Prof. Daniele Dini
Professor Daniele Dini FREng is Vice-Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Engineering and a Professor in Tribology at Imperial College London. He is internationally recognised as a leader in the development and application of computational methods for studying applied mechanics, materials and tribological problems. His group is at the forefront of the development of multiscale and multidisciplinary high-fidelity approaches that capture the physics of critical interfaces, from the underlying molecular scale to the macroscale seen by engineer and clinicians as performance, e.g. energy efficiency, longevity and reliability. He is currently a Shell/RAEng Research Chair in Complex Engineering Interfaces, and his group has developed many advanced modelling tools for the design of new materials, biomedical and engineering solution. These scientific breakthroughs have also been recognised by the prestigious inaugural Peter Jost Tribology Award in 2021 and the Tribology Trust Silver Medal in 2022, as well as several other personal and group awards. His group performs fundamental research, while successfully supporting the application of tribology in industry; the strong links with industrial partners have led to the Imperial President’s Award and Medal for Excellence in External Collaboration and Partnerships (2017). Professor Dini has written more than 450 journal articles and has delivered more than 50 invited and keynote/plenary talks to discuss his innovative research in the last 10 years.
Dr. Nicole Dörr
Nicole Dörr obtained her PhD in 2003 from Vienna University of Technology for her thesis on trace analysis of petroleum products conducted at the Vienna Institute of Petroleum (Austrian Research Centers Seibersdorf). Since then, she has worked at AC2T research GmbH, the Austrian Competence Center for Tribology, focusing on lubricants and lubrication. From 2016 to 2025, she served as Scientific Head and is now Key Researcher for project development. She received her habilitation in tribology from Vienna University of Technology in 2020 and has been President of the Austrian Tribology Society since 2022. Her research focuses on formulation, assessment, and condition monitoring of lubricants and other operating fluids.
Prof. Ichiro Minami
Ichiro Minami is a tribologist and chemist specializing in lubricant chemistry and tribo‑chemical reactions. He earned his PhD in organic chemistry from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he began his academic career before holding positions at several Japanese universities. He later joined Luleå University of Technology in Sweden and has contributed to multiple Horizon Europe projects in tribology and surface chemistry.
His research focuses on molecular processes under tribological conditions, including synthetic base oils, additive mechanisms, and antioxidant chemistry. He has published over 150 peer‑reviewed papers (H‑index 42) and is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers.