Rolf Gubner
Research Areas/Expertise
• Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion
• Corrosion and Corrosion Protection in the Pulp & Paper Industry
• Marine Corrosion and corrosion protection
• Automotive Corrosion
Woodside/Chevron Professorial Chair of Corrosion
Western Australian Corrosion Research Group
Curtin University of Technology
WA:ERA projects
Evaluation of Stress Corrosion Cracking in Weldable Martensitic Pipeline Steel
(Co-supervisor of student: Jens Maier)
Top of the Line Corrosion (JIP Chevron/Nalco)
Investigation of the Relationship between Corrosion Resistance and Biological Acitivity at Low Tempertures for the Preservation of Sunken Subsea Equipment (PhD project Laura Machuca)
Background
In his current position which is jointly funded by Woodside and Chevron Australia, Rolf leads the Western Australian Corrosion Research Group (WACRG) located in the Curtin University of Technology Department of Applied Chemistry.
Prior to this Rolf was the Department Manager of the Swedish Corrosion and Metals Research Institute SwereaKIMAB AB for four years. His projects included microbiologically influenced corrosion of sea water injection in oil & gas wells, organic coatings in the marine and off-shore industry, localized corrosion initiation of stainless steels and electrochemical properties of intermetallic inclusions in duplex stainless steels, aluminum and magnesium alloys.
He was a Research Scientist at the Swedish Corrosion Institute where he was responsible for the localised scanning techniques laboratory. Prior to this he was in the UK as a Research Fellow at the University of Portsmouth where he investigated the importance of exopolymers in bacterial attachment, biofilm development and corrosion of steel surfaces in marine environments using state-of-the-art techniques of surface science.
Education
Ph.D. (Chemistry)
Dipl. Ingenieur Chemieingenieruwesen (B.Sc. equivalent, Germany)
Publications
Contact
Email: R.Gubner(at)curtin.edu.au