James J. Noël is Associate Professor of Chemistry at Western University, Associate Editor of NACE CORROSION Journal, past Chair of the Electrochemical Society Corrosion Division and former Chair of the ECS Education Committee.  Dr. Noël was previously a Research Scientist with both the Shoesmith (1998-2016) and Wren (2004-2016) research groups at Western University. 

From 1991-1998 was a Research Officer at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., studying titanium corrosion and hydrogen absorption in support of the Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Program, in which Ti was considered a candidate material for nuclear fuel waste container fabrication. He was also a Chemist with Ontario Hydro (1989-1991) working on development of corrosion inhibitors to be used during chemical decontamination of the primary side coolant circuits of CANDU nuclear reactors.