Dr Monica Ratoi MSc, PhD, DIC, Fellow of HE
Lecturer of Lubrication Science, nCATS
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Dr Monica Ratoi is the Lecturer in Lubrication Science at the EPSRC National Centre of Advanced Tribology (nCATS) at the University of Southampton.
With 28 years of research experience in lubrication, tribology and nanotechnology at Imperial College, University of Oxford and nCATS, she has established a strong track record and international reputation in these fields. She leads the teaching of tribology at nCATS and has published interdisciplinary research in top journals on the topics of organic friction modifiers and antiwear additives, Langmuir Blodgett and self-assembly layers, aqueous lubrication, lubricant nanoadditives, lubrication for hydrogen technology, lubrication of polymers and composites, nanotechnology and nanotoxicology.
Monica has a long-established collaboration with the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research in Japan and Hydrogenius Centre at Kyushu University in Japan. Her experience and multidisciplinary background led to her acting as expert advisor for the European Parliament Science and Technology Options Assessment on Nanotechnology, evaluator for Nanotechnology Risk and Safety for European NANO projects and Scientific Editor of the Nature journal Scientific Reports. Monica and her group received international awards from the top international tribology societies: STLE (US) and JST (Japan) and TTRF (Japan) and JSPS (Japan) for her cutting-edge research. Her research is funded by major lubricant companies: JXTG Japan, Chevron Oronite, ExxonMobil etc.
BSc Hons, Chemistry and Physics - First Class degree, University ‘Al. I. Cuza’ Iasi 1992
PhD, University of London, 1996
DIC, Imperial College London, 1996
Fellow of Higher Education Academy, 2013