Prof. Herman TERRYN

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, EU

Position: Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium (EU), Faculty of Engineering, Department of Materials and Chemistry (IR-MACH), Research Group Electrochemical and Surface Engineering (SURF), part time Professor Corrosion Technology and Electrochemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, TU-Delft, The Netherlands (EU), part time professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculty of Science, Belgium (EU).

At the METAL 2015 conference Prof. Herman Terryn will open the conference by the plenary lecture.

Important Scientific activities:

Chairman of the board Research Council Faculty of Engineering-VUB
President Research Group of Materials and Surface Science and Engineering University of Ghent-VUB
Chairman of the Cluster “Durability of Materials”Materials To Innovation=M2i The Netherlands www.m2i.nl
Member of the Board of SIM “Strategic Initiative Materials” Flanders
Member of the scientific Flemish Research Communities FWO: 1) Micro- and surface analysis in material science, 2) Surface Modification, 3) Nanoparticles and Nanowires Region

Scientific Output:

310 web of science papers, h-factor 31, topics surface science, surface treatments, nano surface layers, electrochemistry, corrosion and protection Supervisor of 35 defended Ph.D’s
Plenary & keynote lectures at important conferences: ECASIA, EUROCORR, ISE, Electrochemical Society Meetings, Passivity Meeting, Corrosion NACE, EMCR, ASST.
Editor Proceedings Symposium Aluminium Surface Science and Technogies
Alumatter Leonardo Da Vinci Program responsible for modules on Surface Treatments and Corrosion of aluminium which received Leonardo Da Vinci Helsinki Award 2006 and Bronze medal for an outstanding project promoting and supporting the LifeLong Learning EU policy Award Berlin 2007
Methusalem Grant holder 7 year (2011-2018) personal top research project Flemish Government "Design and Prediction of Nanostructured Metal Surfaces" (NANOMET) 3.5 M Euro, Personal research budget 1.8 M Euro in 2013
Winner of the EU-Award European Federation of Corrosion 2014, Pisa, Italy (EU)

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