Prof. Scarlat
Our group is strongly committed to serving the diversity and inclusion responsibilities that the university has because equal access to education is an essential element of democracy and because the university shapes the fabric of the culture and the values of future generations.
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

| Raluca O. Scarlat |
| scarlat@berkeley.edu |
|
Professor Raluca O. Scarlat is an Associate Professor in the Nuclear Engineering Department at University of California Berkeley. Prof. Scarlat’s research encompasses chemistry and materials for nuclear fusion and fission nuclear energy, as well as batteries, and critical minerals. Prof. Scarlat has expertise in electrochemistry and physical chemistry, corrosion, advanced nuclear reactors, reactor safety and thermal-hydraulics, and engineering ethics. Scarlat CV 2 page 2023-02-17 | 2025-09 CV Scarlat | Bio 2025-09-16 Raluca Scarlat |
| GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHERS | ||
|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| VISITING RESEARCHERS |
|---|
| Momoka Imoto |
| UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS | ||
|---|---|---|
|
|
Agustina (Tina) Jolly (4th), BS Nuclear Engineering |
Julia Gottlieb (4th), BS Nuclear Engineering |
|
Jefferson Gunahin (4th), BS Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
Sebastian Barnes |
Molly Kharya (1st), BS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
| ALUMNI | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Engineer at KairosPower |
Engineer at Graphicore |
Engineer at Kairos Power |
|
Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
Mechanical Engineer at NMEC |
Maximilien Denis |
|
Engineer at X-Energy |
Postdoctoral Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Scientist at TerraPower |
|
|
|
Engineer at X-Energy |
|
Randall Chiu Postdoctoral Researcher at University of California Berkeley |
Senior Research Fellow at NICPB |
|
|
Undergraduate Alumni |
||
|
Eric Smith |
Akshar Bhagat |
Daniel Chavez |
|
Sean Noor
|
Zachary Falkowski |
|
Qiye Hu |
Dana Hejazi |
|





























