Professor at The University of Akron, Dept. Chemical, Biomolecular and, Corrosion Engineering and the National Center for Education and Research on Corrosion and Materials Performance, NCERCAMP (Akron, OH, US). He is responsible for the research line in Corrosion and Materials Performance, Infrastructure and Inhibition Processes. Prof. David M Bastidas is the recipient of the Inaugural Rusty Award of The Electrochemical Society.