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Personal data

  • Date and place of birth: June 10, 1961, Cluj, Romania
  • Married since 1986
  • 3 children (1990, 1992 and 1995)

Education

  • 1976-80 No 3 Mathematics-Physics Highschool, Cluj; Baccalaureat in 1980, result 9,75 (of 10)
  • 1981-85 Faculty of Physics, Babeş-Bolyai University; Bachelor degree, result 9,96 (of 10)
    Diploma thesis: Ionization of atomic ions by electron impact.
  • 1990-92 PhD student at Institute of Nuclear Research (ATOMKI), Debrecen, Hungary.
    PhD degree in Physics in 1992.
    Title of the PhD thesis: Calculation of ionization cross sections.

Languages

  • Hungarian, Romanian, English (good), German, French (basic)

Employment history

  • 1985-1991 highschool teacher in Liceul Agroindustrial Turda, Liceul "Mihai Viteazul" Turda and Lic. "16 Februarie" Cluj-Napoca
  • 1991-1994 teaching assistant at Technical University Cluj, Department of Physics
  • 1994-1997 Assistant professor at "Babeş-Bolyai" University Cluj, Faculty of Physics
  • 1997-2001 Associate professor at "Babeş-Bolyai" University Cluj, Faculty of Physics
  • 2000-2004 vicedean of the Faculty of Physics
  • 2001- Full professor at "Babeş-Bolyai" University Cluj, Faculty of Physics
  • 2004-2007 vicerector of "Babeş-Bolyai" University
  • 2007- vicepresident of the Academic Council, vicedean

Research interest

  • Theoretical calculations in the field of atomic and molecular collisions. Applicaton of DWBA and impact parameter methods. The study of multielectron processes induced by charged projectiles and photons. The study of ionization and fragmentation of molecules (hydrogen, fullerene and others). The study of electron correlations in atoms (helium, lithium) and molecules (hydrogen) in transitions induced by fast charged projectiles. Interference effects in the in the ionization of the hydrogen molecule. Atoms and molecules in intense laser fields.

Researcher profile:

Teaching activites

  • Bachelor level courses: Atomic physics, Molecular physics, Nuclear physics (all in Hungarian)
  • Master level courses: Numerical calculations in atomic physics (in English)
  • PhD courses: Theoretical models in atomic physics (in Romanian)

Prizes and honours

  • 1st prize on the National Contest "Traian Lalescu" for students, Bucureşti (1982)
  • 1st prize on the national Conference of Student Workshops, Iaşi (1984).
  • The "Schlenk Balint" prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for the PhD thesis (1992).
  • The BBU prize for institutional innovation (2003)
  • The “Arany János” prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for excellence in research (2004)
  • The BBU prize for institutional innovation (2004, 2005, 2007)

Scholarships

  • Fulbright scholarship for scientific research, September 1994 - May 1995, la Tulane University, New Orleans, USA.
  • Tempus scholarship, February-April 1998, Universitat Gesamthochschule, Kassel, Germany.
  • Fulbright scholarship for scientific research, September 1994 - May 1995, la Tulane University, New Orleans, USA.
  • Tempus scholarship, February-April 1998, Universitat Gesamthochschule, Kassel, Germany.
  • Domus scholarship for scientific research, July-August 2000, Institute of Nuclear Research (ATOMKI), Debrecen, Hungary.
  • Scholarship in Bergen Computational Physics Laboratory, Norway, short visits to Bergen (2000- 2003).

National and international recognition

  • Member of the Romanian Physical Society and of European Physical Society.
  • Member of the American Physical Society.
  • Member in the Selection Board of Bergen Computational Physics Laboratory, Norway (2000-2001).
  • Member of the Editorial Board of Studia UBB Physica.
  • Referee for Physics Letters A, Nucl. Instr. Meth.B, Fizica A & B (Croatia) etc.
  • Referee in PhD commisions
  • Permanent expert of the Natural Sciences Committee of ARACIS (he Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education).
  • Member in the Scientific Board of the Institute of Research Programs Sapientia.
  • Member in the Scientific Board of the Institute of Research Programs Sapientia (2000-2007).
  • Vicepresident EMT (Hungarian Technical Scientific Society of Transylvania, 2004-2008).
  • Member of the ICPEAC (International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions) General Committe
  • Chair of CEPAS (Conference on Elemenyary Processes in Atomic Collisions), Cluj, 2008
  • Member in the Management Committee of the COST Action CM0702: "Chemistry with Ultrashort Pulses and Free-electron Lasers: Looking for Control Strategies Through "Exact" Computations".

Grants

  • Director of a national grant PNII-IDEI 2011-2014.
  • Director of a national grant PNII-IDEI 2007-2010.
  • Director of a national grant of the Academy 2007-2008.
  • Director of national grants (A) with CNCSIS 1997-1999 2000-2002 and 2005-2007.
  • Grant of the Templeton Foundation, USA, 1997.
  • Member in grants with CNCSIS and World Bank.
  • Grant with NSERC – Canada (2002-2004)

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