Virgil-Florin Duma is Professor at the Polytechnic University of Timisoara (UPT). In 2008, he proposed the 3OM field (in opto-mechatronics, opto-mechanics, and optical metrology) and founded the 3OM Group (https://3om-group-optomechatronics.ro/home/). He received his Ph.D. cum laude from UPT in 2001; he was admitted in 1986 and graduated as valedictorian in Fine Mechanics and Optics in 1991. In 2009-2010, he was awarded a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship at The Institute of Optics, Univ. of Rochester, NY, USA, where he was a Visiting Researcher. He is an Honorary Professor at the Univ. of Kent, UK, and Adjunct Professor at several universities. He is the author of >70 papers in WOS journals (with a total IF>150), >130 conference papers in WOS, 15 books, and three patents (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Virgil-Florin-Duma). Prof. Duma has delivered >50 invited lectures at international universities and conferences. He has been a reviewer for >40 WOS journals and the chair of several SPIE-affiliated conferences, including Advances in 3OM. Prof. Duma is a member of OSA, SM of SPIE, and life member of the Fulbright Association.
