Patrick GIRAULT

Patrick GIRAULT is a Teacher-Researcher at the University of La Rochelle, affiliated with team E4-DMPR. He specializes in X-ray diffraction for stress analysis in materials, particularly thermal oxide layers and the impact of surface treatments on nickel corrosion in artificial seawater.

His responsibilities include managing two X-ray diffractometers and leading semester 1 of the SPI Master’s program in Corrosion, Degradation and Protection of Materials. His research focuses on advanced material characterization and corrosion mitigation strategies.

He operates under the French academic classification section CNU 28 and is associated with the CNRS Scientific Department: INSIS (Institute of Engineering and Systems Sciences).