Raluca O. Scarlat

Research Bio

Raluca Scarlat's work focuses on electrochemistry and physical chemistry of molten salts and chemistry of graphite at high temperature, with application to development and licensing of advanced nuclear fusion and fission reactors, fusion and fission. Prof. Scarlat research areas include chemistry and materials at high temperature, corrosion, tritium management, safety analysis, and engineering ethics.

Research Expertise and Interest

molten salt, graphite, advanced nuclear reactors, tritium, fusion blankets, electrochemistry, corrosion, thermodynamics, nuclear reactor safety, nuclear reactor design, nuclear reactor licensing, nuclear energy, advanced reactors, high temperature rheology, high temperature tribology, engineering ethics, ethics

In the News

Nuclear Power Renaissance

UC Berkeley researchers are working to revisit and reinvent molten salt technologies, paving the way for advanced nuclear energy systems and a carbon-free future.

Teaching

Courses taught during the three most recent terms
2026 Spring
  • Ethics, Engineering, and Society  [ENGIN 125]  

  • Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates  [NUCENG 198]  

  • Supervised Independent Study  [NUCENG 199]  

  • Group Research Seminars  [NUCENG 298]  

  • Individual Research  [NUCENG 299]  

2025 Fall
  • Engineering Thermodynamics  [ENGIN 40]  

  • Introduction to Nuclear Energy and Technology  [NUCENG 100]  

  • Supervised Independent Study  [NUCENG 199]  

  • Introduction to Nuclear Engineering  [NUCENG 200M]  

  • Group Research Seminars  [NUCENG 298]  

  • Individual Research  [NUCENG 299]  

  • Honors Undergraduate Research  [NUCENG H194]  

  • Supervised Research: Physical Sciences  [UGIS 192D]  

2025 Summer
  • Supervised Independent Study  [NUCENG 199]  

  • Honors Undergraduate Research  [NUCENG H194]  

2025 Spring
  • Ethics, Engineering, and Society  [ENGIN 125]  

  • Supervised Independent Study  [NUCENG 199]  

  • Special Topics in Nuclear Energy  [NUCENG 290C]  

  • Group Research Seminars  [NUCENG 298]  

  • Individual Research  [NUCENG 299]  

  • Supervised Research: Physical Sciences  [UGIS 192D]