Curriculum Vitae

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal information

 

First name(s) / Surname(s)

Baia (previous name Bolboaca) Monica-Maria

Address(es)

M. Kogalniceanu 1, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Telephone(s)

004 0264 405300

 

 

Fax(es)

004 0264 591906

E-mail

monica.baia@phys.ubbcluj.ro

 

 

Nationality

romanian

 

 

Date of birth

31.08.1974

 

 

Gender

female

Marital status

married, 2 children

 

 

Occupational field

 

 

 

Work experience

 

 

 

Dates

03.2008-present

Occupation or position held

Associate professor

Main activities and responsibilities

Educational and research activities

Name and address of employer

Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Physics, M. Kogalniceanu 1, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Type of business or sector

Education, research

 

 

Dates

08.2014-08.2015

Occupation or position held

Senior researcher

Main activities and responsibilities

Research activities

Name and address of employer

Babes-Bolyai University, Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Bio-Nano-Sciences, T. Laurian, nr. 42, 400271 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Type of business or sector

Research

 

 

Dates

10.2008-09.2010 and 10.2012-06.2016

Occupation or position held

Maternity leave

 

 

Dates

10. 2003-02.2008

Occupation or position held

Lecturer

Main activities and responsibilities

Educational and research activities

Name and address of employer

Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Physics, M. Kogalniceanu 1, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Type of business or sector

Education, research

 

 

Dates

10.1999-02.2003

Occupation or position held

Research Assistant

Main activities and responsibilities

Educational and research activities

Name and address of employer

Julius Maximilians University, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Würzburg, Germany

Type of business or sector

Education, research

 

 

Administrative positions

 

Dates

01.2019

 

Vice-dean

Main activities and responsibilities

Responsible with the research activity of the faculty, working with the students leadership, administrative staff

Name and address of employer

Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Physics, M. Kogalniceanu 1, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Type of business or sector

Education, research

 

 

Dates

10.2018

 

Member of the Council of the Doctoral School of the Faculty of Physics

Main activities and responsibilities

administrative staff

Name and address of employer

Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Physics, M. Kogalniceanu 1, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Type of business or sector

Education, research

 

 

Education and training

 

 

 

Dates

09.08.2013

Title of qualification awarded

PhD supervisor / Habilitation 

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy – a versatile tool for various applications

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Physics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

 

 

Dates

01.10.2005-30.06.2006

Title of qualification awarded

Post-doctoral senior researcher

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) studies applying innovative plasmonic structures

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Friedrich-Schiller University, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Jena, Germany

 

 

Dates

01.10.1999-28.02.2003

Title of qualification awarded

PhD in Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.)

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Vibrational characterisation of coordination and biologically active compounds by using IR absorption, Raman and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy in combination with density functional theory calculations

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Julius Maximilians University, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Würzburg, Germany

 

 

Dates

10.1998-06.1999

Title of qualification awarded

Master Degree in Physics, Atomic Physics

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Experimental methods applied in atomic and molecular physics, Molecular structure and dynamic

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Physics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

 

 

Dates

10.1997-06.1998

Title of qualification awarded

Master Degree in Physics, Biophysics and Medical Physics

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Cellular and molecular biophysics, Biomedical techniques, Biomaterials

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Physics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

 

 

Dates

10.1993-06.1997

Title of qualification awarded

Degree in Physics

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Mechanics, electricity, magnetism, optics, molecular spectroscopy, solid state physics, nuclear physics, liquid phase physics, computer based analysis, teaching and research competences 

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Physics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

 

 

Personal skills and competences

 

 

 

Mother tongue(s)

Romanian

 

 

Other language(s)

 

Self-assessment

 

Understanding

Speaking

Writing

European level (*)

 

Listening

Reading

Spoken interaction

Spoken production

 

English

 

C1

Independent user

C1

Independent user

C1

Independent user

B2

Independent user

C1

Independent user

German

 

B2

Independent user

B2

Independent user

B1

Independent user

B1

Independent user

B1

Independent user

 

(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

 

 

Social skills and competences

Good capacity to adapt to social changes; involvement in writing and running joint projects

 

 

Organisational skills and competences

Handling the management of projects both in term of people and budget, supervising doctoral, master and bachelor thesis.  

 

 

 

 

Computer skills and competences

Using computer, analyzing data with Origin and Excel software, processing text and images with specific software, theoretical simulations.

 

 

 

 

Additional information

·        IN HOC SIGNO VINCES prize of the National University Research Council (2007).

·        Praiseworthy diploma of the Babes-Bolyai University (2006)

·        2 Gold Medals received at the 16th edition of the International Exhibition of Research, Innovations and Inventions - PRO INVENT Cluj-Napoca, 21 - 23 march 2018 and at the EUROPEAN EXHIBITION OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION - EUROINVENT Iasi, 20-21 may 2018.

·        Special Award for Environmental Protection awarded to the Faculty of Physics and Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of the Babes-Bolyai University for the invention presented at  PRO INVENT 2018

·        The OVIDIUS-ARM-3 prize awarded by the ARM society for Best poster presented at the Conference New Research Trends in Material Science, (Constante, 2003).

·        Member of the Editorial Board of The Scientific World Journal, Nanotechnology subject area

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/editors/nanotechnology/ 2012-2016

·        Member of the Editorial Board of International Scholarly Research Notices, Nanotechnology subject area, http://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn/editors/nanotechnology/

·        Lead Guest editor of a special issue entitled Progress and Perspectives in Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysis, published in International Journal of Photoenergy http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijp/si/501047/.

·        Guest editor of a special issue entitled Molecular Spectroscopy - An Interdisciplinary Approach published in Journal of Molecular Structure, vol. 1073, 2014. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00222860/1073

·        Guest editor of a special issue on Nanostructures and nanosurfaces for biomedical and environmental applications, published in Asian Chemistry Letters vol. 16, no. 3 (July-Sept.) 2012.

·        Hirsch-index: 20 (source WOS 23.03.2019)

·        Number of publications: 86 publications (60 ISI), 3 books and 3 book chapters.

·        National patent 129023/2017: Procedure of obtaining nanocomposites based on aerogel and noble metals with double functionality, inventors: L. Baia, V. Iancu, V. Danciu, M. Baia

·        The total citations of the papers: 1450 citations (Baia + Bolboaca) without self-citations (Scopus 21.03.2019 )

  • Member of the Romanian Physical Society

·        Member of the National Council for the Recognition of University Degrees (03.2011-09.2012)

·        Member of the Organizing Committee of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th  international Conference on Advanced Spectroscopies on Biomedical and Nanostructured Systems, (Cluj-Napoca 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011) and 31st European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy 26 - 31 August, 2012, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, organized by the Faculty of Physics, Babes-Bolyai University.

·        Manager of the following projects:

1.       UBB project TP-T nr. 30944 /2007-2010/ Study of the interaction of some pharmaceutical and ecological relevant molecules with nanostructured systems in order to identify new bio-physical-chemical properties and applications, 75000 lei.

2.       PN II RU_TE 81/2010 / New SERS based sensors for detection of water chemical pollutants,

571482 lei (2010-2013)

3.       Coordinator of the national network of the COST BM1401 - Raman-based applications for clinical diagnostics (Raman4clinics)–Raman for clinics) 2014-2018 and MC member of the project

·        Member in the research team of 7 international research projects (COST 540-Photocatalytic technologies and novel nanosurfaces materials-PHONASUM (2006-2010), Romania-Bulgaria bilateral project - Synthesis, physico-chemical and morphological characterization and toxicity testing of TiO2 and SiO2 polymeric nanoparticles, with respect to their application as drug carriers) (2005-2007), Romania-Hungary bilateral project (Preparation and Characterization of Visible Light Activated Photocatalysts for Water and Air Decontamination) (2007-2009), Romania-Greece bilateral project - Efficient wastewater treatment with nanocrystalline transition metal oxides modified with noble metals and nonmetals (2012-2013), COST BM1401 -Raman-based applications for clinical diagnostics (Raman4clinics)–Raman for clinics, 2014-2018), COST Action CA17140- Cancer Nanomedicine - from the bench to the bedside-Nano2Clinic, 2018-2022, COST CA18112 - Mechanochemistry for Sustainable Industry, 2018-2022) and 17 national grants.

 

 

 

 

Cluj-Napoca, 9.05.2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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