Roger Staehle is very well-known and has been active in the nuclear corrosion community for over 60 years. He is a Retired Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota and an industrial consultant. He has edited 29 volumes and published 220 papers. among other honors, he was elected to the (US) National Academy of Engineering and received the Willis Rodney Whitney Award. He has consulted for many industries, including the nuclear one, and for governments in the United States, Japan, China and Korea.