Francisco Corvo is a Professor at the Corrosion Research Center, Autonomous University of Campeche, Mexico. Francisco graduated as a Chemist from Havana University (1971) and received a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the National Centre for Scientific Research, Havana (1981). He is the Head of the Corrosion Department (2000-2005) at the National Centre for Scientific Research. He is a member of the Cuban Academy of Sciences (2000-2008), Mexican Academy of Sciences (2011 to present), and the Mexican National Researcher System. He received three national awards from the Cuban Academy of Sciences.