CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal data
| Name: | Titus Adrian Beu |
| Date of birth: | 1958.05.04 (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) |
| Citizenship: | Romanian |
| Present position: | Professor |
| Address (office): |
University "Babeş-Bolyai", Faculty of Physics, Department of Biomolecular Physics, NANOSIM - Laboratory for Simulations of Nanostructured Systems, Str. M. Kogălniceanu 1, Cluj-Napoca 3400, Romania Tel.: +40-264-405300, Fax: +40-264-591906 E-mail: titus.beu@ubbcluj.ro URL: http://phys.ubbcluj.ro/~titus.beu |
| Languages: | English and German - fluent, French - average |
Academic qualifications
| Ph.D. (1990.06) |
Degree in Computational Plasma Physics University "Babeş-Bolyai", Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Thesis title: "Contributions to the theoretical study of the role of impurities in the evolution of some physical processes in tokamak plasmas" |
| M.Sc. (1983.06) |
Degree in Physics University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physcics, Romania |
| B.Sc. (1982.06) |
Degree in Physics University "Babeş-Bolyai",Faculty of Physcics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
Professional experience (summary)
Over 30 years of research in Computational Physics and programming of large-scale applications; over 60 refereed research papers and 5 books textbooks.
Over 30 years of teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level in Physics, Computer Science, and Applied Mathematics (in Romanian, German and English).
Academic/administrative positions
| 2001.10 - |
Professor of Theoretical and Computational Physics, Faculty of Physics, University "Babeş-Bolyai", Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
| 2008.01 - 2011.05 |
Director of the Centre for International Cooperation, University "Babeş-Bolyai", Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
| 2000.01 - 2010.12 | Head of the Theoretical and Computational Physics Department |
| 1996.02 - 2001.10 |
Associate Professor, Faculty of Physics, University "Babeş-Bolyai" |
| 1990.10 - 1996.02 |
Lecturer, Faculty of Physics, University "Babeş-Bolyai" |
| 1987.10 - 1990.10 |
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Physics, University "Babeş-Bolyai" |
| 1985.09 - 1987.10 |
Staff researcher, Department of Molecular Physics, Institute of Isotopic and Molecular Technology, Cluj-Napoca |
| 1983.09 - 1985.09 |
Staff researcher, Department of Computational Studies, Institute for Nuclear Power Reactors, Pitesti, Romania |
Visiting scientist/professor positions abroad
| 2004.02 - 2004.08 |
Visiting Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Japan Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear Engineering Lab Head: Prof. Dr. Jun Onoe |
|
2004.11 - 2004.11 2004.02 - 2004.02 2003.10 - 2003.10 2003.08 - 2002.09 2003.02 - 2003.03 2002.11 - 2002.12 2002.08 - 2002.09 2002.02 - 2002.03 2001.11 - 2001.12 2001.07 - 2001.08 2000.11 - 2000.12 2000.04 - 2000.05 1999.11 - 1999.12 1994.08 - 1994.10 1993.10 - 1993.12 1992.11 - 1993.02 |
Max-Planck-Institut für Strömungsforschung, Göttingen, Germany Abteilung für Atom- und Molekülphysik Head: Prof. Dr. Udo Buck |
|
1999.07 - 1999.08 1998.07 - 1998.09 1997.04 - 1997.10 1994.11 - 1995.11 1994.04 - 1994.05 |
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako, Japan Applied Laser Chemistry Lab Head: Dr. Kazuo Takeuchi |
Teaching experience > 30 years
Undergraduate courses:
- Quantum Mechanics
- Numerical Methods
- Statistical Physics
- Quantum Mechanics (German)
- Statistical Physics (German)
- Atomic Collision Theory
Graduate courses:
- Advanced Computer Simulation Methods in Physics
- Collision Theory of Atoms and Molecules
- Automated Processing of Physical Data
- Methods of Computational Physics
- Numerical Methods in Quantum Physics
- Computer Simulation Methods in Physics
Research field
- Theoretical and Computational Physics - Nanostructures, nanofluidics and complex molecular systems.
Research topics
- Force fields and molecular dynamics of biopolymers for gene delivery.
- Dissolution of calcites and CO2 sequestration.
- Nanofluidics. Transport through carbon nanotubes and ion channels.