CORROSION Editorial Board

Oumaïma Gharbi

Dr. Oumaïma Gharbi is currently a CNRS research scientist in the Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface (LRS) at Sorbonne Université in Paris, France. Dr. Gharbi received a Master in Materials Science from Paris-Sud XI Orsay University and a Ph.D. in Physical and Analytical Chemistry from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie.

Prior to her current role, Dr. Gharbi worked as an adjunct lecturer at Sorbonne Université in the Faculty of Chemistry and Laboratoire Interfaces et Systèmes Electrochimiques (LISE). She served as a chair in the 2022 Aqueous Corrosion Gordon Research Seminar. Dr. Gharbi was awarded the L’Oreal UNESCO for Women in Science Young Talent fellowship in France in 2019 and the Early Career Researcher Award at the 16th International Conference of Aluminum Alloys (ICAA16) in 2018.

Research Interests: characterization of electrochemical mechanisms, quasi in situ measurements, determination of corrosion mechanisms using surface characterization, electrochemistry, analytical chemistry, corrosion, materials science

Selected Publications from CORROSION:

Y.M. Yan, O. Gharbi, A. Maltseva, X.B. Chen, Z.R. Zeng, S.W. Xu, W.Q. Xu, P. Volovich, M. Ferry, N. Birbilis, “Investigating the Structure of the Surface Film on a Corrosion Resistant Mg-Li(-Al-Y-Zr) Alloy,” Corrosion 75, 1 (2019): p. 80-89. https://doi.org/10.5006/2995

G. Sander, J. Tan, P. Balan, O. Gharbi, D.R. Feenstra, L. Singer, S. Thomas, R.G. Kelly, J.R. Scully, N. Birbilis, “Corrosion of Additively Manufactured Alloys: A Review,” Corrosion 74, 12 (2018): p. 1318-1350. https://doi.org/10.5006/2926

S. Lebouil, O. Gharbi, P. Volovitch, K. Ogle, “Mg Dissolution in Phosphate and Chloride Electrolytes: Insight into the Mechanism of the Negative Difference Effect,” Corrosion 71, 2 (2015): p. 234-241. https://doi.org/10.5006/1459