Our team
Leadership team

John Curtin Distinguished Professor Mark Buntine

Tejas Bhatelia
Decarbonisation | Process Intensification | Hydrodynamics

Kod Pojtanabuntoeng
Internal / External Pipeline Corrosion | Corrosion Under Insulation | Top-of-the-Line

Sam Bakhtiari
Multiscale Modelling | Density Functional Theory | Solid-state Phase Transformation

Ibukun Oluwoye

Silvia Salgar-Chaparro
Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion | Molecular Biology | Microbial Ecology

Nicholas Tan
Polymers | Corrosion Under Insulation | Thermal Insulating Coatings

Ammar Al Helal
High-pressure / High-temperature Testing | MEG Pilot Plant | Flow Assurance

Marisa Yookhong
Corrosion Testing | Wet Parking | Sample Preparation

Farzaneh Farivar
Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion | Concrete Corrosion | Analytical Chemistry

Arun Matthew
Heat Transfer | Multiphase Modelling | Computational Fluid Dynamics

Malwattage Chandramalika Rukmali Peiris
Electroanalytical Techniques | Atomic Force Microscopic Techniques | Surface Modifications

Ruiliang Liu

Yurany Sanchez Torres
Electrochemical Analysis | Materials Degradation | Asset Integrity
Affiliates
Our Affiliated Scholars complement and expand our knowledge, bringing years of industry and academic experience.

Brian Kinsella
Electroanalytical Chemistry | Multiphase Technology | Internal Pipeline Corrosion

Andrew Lowe
Polymers | Thermal Insulation | Coatings

Edgar Cristian Hornus
Electrochemistry | Localised Corrosion | Iron Contamination

Bruce Hinton
Stress Corrosion Cracking | Corrosion Fatigue Racking | Hydrogen Embrittlement

Greg Moore
Applied Science | Water and Wastewater | Desalination

Rob Francis
Corrosion Science | Metallurgy | Atmospheric Corrosivity
Collaborators
Our national and international collaborators enrich the Centre, contributing world-class expertise in corrosion.

Maria Forsyth
Corrosion | Electromaterials | Batteries

Srdjan Nesic
Transport Phenomena | Electrochemistry | CO2 / H2S Corrosion Modelling

Roy Johnsen
Cathodic Protection | Coatings | Hydrogen

Moreica Pabbruwe
Biomedical | Biomaterials | Tissue Responses

Alan Kop
Biomedical | Biomaterials | Alloy Manufacturing

Afrooz Barnoush
Nano / Micro-scale Characterisation | Hydrogen Embrittlement | Environmental Fracture and Fatigue

Mariano A Kappes
Thiosulfate | Environmental Cracking | Hydrogen Embrittlement
Students

Lina Silva Bedoya
Deep-water MIC of steel and the influence of CP on calcareous deposits and microbial growth.

Alex Kovacs
Hydrogen embrittlement behaviour of nickel-based alloys additively manufactured using powder based fusion methods.

Praveen Weerakkody
Understanding the effect of Ni on the surface film formation and trench / crack morphologies of high strength low alloy steels.

Ahmed Elsayed Reyad Mohamed
Pushing the boundaries of corrosion resistant alloys in seawater applications.

Shahid Mohamed Parapurath
Understanding the hydrogen embrittlement behaviour of welded high strength low alloy steels.

Ifham Rasool Peerzada
Investigating the degradation mechanism of polymer materials exposed to Supercritical CO2.




