Dr. Patrice Berthod is an Associate Professor in Materials Chemistry at the University of Lorraine in France (teaching: Faculty of Sciences and Technology, research: CNRS/Institut Jean Lamour). His main diplomas are: 1987/mechanical engineer of the Institut Industriel du Nord (now: Ecole Centrale de Lille), 1989/Certificate to teach Mathematics, 1993/PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, 2010/Habilitation to Supervise Researches in Chemistry. His current activities concern: metallurgy, casting processes and microstructures, superalloys, dental alloys, cast iron, mechanical properties, aqueous and hot corrosion, and high temperature oxidation He has published three hundred articles and belongs to the editorial boards of twenty journals.