporated to UCM in June 2016, firstly as a Juan de la Cierva Incorporación Fellow, then in 2017 as a Principal Investigator of the national project MAT2015-73355-JIN under the umbrella of the National Programme for Research Aimed at the Challenges of Society and since 2019 as a Ramon y Cajal Reseach Researcher. Dr. Mohedano has contributed to the field of corrosion and protection of light alloys with a total of 77 publication with >2000 citations - and h-index= 29 (Scopus) and more than 45 communications to national/international conferences. She has participated in 13 research projects (regional, national and international level), 14 technology transfer contracts and 1 utility model. She has contributed to more than 500 h of lectures at UCM (including training and supervision of more than 25 bachelor/master/PhD students). She belongs to the Editorial Board of the Journals: Coatings (leading the special Issue Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) Coatings), Frontiers (leading the research Topic Corrosion and Protection of Light Alloys) and Corrosion and Materials Degradation. Currently she is the Chair of the Young EFC (European Federation of Corrosion) and the Chair of the Task Force Corrosion-SOCIEMAT (Spanish Society of Materials). Her research interests lie in topics such as alloy engineering, tailoring of surfaces of light alloys (Mg, Al and Ti) and detailed corrosion studies in different environments for transport and biomaterials applications. Specific lines of research include minor alloying of Mg and Al alloys, thermal spraying of A

Hybrid Surface Modification for Biodegradable Mg Alloy Implants

Superhydrophobic Coatings by Electrochemical Methods

Dr Saji is a Research Scientist III/Assistant Professor at the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Advanced Materials, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. He received M.Sc. (1997), M.Phil. (1999) and Ph.D. (2003) degrees from the University of Kerala, India. He was a Research Associate at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay (2004-2005) & Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (2005-2007), Postdoctoral Researcher at Yonsei University (2007-2008) & Sunchon National University (2009), Senior Research Scientist at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) (2009-2010), Research Professor at Chosun University (2008-2009) & Korea University (2010-2013), and Endeavour Research Fellow at University of Adelaide (2014). He has authored 72 journal publications, contributed 6 books and 10 book chapters. He has more than 40 international/national conference presentations and invited talks. His research interest lies in electrochemistry, corrosion science, and nano/bio/energy materials.

Advances in Smart Coatings: Classification, Improvements and Applications

I.A. Kartsonakis is a Chemist, with MSc in Polymer Science and its Applications. He has a PhD in Chemistry with subject on Corrosion protection of metal alloys, synthesis and characterization via the Sol-Gel method of hybrid organic-inorganic coatings as well as nanocontainers. He has been involved in the technical/ scientific development, implementation and project administration of 8 European and 6 National research projects. He is co-inventor in 3 patent applications, and has published 57 papers in peer-reviewed international journals, 2 book chapters and 72 contributions to conference proceedings and workshops.