Published November 19, 2021
Prathima Nalam is one of 25 researchers to join the Board of Early Career Researchers of Tribology Letters.
Nalam, an assistant professor, is primarily interested in developing alternative materials that will leave a low-carbon footprint on the environment. Her research interests lie in developing next-generation materials in the fields of tribology, filtration, and bioengineering. To achieve this, she employs advanced materials characterization methods, novel functionalization techniques and, if required, couples with machine learning methods to establish structure-property relationships for novel materials such as 2D materials and biomaterials.
She has published more than 25 peer-reviewed journal publications and is a recipient of the Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship (SNSF). She is also an affiliated faculty member of UB’s Institute for Research and Education in eNergy Environmental and Water (RENEW).
According to the journal’s website, Tribology Letters is devoted to the development of the science of tribology and its applications, particularly focusing on publishing high-quality papers that address the fundamentals of friction, lubrication, wear, or adhesion. The journal facilitates communication and exchange of seminal ideas among thousands of practitioners who are engaged worldwide in the pursuit of tribology-based science and technology.