Materials Science Failure Analysis Consultant

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Senior Consultant Karym Kinnibrugh, Ph.D., is a materials scientist whose expertise includes failure analysis; corrosion diagnosis, control, and prevention; electrochemical testing techniques; surface science; and ceramics and polymers. Dr. Kinnibrugh is also a product development professional who has more than 15 years of diverse research and development experience in surfactants, emulsions, colloids, polymer functionalization, biomaterials, surface chemistry, interfacial phenomena, and organic synthesis. Dr. Karym Kinnibrugh is a Materials Scientist who graduated with a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in Materials Science and Engineering and holds a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Her expertise focuses in the electrochemical and corrosion field which includes electrochemical testing techniques, corrosion diagnosis, failure analysis, and corrosion control and prevention. She is proficient in characterization and analytical techniques such as metallography, AFM, SEM, TEM, XPS, Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy, DSC, FT-IR, HPLC, GC, NMR, TMA, TGA, XRD, UV-Vis, AAS, ICP-AES, Zeta Potential, contact angle, and surface and interfacial tension.