Jose Rodolfo Galvele

Dr. José Rodolfo Galvele (March 10, 1937 – July 31, 2011 ) was an Argentine chemist.

His research focus was on the mechanism of intergranular corrosion of aluminum-copper alloys and on the pitting of metals. He proposed a mechanism of stress corrosion cracking

He was awarded the Konex award in 2003.

Galvele was the first dean of Instituto Sabato from 1993 to 2007.

Books
Tecnología Professor Jorge A. Sabato, ISBN 978-987-96501-6-5
 * Jorge A. Sabato, creador de la metalurgia en CNEA : ¿cómo se hace para crear un laboratorio de excelencia? (November 2009). Inst. de
 * Degradación de materiales I : corrosión (2006). Jorge Baudino Eds., ISBN 987-9020-65-0