Prof. Arjan Mol

Title: Machine learning assisted performance optimization of corrosion inhibitors and active protective coatings

Arjan Mol is Professor Corrosion Technology and Electrochemistry and vice-chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. Also, he is Scientific Director of the 4TU.High-Tech Materials Centre, embracing the materials research groups across the 4 technical universities in The Netherlands. The specific research focus areas of Arjan are: (i) local electrochemical analysis of corrosion mechanisms, (ii) surface treatment and interfacial bonding of organic coatings on metal (oxide) surfaces and (iii) multifunctional and eco-friendly corrosion inhibitors and evaluation of active protective and self-healing coatings. As from 2017, he is editor-in-chief of Elsevier’s Corrosion Science. Besides, in the period of 2014-2016 he was Chair of the Scientific and Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) of the European Corrosion Federation EFC. Hereafter he served EFC as Vice-President (2017-2018), President (2019-2020) and Past President (2021-2022). In August 2022, during EUROCORR2022 in Berlin, Arjan has received the EFC European Corrosion Medal for his impact and services to the global corrosion science and engineering community. In 2023 Arjan Mol was elected and inaugurated as Fellow of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering.