Francesco Bellucci Biographical Sketch Francesco Bellucci was a Visiting Scientist at the Max-Planck Institut fur Biophysik, Frankfurt a.m., at the Corrosion and Electrochemical Laboratory of Donegani Research Institute, Novara, at the Laboratoire des Materiaux, University of Marseille, and at the H.H. Uhlig Corrosion Laboratory of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, USA. He received a NATO Fellowship in 1986 and 1990 to carry out research activities in the area of Corrosion Science and Technology at the University of Marseille, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the University of Marseille, in 1991, 1992 and 1995. Professor Bellucci’s current research interests are focused largely in the area of corrosion science and engineering and include investigation in the following specific fields: (i) transport properties of organic coatings, (ii) electrochemical and corrosion behaviour of metals in aqueous and non-aqueous solvents, (iii) environmental degradation of Al and Al alloys, (iv) electrochemical properties of advanced composite materials, (v) dielectric properties of polymers as related to curing, (vi) surface modifications via cold plasma processing, (vii) cold spray technology, (viii) corrosion phenomena in concrete, (ix) the use of Ferritic SS as potential substitue of Austenitic SS, and (x) innovative surface treatments of Ferritic SS.