Mikhail Zheludkevich, Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Materials Research, Department of Corrosion and Surface Technology; Head of Department; Professor.

Mailing address: Max-Planck Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany.

Mikhail Zheludkevich is currently Head of department of Corrosion and Surface Technologies at Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht. He is also professor at University of Kiel as well as invited researcher at University of Aveiro. In 1998 he graduated with distinction from the Belarusian State University and took his PhD degree in Physical Chemistry in 2002 from the same University.

Since 2003 he started as a post-doc researcher and became a group leader at Universiry of Aveiro. In 2014 he got professorship at Kiel University in Germany and was appointed as head of department at Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht with main focus on electrochemistry, multi-functional surfaces and active protection of light materials and multi-material systems. Additionally he is a member of technical group in Research Fund for Coal and Steel and is vice-chairman of Aerospace Working Party at European Federation of Corrosion. In 2010 Mikhail was awarded with a prize of Best Young Portuguese Electrochemist. Prof. Zheludkevich has published more than 140 ISI papers, 12 book chapters, presented about 30 invited and key-note talks and is a co-inventor in 12 patent applications.