Yaiza Gonzalez-Garcia is an electrochemistry expert specializing in
corrosion and protection methods of different materials. With an MSc in
Chemistry and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of La Laguna
(Spain), she focuses on applying advanced electrochemical methods for studying
metal degradation mechanisms. Her contributions include simulating
microelectrochemical measurements for corrosion studies and analysing the
relationship between metal microstructure and corrosion (electrochemical)
properties.
She is an Associate Professor at the Materials Science and Engineering
department at TU Delft (Netherlands). She leads the Localized Corrosion and
Electrochemistry team, conducting high-resolution electrochemical research on
diverse applications like automotive, energy storage, art heritage, and
biomaterials. The main research line of the team focuses on studying the
relationship between the microstructure of metals and corrosion properties.
She has 86 publications in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals in
corrosion and electrochemistry, with an h-index of 29 and more than 3100
citations.
She is the responsible docent of several courses: “Corrosion Science”,
Module “Electrochemistry” (within Materials Characterization) and “Metallic
Materials in Maritime Structures” and “Materials Science Project”.
She has received prestigious fellowships, including a Humboldt
Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2008) and a Delft Technology Fellowship
grant (2013).
She is a member of the European Federation of Corrosion (EFC) Board of
Administrators and co-chair of the EFC WP Corrosion Education. Furthermore, she
is the Secretary/Treasurer of the ECS Corrosion Division.