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EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

2015 – to date  Postdoctoral Researcher in Synthesis and Crystal Growth of Superconductors Materials.

Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW), Institute for Solid State Research (IFF), Synthesis and Crystal Growth Group, Dresden, Germany.

  • Supervisor: Dr. SABINE WURMEHL – Emmy Noether research group leader, IFF – Magnetic Oxides and Intermetallics Department, IFW Dresden, Germany.
  • My research involves the investigation of possible emerging superconductivity in quasi-one-dimensional systems exhibiting competing interactions. We propose to discover novel superconducting materials by carefully targeting either structural or electronic motifs that appear to be fertile areas in which we can apply our expertise in solid-state synthesis/crystal growth.

2011 – 2014  Postdoctoral Appointee in Solid State Chemistry

Argonne National Laboratory, Material Science Division, Emerging Materials Group, Argonne, IL, USA

  • Supervisor: MERCOURI G. KANATZIDIS – Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University and Senior Scientist Argonne National Laboratory, Materials Science Division, Argonne, IL.
  •  My research involves the investigation of superconductivity in pnictide and intermetallic systems exhibiting competing interactions and in narrow gap semiconductors and exploratory synthesis to find new superconductor in pnictides and chalcogenides family.

 

2008 – 2011   PhD. in Solid State Chemistry

Science and Technology University of Lille1, UCCS UMR8181 Laboratory, France

  • Supervisor: OLIVIER MENTRE – Research Director at CNRS in Solid State Chemistry
  • PhD thesis “Iron oxyfluoride with a perovskite-type structure: influence of anionic subarray on the crystal structure and physicochemical properties”. The aim of thesis was to prepare new inorganic compounds (most of the times, using partial incorporation of fluoride in perovskite-related compounds) and to correlate their chemical and physical properties to their compositions and crystal structures. For instance, F– anions were introduced in order to rationally create labile defected structure with probable instability in favour of low-temperature reactivity with oxygen. In the meantime, the magnetic exchanges in these modified compounds are strikingly reinforced through the local structural rearrangements.

 

2004 – 2006   Master’s Degree in Environmental Chemistry

 

“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Faculty of Chemistry, Romania

  • Supervisor: Dr. KARIN POPA, Associate Professor
  • M.Sc thesis: “The retention of radioactive ions on adsorbents resistant in acid”. The aim of my research is to study the environmental radionuclide pollution, especially, of the uranium and thorium series and 137Cs.

 

2000 – 2004    B.Sc Degree in General chemistry primarily focused on radiochemistry

“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Faculty of Chemistry, Romania

  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. ALEXANDRU CECAL
  • B. Sc Thesis:  “Chemical solubilisation of the uranium ores”.

 

1996 – 2000   “Dimitrie Cantemir” College of Iasi, Romania

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