The prestigious Cavallaro medal was awarded to Prof. Luciano Lazzari by the European Federation of Corrosion (EFC) during the congress EUROCORR 2022 in Berlin.

The gold medal, first presented in 1965, is awarded every two years to a scientist who is particularly distinguished by their activity and research in the corrosion field. Prof. Luciano Lazzari, former responsible of the research group PoliLaPP, was selected due to his numerous and insightful contributions to the fields of: cathodic protection of metallic structures buried or immersed, DC and AC electrical interference, stress corrosion cracking, hydrogen embrittlement, reinforced concrete structures durability, acidic and localized corrosion modelling. After the awarding of the medal, the Professor held the plenary lecture “Engineering Tools for Corrosion”.