Carmen-Georgeta Ristoscu

Affiliation and official address

Date and place of birth

Nationality

Education (degrees, dates, universities)

• May 30, 2003, public defense of the PhD thesis “Synthesis, processing and characterization of thin films by high - intensity laser radiation”, distinction SUMMA CUM LAUDE
• November 1997 Admission to Doctorate in Physics under supervision of Prof. Dr. Ion N. Mihailescu, Professor at the Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest
• 1995-1996 MSc University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics MASTER THESIS: “The diagnostic of LTE plasmas using the bi-atomic molecular spectra”
• 1990-1995 BSc University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Degree in Physics DIPLOMA THESIS: “The luminescent RF plasma”

• main field: Experimental optics, spectroscopy, laser and plasma, Laser processing of thin films, reactive pulsed laser deposition (PLD/RPLD) and laser interactions; lasers and plasma physics; nanostructured thin films technology, surface physics and engineering
• other fields: Biophysics and biomedicine; nano- bio- technologies, gas- and bio- sensors, plasma and laser theory
• current research interest: Laser processing of thin films (PLD/RPLD, MAPLE, LDW), OES investigations, modification and characterization of nanostructured thin coatings; optoelectronics and sensors, nanopowders generation and characterization, biomimetic metallic implants

Career/Employment (employers,positions and dates)

• April 3, 2009 – present: Senior ScientificResearcher, 1st degree, “Laser-Surface-Plasma Interactions”Laboratory, Lasers Department, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics
• July 15, 2004 – April 2009: Senior Scientific Researcher, 3rd degree, “Laser-Surface-Plasma Interactions” Laboratory, Lasers Department, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics
• August 2000 – July 14, 2004: Scientific Researcher, “Laser-Surface-Plasma Interactions” Laboratory, Lasers Department, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics
• 1997 – August 2000: Research Assistant, “Laser-Surface-Plasma Interactions” Laboratory, Lasers Department, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics

Membership on professional Societies

• memberof SPIE
• member of the Editorial Board of World Journal of Condensed Matter Physics
• Member of international advisory committee of International Conference on Photo-Excited Processes and Applications - ICPEPA-10, ICPEPA-11, ICPEPA-12

Referee for international Journals:

• Thin Solid Films
• Journal of Electrochemical Society
• Acta Biomaterialia
• Applied Surface Science
• Journal of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
• Optics Express
• Applied Physics A
• Applied Physics B

Participation in PhD juries:

• May 6, 2019, Gabriela – Irina NEGUT (UNGUREANU): “FILME SUBȚIRI DE BIOSTICLE ȘI NANOPARTICULE MAGNETICE DEPUSE PRIN TEHNICI LASER PULSATE AVANSATE”, Bucharest University, Romania
• July 6, 2017, Dan-Nicolae BECHERESCU (BARBU): “Synthesis and investigation of thin layers obtained by High Power Pulsed Magnetron Sputtering and Pulsed Laser Deposition for development of metal-composite devices”, Bucharest University, Romania
• November 20, 2015, Sorin Moga: “Studies of thin films characterization using X-ray diffraction techniques”, Bucharest University, Romania
• November 20, 2015, Denis Negrea: “Studies of nano-crystalline powders characterization by X-ray techniques”, Bucharest University, Romania
• April 5, 2013, Catalin Ducu: “Studies by X-ray diffraction and complementary techniques of thin films and superficial layers with applications in advanced technologies” , Bucharest University, Romania
• July 1, 2010, Sorin Grigorescu: “Etudes des couches nano-structurées obtenues par ablation laser pour les implants biomimétiques avancées”, University of Strasbourg, France

Management of projects

• PED 146/2017: Smart surface functionalization of titanium and stainless steel implants (January 3, 2017 – September 30, 2018)
• PN III/2016: Visible light nanocrystalline thin film catalysts based on metal and nonmetal co-doped titania synthesized by Sol-Gel and Pulsed Laser Deposition methods (June 2016 – December 2017)
• PCCA 244/2014: Biocomposite materials obtained by methods specific to metallurgy for bone substitution (BONY), INFLPR responsible
• COST MP 1208 “Developing the Physics and the Scientific community for Inertial Confinement Fusion at the time of NIF ignition” Romanian national representative (June 2, 2013 – June 1, 2017)
• TE 82/05.10.2011: Pulsed laser nanostructuring, assembling and immobilization of biomaterials
• IDEI 547/16.01.2009: Highly reliable metallic photocathodes obtained by pulsed laser technologies for free electron lasers
• RIG 982424/2006: Advanced gas sensors with pulsed laser deposited nanostructured metal oxides
• CEx 5870/18.09.2006: Tailoring of ultrashort laser pulses for nanostructured thin films of advanced materials
• CEx 1428/24.03.2006: Nanostructured thin films of aluminum nitride for advanced applications in micro- and opto-electronics, medicine and biology

100 papers in international journals, 39 in international proceedings and 22 book chapters.
Independent citations in international journals and books: 1165; average citations per item 9.86; h index 21 (October 2019, according to ISI Web of Knowledge, Web of Science)
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