Science and Technology Advisory Committee (STAC)
The scientific and technical affairs of the Federation are the responsibility of the Science and Technology Advisory Committee (STAC).
STAC Chair
Mr. Stefan Ritter (term of office : 1.1.2023 - 31.12.2025)
Paul Scherrer Institut, Nuclear Energy and Safety Research Department, Lab for Nuclear Materials, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Contact
Ex-officio member: EFC Scientific Secretary
Dr. Roman Bender (since 1 March 2013)
DECHEMA e.V., Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25, 60486 Frankfurt am Main Germany
Contact
Working Party Chairs
(members of the STAC with the same rights as elected members)
as of 1 January 2025
| Prof. Dr. Günter Schmitt - EFC WP1 Corrosion and Scale Inhibition IFINKOR-Institute for Maintenance and Corrosion Protection Technologies nfpLtd. Kalkofen 4, 58638 Iserlohn; Germany Contact (Ifinkor); Contact (private) |
| Priv.-Doz. Dr.-Ing. Mathias Galetz - EFC WP3 Corrosion by Hot Gases and Combustion Products DECHEMA-Forschungsinstitut, Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Contact |
| Mr. Stefan Ritter - EFC WP4 Nuclear Corrosion Paul Scherrer Institut, Nuclear Energy and Safety Research Department, Lab for Nuclear Materials, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland Contact |
| Prof. Christine Blanc - EFC WP5 Environment Sensitive Fracture CIRIMAT, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INP-ENSIACET, 4 allee Emile Monso, BP 44362, 31030 Toulouse, France Contact |
| Dr. Robert Lindsay - EFC WP6 Surface Science and Mechanisms of Corrosion and Protection University of Manchester, School of Materials, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD, United Kingdom Contact |
| Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniela Zander - EFC WP7 Education Gießerei-Institut der RWTH Aachen, Intzestraße 5, 52072 Aachen, Germany Contact |
| Prof. Iris De Graeve - EFC WP8 Physico-chemical Methods of Corrosion Testing Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium Contact |
| Prof. Philippe Refait - EFC WP9 Marine Corrosion Laboratory of Engineering Sciences for Environment (LaSIE), UMR 7356 CNRS - University of La Rochelle, Bâtiment Marie Curie, Avenue Michel Crépeau, 17 042 La Rochelle Cedex 01, France Contact |
| Dr. Pierangela Cristiani - EFC WP10 Microbial Corrosion RSE - Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico S.p.A., Sustainable Development and Energy Sources Department, V. Rubattino 54, 20134, Milan, Italy Contact |
| Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Raupach - EFC WP11 Corrosion of Steel in Concrete Aachen University, Institute for Building Materials Research, Schinkelstrasse 3, 52062 Aachen, Germany Contact |
| Mr. George Winning - EFC WP13 Corrosion in Oil and Gas Production orrosion and Chemical Consulting Ltd., Egham, UK Contact |
| Prof. Marie-Georges Olivier - EFC WP14 Coatings Université de Mons, CRIM, Mons, Belgium Contact |
| Prof. Dr. Philipp Schempp - EFC WP15 Corrosion in the Refining and Petrochemical Industries TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany Contact |
| Mr. Jérôme Crouzillac - EFC WP16 Cathodic Protection BAC Corrosion Control, 164 Avenue Joseph Kessel, 78960 Voisins-le-Bretonneux, France Contact |
| Ms. Elizabeth Szala - EFC WP17 Automotive Corrosion ALVANCE Aluminium Duffel BV, Adolf Stocletlaan 87, 2570 Duffel, Belgium Contact |
| Dr. Manel Rodriguez Ripoll - EFC WP18 Tribo-Corrosion AC2T research GmbH, Vienna, Austria Contact |
| Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Heinemann - EFC WP19 Corrosion of Polymers and Advanced Materials (previously: Corrosion of Polymer Materials) DIN CERTCO Gesellschaft für Konformitätsbewertung mbH, Alboinstraße 56, 12103 Berlin, Germany Contact |
| Dr. Johann Wilhelm Erning - EFC WP20 Corrosion in Water Systems (previously: Corrosion and Corrosion Protection of Drinking Water Systems) Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Fachbereich 6.2: Korrosion von technischen Anlagen und Geräten, Postfach, 12200 Berlin, Germany Contact |
| Dr. Delphine Neff - EFC WP21 Corrosion of Archaeological and Historical Artifacts Archaeomaterials and Alteration Prediction Laboratory, SIS2M / LAPA, CEA/CNRS, UMR3299, CEA Saclay, bat 637, 91191 Gif sur Yvette Contact |
| Prof. Dr. Mikhail Zheludkevich - EFC WP22 Corrosion Control in Aerospace Department of Corrosion and Surface Technology, Institute of Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Max-Planck Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany Contact |
| Prof. Dr. Rajan Ambat - EFC WP23 Corrosion Reliability of Electronics Materials and Surface Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK 2800 Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark Contact |
| Dr. Ralph Bässler - EFC WP24 CO2 Corrosion in Industrial Application BAM - Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Division 7.6: Corrosion and Corrosion Protection, PO Box, 12200 Berlin, Germany Contact |
| Prof. Johan Tidblad - EFC WP25 Atmospheric Corrosion RISE, Kista, Sweden Contact |
| Mr. Marc Wilms - EFC WP26 Corrosion in Green & Low Carbon Energy Technologies Shell Projects & Technology, Mechanical, Material & Integrity (MMI), Group Lead Materials Performance Testing, P.O. Box 38000, 1030 BN Amsterdam, The Netherlands Contact |
| Dr. Patrik Schmutz - EFC Task Force Corrosion of Medical Implants and Devices Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Dübendorf, Switzerland Contact |
| Prof. Iris De Graeve - EFC Task Force Corrosion and Corrosion Protection of Additive Manufactured Metals Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium Contact |
PREVIous STAC Members / Working Party Chairs
Stefano Michler (WP18) - until 31 December 2023
Steve Paterson (TF Green/WP26) - until 31 December 2023
Tomas Prosek (WP25) -until 31 December 2023
Francois Ropital (WP15) - until 31 December 2023
Philippe Marcus (WP6) - until 31 December 2024
Arjan Mol (WP8) - until 31 December 2024
Wolfram Fürbeth (WP14) - until 31 December 2024