Prathima Nalam

PhD

Prathima Nalam.

Prathima Nalam

PhD

Prathima Nalam

PhD

Research Topics

Tribology; soft mechanics; surface and interfacial forces; atomic force microscopy

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Education

  • PhD at ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Department of Materials, Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology (Dr. Sc. ETH Zurich), 2012
  • MSc, ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Department of Materials, Zurich, Specialization in Nano Science and Technology (M Sc. ETH Zurich), 2007
  • B. Tech., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering (JNTU), Visakhapatnam, India, 2002

Academic Appointments

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (2015-2016).
  • NBIC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, USA (2013-2015).
  • SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, USA (2012-2013).
  • Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, India (2002 - 2005).