Expert of the Week

François Ropital – Internationally renowned specialist in the field of corrosion and materials science

Sep 3rd 2022

Francois Ropital
Francois Ropital

François Ropital is a Materials Engineer from the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon, Doctor of the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne in Chemical Engineering and Habilitation to supervise academic research work HDR from the University of Paris VI in Applied Chemistry and Industrial Process Engineering.

“I work at IFP Énergies nouvelles on the behavior of materials for energy technologies within the Applied Physico-Chemistry and Mechanics Department.”

From 2010 to 2015 Francois was editor-in-chief of the review “Oil and Gas Science and Technology – Revue d’IFP Energies nouvelles”.

Since 2019, he has been an associate university Professor (PAST) at INSA-Lyon, Mateis Laboratory and Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

François the author of 2 books, 13 book chapters, more than 59 peer-reviewed publications, and 20 patents.


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