Guest: Yolanda Hedberg (University of Western Ontario, Canada) - "My path to an academic career in corrosion science" 

Virtual
Registration:  Open until June 27th, 2024

The Young EFC online career webinar aims at providing an overview about the diversity of careers within the corrosion community and demystifying some career pathways.

Join us on Thursday, June 27th at 2.00pm (CEST)! We are thrilled to welcome Yolanda Hedberg. She will discuss her path to an academic career in corrosion science

Yolanda Hedberg did her engineering degree in materials science at Friedrich Alexander University, specialized in corrosion and surface science, under the supervision of Prof. Sanna Virtanen, in Germany. She did her PhD in corrosion science under the supervision of Prof. Inger Odnevall at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. Interested in medical aspects of corrosion, she did a postdoc in occupational and environmental toxicology under the supervision of Prof. Carola Lidén at Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Since 2020, she is Canada Research Chair in corrosion science at Western University in Canada. She also leads an international training program in corrosion and will introduce some of its opportunities.

* The event will be recorded. By registering, the participants accept the fact that the event will be advertised/posted on EFC social media.