He earned his PhD degree in Materials Engineering from Monash University, Australia in 2010 and his BTech in Materials & Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. Rajeev’s primary research interests lie in the broad areas of corrosion and material engineering including structure/processing/property relationships, corrosion initiation and propagation in metallic materials, corrosion characterization techniques, alloy design, high-temperature oxidation, and advanced metallic and ceramic coatings. Rajeev has authored over 45 publications in open scientific literature and several industrial reports.