Rate My Professor Raluca Negrea

Dr Raluca Florentina Negrea is a Lecturer in Electron Microscopy of Metallic Materials at Brunel University London, affiliated with the Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology. With over 15 years of experience as a scientific researcher, she specializes in advanced analytical and structural characterization of crystalline materials using state-of-the-art scanning/transmission electron microscopy (S/TEM) techniques. Her expertise includes high-resolution TEM, STEM, Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS), and related methods to elucidate structure-property relationships in materials. Dr Negrea has established a solid international reputation in materials characterization, serving as a key collaborator in numerous national and international research projects that have delivered significant scientific outcomes. She has initiated and supervised research activities for Master’s and Bachelor’s students in advanced microscopy and collaborates closely with world-leading experts in materials physics, enhancing research networks and advancing electron microscopy applications.

Dr Negrea has authored more than 75 publications in top-tier journals, accumulating over 1,800 citations and achieving an h-index of 24, reflecting her influence in the field. Selected key publications include: "Interfacial Segregation of Fe and Si on TiB2 Surface and Refinement of Fe-Bearing Intermetallic Compounds and Primary Si Part I: Segregation Phenomenon and Formation of Two-Dimensional Compounds (2DCs) at the Al/TiB2 Interface" by Que et al. (2025, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A); "Pulsed reverse electrochemical synthesis of Ag-TiO2 composites from deep eutectic solvents: Photocatalytic and antibacterial behaviour" by Petcu et al. (2025, Applied Surface Science Advances); "Progress and perspective on different strategies to achieve wake-up-free ferroelectric hafnia and zirconia-based thin films" by Silva et al. (2022, Applied Materials Today); "Synthesis of TiO2-(B) Nanobelts for Acetone Sensing" by Kumarage et al. (2023, Sensors); and "Ferroelectric properties of ZrO2 films deposited on ITO-coated glass" by Silva et al. (2021, Ceramics International). She supervises PhD projects, such as "Understanding the role of alloying additions in the development of high-performance strain-induced precipitation hardenable AA6xxx series aluminium alloys," contributing to innovations in metallic materials.