Marco Ormellese graduated in Chemical Engineering in 1998 and earned a PhD in Electrochemistry in 2001. He is Full Professor at Politecnico di Milano, responsible for PoliLaPP—Laboratory of Corrosion of Materials "P. Pedeferri" at the Dept. of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “G. Natta” (Politecnico di Milano). His main research fields are cathodic protection, localized corrosion of passive metals, corrosion of reinforced concrete structures. He is a member of AIM (Italian Association of Metallurgy), vice-chair of AMPP Italy Chapter and vice-chair of the WP 16 “Cathodic protection” at the EFC (the European Federation of Corrosion).