Digby D. Macdonald

Born in Thames, New Zealand, December 7 1943, Professor Macdonald gained his BSc and MSc in Chemistry at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Calgary in Canada. He was Assistant Research Officer at the Atomic Energy of Canada, lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, Senior Research Associate at Alberta Sulfur Research, Honorary Associate Professor at the Chemistry Department of the University of Calgary, Director and Professor of the Fontana Corrosion Center, Ohio State University, Vice President, Physical Sciences Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, California and has been Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Pennsylvania State University since 1991. Professor Macdonald has received a number of awards and honors, including the 1991 Carl Wagner Memorial Award from The Electrochemical Society, the 1992 Willis Rodney Whitney Award from The National Association of Corrosion Engineers for contributions to the science of corrosion, the Wilson Research Award of Pennsylvania State University, and he is an elected fellow of NACE-International, the Electrochemical Society, the Royal Society of Canada, and the Royal Society of New Zealand. He has published over 530 papers in scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings, plus one book ("Transient Techniques in Electrochemistry"), and has 6 patents and numerous patent disclosures credited to his name. His professional competence lies in the fields of electrochemistry, corrosion science, battery science and technology, thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, high temperature aqueous chemistry, nuclear power technology, energy conversion technology, and physical chemistry.