We are deeply saddened to report the passing on June 12, 2025, of CO2 Coalition member Digby Macdonald.

He was one of the world’s leading corrosion scientists and Professor in Residence in the Departments of Nuclear Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at University of California at Berkeley. From 2003 to 2012, he was a Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Director for the Center for Electrochemical Science and Technology at Penn State University. In 2003, Dr. Macdonald received the highest award in the field of corrosion science and engineering – the U.R. Evans Award from the Institute of Corrosion in the United Kingdom. In 2011, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

The Berkley Materials Science & Engineering announcement of his passing is here https://mse.berkeley.edu/2025/06/passing-of-professor-in-residence-digby-macdonald/

Prof. Macdonald has published more than 1000 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and has published four books.  He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Royal Society of New Zealand (the “National Academies” of those countries) and is a Member of the EU Academy of Sciences.  He enjoys a H-index of 71 and his papers have been cited over 16,167 times.