Research interest

Materials/nanostructures with tunable morphology and structure for environmental (photocatalysis) biomedical (tissue engineering) and technological applications


Book/Chapters and Editorial Board Member

  • Books and book chapters: 10 book chapters (4 Elsevier, 1 Springer, 3 Wiley-Scrivener and 2 in international Publishing Houses)

  • Co-Editor of the Elsevier book entitled Advanced Nanostructures for Environmental Health, ISBN: 9780128158821, in the series Micro and Nano Technologies, 582 pages, November 2019

Member of the Editorial Boards of scientific Journals:

  • Catalyst, IF: 4.14, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/catalysts/sectioneditors/catalytic_materials
  • Molecules, IF: 4.4, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/editors
  • Materials, IF: 3.62, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/editors
  • Exploration of BioMat-X, https://www.explorationpub.com/Journals/ebmx/Editorial_Board
  • Eurasian Journal of Analytical Chemistry, https://www.eurasianjournals.com/editorialoffice.php

Patents

European Patent Application:

  • Processes for obtaining nanocomposite food packages (EP 3078275 A1/ 12.10.2016)

National Patents:

  • Procedure of obtaining nanocomposites based on aerogel and noble metals with double functionality (RO 129023 B1, 2017)
  • Procedure of obtaining graphene based materials by exfoliation (RO 131216 B1, 2017)
  • Porous bioactive glass doped with gold nanoparticles (RO 132343, 2016)
  • Procedure of obtaining composite materials „Nanoporous coal / bismuth and iron nanoparticles / titanium oxide" with analytical and photodegradation properties (RO 133255 B1, 2020)
  • Procedure for obtaining food packages from nanostructured materials, (RO 130496, 2022)


Prizes and Awards

“Constantin Miculescu” Prize of the Romanian Academy (2017)


Prizes for Scientific Excellence (2014, 2017 and 2020) and Comenius Prize (2011) of the UBB


Gold medal for the patent RO 129023 B1 (see above) at the 10th European Exhibition of Creativity and Innovation EUROINVENT 2018, Iasi, 17-19 May


Gold medal for the patent RO 129023 B1 (see above) at the 16th International Exhibition of Research, Innovations and Inventions PRO INVENT 2018, Cluj-Napoca, 21-23 March 2018


Silver medal for the patent RO 131216 B1 (see above) at the 10th European Exhibition of Creativity and Innovation EUROINVENT 2018, Iasi, 17-19 May


Gold medal for the patent RO 132343 B1 (see above) at the 14th European Exhibition of Creativity and Innovation EUROINVENT 2022, Iasi, 26-28 May