e-mail: davydov@elchem.ac.ru

Alexey D. Davydov
Professor, Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences.

Education

1965 Chemistry, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, Department of Electrochemical Engineering, Moscow.
1969 Ph.D., Electrochemistry, Institute of Electrochemistry, Academy of Sciences of USSR, Moscow.

Experience and Service

Research Scientist, Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry, Academy of Sciences of USSR, 1965 - 1988.
Head of Electrochemistry of Metals and Semiconductors Laboratory, Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1988 - 1999.
Deputy Director, Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1999 - 2005.
Head of Physical Electrochemistry Laboratory, Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, 2005 - 2018.
Principle researcher, Laboratory of Electrocatalysis, Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, from 2018 to present.

Research

  • Electrochemistry of metals: passivity and passivity breakdown, high-rate dissolution and deposition, electrochemical machining, polishing, etching, corrosion of metals.
  • Mass transfer in the electrochemical systems: convective diffusion, migration, natural convection, convective instability, limiting currents, effects of magnetic and centrifugal fields, mathematic modeling.

Professional Societies

Member of International Society of Electrochemistry
Member of Working Party on Electrochemical Engineering, European Federation of Chemical Engineering
Member of Editorial Board of Corrosion Science
Member of Editorial Board of Russian J. Electrochemistry
Member of Editorial Board of Electroplating and Surface Treatment (Russia)
Member of Editorial Board of Inzynieria Powierzchni (Surface Engineering) (Poland).

Publications
Over 400 papers and three books.