Ricardo M. Souto has been a Full Professor at the University of La Laguna (ULL, Canary Islands, Spain) since 2008. He was the recipient in 2024 of the National Award for the Best Scientific Career by the The Spanish Society of Materials (SOCIEMAT) to recognize excellence in corrosion research and technical contributions to the field of corrosion science and technology. His h-index is 57 according to Google Scholar and 47 according to Scopus. He received an MSc degree in Chemistry from ULL, and a PhD degree at the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands). Doctoral training focused on the study of the multistep reaction mechanism of electrode processes and the catalytic effect of adsorbable species using AC electrochemical methods. Upon return to ULL, research focus shifted to the study of localized corrosion processes in metals using electrochemical methods combined with surface characterization techniques, while also studying corrosion protection by corrosion-inhibiting organics or polymeric barrier coatings. Aware of the limitations of conventional electrochemical methods to analyze the origins of localized corrosion processes in passivated metals, attention was dedicated to the use of microelectrodes for the study of nucleation events of individual pitting on steels and titanium-based materials as well as to the application of scanning electrochemical microscopes and other combined near-field probes for the investigation of corrosion and corrosion protection processes.