Felicity Worsnop

Dr. Felicity Worsnop is a Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials, affiliated with the Department of Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design. Her work focuses on understanding microstructural behaviors in advanced alloys, particularly titanium and copper alloys, with emphasis on hydrogen embrittlement, fatigue mechanisms, and precipitation phenomena. She employs cutting-edge characterization techniques like APT, TEM, and SAXS to analyze nanoscale precipitates and microstructural defects.

Her research interests span materials science and metallurgy, addressing challenges such as slip intermittency in titanium alloys, composition-dependent plasticity in Co-based alloys, and oxygen-induced degradation in α-Ti. She has contributed to improving the integrity of titanium alloys through failure analysis and environmental fatigue studies.

Recent investigations include the role of dissolved nitrogen in Ti-6Al-4V fatigue behavior and the crystallographic ordering of Al/Sn in α-Ti. Her interdisciplinary approach integrates computational modeling and experimental validation to advance alloy design principles.