Ashlie Martini

Ashlie Martini is a tribologist and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of California, Merced.
Biography.
Education.
Martini received her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1998 from Northwestern University, in Evanston, Illinois. She later completed her Doctor of Philosophy in the same field, at the same school, in 2007.
Career.
She was an Assistant Professor at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana before becoming a Full Professor at University of California, Merced.
Research.
The topics of study at "Martini Research Group: Fundamental Tribology Lab" at UC Merced include:
Martini's lab helps test dry lubricants for the Mars Rover. "The Martini research group is performing some very critical and important data gathering for us and presenting that data in a way that helps us make critical, mission-sensitive decisions for Mars," said Duval Johnson of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Publications.
Martini has over 250 publications. Her most cited work has been cited over 4400 times:
Robert J Moon, Ashlie Martini, John Nairn, John Simonsen, Jeff Youngblood, Chemical Society Reviews (2011)
Her second most cited work has been cited over 400 times:
Jianwei Song, Chaoji Chen, Shuze Zhu, Mingwei Zhu, Jiaqi Dai, Upamanyu Ray, Yiju Li, Yudi Kuang, Yongfeng Li, Nelson Quispe, Yonggang Yao, Amy Gong, Ulrich H Leiste, Hugh A Bruck, JY Zhu, Azhar Vellore, Heng Li, Marilyn L Minus, Zheng Jia, Ashlie Martini, Teng Li, Liangbing Hu, Nature (journal)