Irina Plesco is currently a PhD student at Technical University of Moldova in the area of Physics and Materials Science. In 2018-2019, she was awarded by DAAD Scholarship for the PhD exchange program at CAU Kiel University in Germany and worked in Synthesis and Real Structure group. Since 2016, she has been a member of the National Center for Materials Study and Testing, Technical University of Moldova. Her research interests include the synthesis and characterization of semiconductive nanomaterials and aero-materials. More information is available at www.ncmst.utm.md.
Vladimir Ciobanu is currently a PhD Student in Physics and Materials Technology at Technical University of Moldova. His research studies are focused on the fabrication of 2D and 3D GaN structures for memristive, microfluidic and biomedical applications. During his PhD studies, he held a DAAD Scholarship at University of Kiel, Germany and had a four-month visit at The Joint Research Center of the European Commission, Italy where he was trained on Cleanroom facilities and nanoparticles–biological material interaction.
Tudor Braniste received his Ph.D. degree in nano-microelectronics and optoelectronics from the Technical University of Moldova (TUM) in 2017. During his PhD studies, he held several DAAD scholarships at Hannover Medical School, Germany, where he studied the biocompatibility of GaN nanoparticles and their interaction with endothelial cells. Since 2017, he has been a researcher at TUM, and his current research interests include bio-nanotechnologies related to wide bandgap semiconductors, nanotechnologies based on self-assembling, chemical, and electrochemical etching, sensors, etc. More information is available at www.ncmst.utm.md.
Veaceslav Ursaki received his Bachelor degree in Physics and Engineering at Moscow Institute of Physics and Engineering in 1979, and his Ph.D. degree in Semiconductor Physics from Lebedev Institute, Moscow, in 1985. Started his professional activity as a researcher at the Institute of Applied Physics, Moldova, where he received his Dr. Habilitate degree in Solid State Physics in 1998. Starting from 2014, he has been Coordinator of the Department of Exact and Engineering Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Since 2020, he has also been a Leading Researcher at The National Center for Materials Study and Testing of Technical University of Moldova.
Florian Rasch is currently working as a PhD student at the chair of Functional Nanomaterials at the Institute of Materials Science, Kiel University, Germany. He received his M.Sc. degree in Nanomaterials and Nanophysics from Aalborg University, Denmark in 2017. His current research is focused on the devolopment of functional aeromaterials based on 2D nanomaterials for applications in gas sensing and energy storage. Additionally, he is conducting research in the field of microengineered biocompatible polymers for drug delivery and tissue engineering.
Andrei Sarua is Senior Research Fellow in School of Physics at University of Bristol since 2010. In the period of 2007–2010, he was GWR Research Fellow in School of Physics and in March 2001–2007 he was a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant/Associate at University of Bristol. He received his Ph.D. at TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg, Germany) in the Institute of Theoretical Physics under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jochen Monecke. He is mainly focused on investigating porous III-V materials and structures obtained by electrochemical etching in GaP, GaAs, InP using Raman, PL and FTIR spectroscopy.
Simion Raevschi received his Ph.D. degree in Technical Sciences from the Moscow Institute of Scientific Research, Design and Technology of Current Sources in 1976. Since 1984, he has been working as a researcher in the Experimental Physics Department of the State University of Moldova. His research interests are focused on the development of cost-effective technologies for epitaxial growth of III-V compounds on homogeneous and heterogeneous substrates by using chemical transport reactions.
Rainer Adelung is a full professor and Chairholder of the Functional Nanomaterials group established in 2007 at Institute for Materials Science, Kiel, Germany. He received his Ph.D. in Physics in 2000 from the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel University, and during 2001–2002, he was at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (USA) as Feodor Lynen Research Fellow. In 2006, he finished his Habilitation at Institute for Materials Science in Kiel; since 2010, he has served as a Professor (W3) for Functional Nanomaterials, Heisenberg Professor (DFG grant) with his own Functional Nanomaterials group at Kiel University, Germany in 2012.
Dr. Joydeep Dutta is Professor in Functional Materials at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. He was previously Chair in Nanotechnology at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman from 2011 to 2015. From 2003-2011, he was at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand serving as Vice President (2010-2011), Director of Center in Nanotechnology (2006-2013). In 1993-2003, he was in Switzerland (EPFL). He has written three books and is an award-winning coauthor of the book Fundamentals of Nanotechnology.
Ion Tiginyanu received his Ph.D. degree in Semiconductor Physics from Lebedev Institute of Physics, Moscow, in 1982. Starting from 2001, he has served as the founding Director of the National Center for Materials Study and Testing, Technical University of Moldova. In 2019, he was elected president of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Professor Tiginyanu's research interests are related to nanotechnologies, smart nanomaterials and the development of photonic and electronic novel device structures. He is SPIE Fellow, senior member of OSA, and member of AAAS, MRS, IEEE, and the Electrochemical Society. More information is available at www.ncmst.utm.md.
