Dr. Monica Scarisoreanu is currently working (from September 2003) at the National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Bucharest, Romania. She graduated from the Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, where she obtained her degree in Biophysics (2000) and MSc in Physics. Her specialization was Optics, Spectroscopy and Laser Active Media (2002) and her PhD was in Optics, Spectroscopy and Plasma Physics (2011). Her doctoral thesis was entitled "Study on the obtaining and characterization of carbon and titanium-based nanopowders by laser pyrolysis", achieved summa cum laude. Since 2003, her efforts have focused on the area of nanotechnology, studying the properties of various nanomaterials (nano-oxides, nano-carbides, nanocomposites, and carbon nanotubes) processed by laser techniques for a range of applications. She has co-authored more than 45 ISI-cited papers, with about 500 citations in major international journals, and has been involved in more than 20 national and 5 international research projects. The scientific results of these projects have been disseminated through more than 70 presentations at workshops and international conferences (Best Paper Award received for "Gas-sensing nanocomposite materials by polymer-iron" and "Principal Component Analysis of Raman spectra for Nanoparticle Auto-Classification"). Dr. Scarisoreanu is a member of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) (http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-4832-2011).
