Dr. Huichao Bi holds a BSc from Tianjin University and a PhD from the University of Oxford. She began her academic career as a Lecturer at Tianjin University and later became a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge. Subsequently, she worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto. Since 2018, Dr. Bi has been working as an Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Denmark. Her expertise lies in corrosion and corrosion protection by coatings, encompassing the development of innovative functional coatings, advanced anti-corrosive materials, non-destructive evaluation of coating performance and coating integrity management.