IMX Talks - Reflexions on tribocorrosion science: from the origins to the open questions

Bio: Stefano Mischler obtained the diploma in materials science in 1983 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETHZ in Zurich. He accomplished his PhD thesis in the field of surface analysis and corrosion at the Materials department of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL in Lausanne in 1988.
In the years 1989-1990 he held a postdoctoral position at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Establishment in Harwell (Oxfordshire) where he developed novel quantification procedures for Auger Electron Spectroscopy and high lateral resolution surface analytical methods for fiber reinforced ceramics.
In 1991 he joined the newly created Tribology group at the Laboratory for Metallurgical Chemistry of the EPFL where he developed research activities in the field of wear-corrosion interactions (tribocorrosion) and of tribological coatings. He is currently the Head of the Tribology and Interface Chemistry Group at EPFL, where he is developing research and training activities focused on modern aspects of tribology and surface science and technology. His research spans surface chemical effects in tribology, biotribology and biocorrosion, microfabrication processes, new smart coatings and modelling.