Philippe Marcus - Biography#

Prof. Philippe Marcus is Director of Research at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) and Head of the Research Group of Physical Chemistry of Surfaces of Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, Chimie ParisTech, France.

His field of research is surface science and corrosion science, with emphasis on the understanding of the structure and properties of metal and alloy surfaces and thin oxide layers at the atomic scale and nanoscale, revealing the link between surface reactions at the nanoscale and macroscopic corrosion behaviour of metals and alloys. His research works on metal and oxide surfaces make extensive use of advanced surface analytical techniques including X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Time-of-Flight Secondary Ions Mass Spectrometry, and Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy.

Prof. Marcus has published over 500 papers in scientific journals, books and conference proceedings in the areas of chemistry and electrochemistry of metal surfaces, corrosion science, and materials science. His h-index is 79, and number of citations 21527 (source: Google Scholar, October 2021). He has given over 140 invited lectures at International Conferences. He serves or served on the editorial board of five international journals, including Electrochimica Acta, npj Materials Degradation and Corrosion Science.

Prof. Marcus has received several international Awards and Honors.

Prof. Marcus has been Chair of major international Conferences, including the European Conference on Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis in 2001 and 2017, the European Corrosion Congress (EUROCORR), in 2004, 2009, and 2016, the 9th International Conference on the Passivation of Metals and Semiconductors in 2005, the Gordon Research Conference on Aqueous Corrosion in 2006, the International Symposium on Electrochemical Micro and Nanosystems Technology in 2010. He will be Chair of EUROCORR in Paris in 2024.

Prof. Marcus was President of the European Federation of Corrosion from 2008 to 2012. He was Chair of the Electrochemical Materials Science Division of the International Society of Electrochemistry. He is currently Chair of the EFC Working Party on Surface Science and Mechanisms of Corrosion and Protection, Chair of the International Steering Committee for the European Conferences on Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis, Chair of the Europe Section of the Electrochemical Society, and President of the French Corrosion Society (CEFRACOR).