Speakers
Invited speakers
Yuval Golan, PhD
Professor at Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Professor Yuval Golan obtained his PhD in the Department of Materials and Interfaces, the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1996. He then spent over 3 years as a postgraduate researcher at the Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1999 he joined the Department of Materials Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and in 2010 he was promoted to full professor and appointed Director of the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at BGU.
Lucian PREJBEANU
CEA Research Director
Lecture title: Spintronic innovations for frugal and agile digital technology
Lucian PREJBEANU is a CEA research director, CEA fellow and director of SPINTEC research laboratory. Pioneer of thermally assisted MRAM work, awarded the European Descartes Research Prize in 2006, he participated in the creation of the start-up Crocus Technology and ensured the technology transfer, awarded in 2012 by the SEE-IEEE Brillouin prize.
Dr. Joan-Josep Suñol
Professor in Applied Physics at the University of Girona, UdG, Spain
Dr. Joan-Josep Suñol is a full professor in Applied Physics at the University of Girona, UdG, Spain (2010-xx). He works in the Physics Department of the Polytechnic Engineering School. He obtained a PhD Degree at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 1996. Regarding the scientific dissemination, more than 250 articles in indexed (SCI) journals and more than 350 communications in scientific congresses. Dr. Suñol is the former president of the Spanish GECAT (Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry group) and the Head of the Materials and Thermodynamics research group of UdG.
He coordinates the Educational Innovation in Physics group of the UdG and is a member of scientific board committees and an associate editor of three indexed journals.
He coordinates the Educational Innovation in Physics group of the UdG and is a member of scientific board committees and an associate editor of three indexed journals.
Christophe Couteau
PhD in physics from the University of Paris-Saclay
Christophe Couteau obtained his PhD in physics from the University of Paris-Saclay in 2006 working on quantum optics with quantum dots. He then spent 3 years as a post-doctorate fellow at the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo in Canada working on quantum cryptography and the foundations of quantum mechanics. He is now a Professor and since 2009, he works at the French University of Technology of Troyes (UTT) in France.
Olivier ISNARD
Univ. Grenoble Alpes France and Institut Néel, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, CNRS, BP166X, 38042 Grenoble cédex 9,
Pr. Olivier Isnard – Univ. Grenoble Alpes, France & Institut Néel, CNRS. Expert in materials for energy applications such as hydrogen storage and magnetic materials, including intermetallic phases and oxides. Leads a team involved in synthesis and structure investigations using X-ray (lab/synchrotron) and neutron scattering.
Nicoleta Lupu
General Director, National Institute of Research and Development for Technical Physics (Romania)
Title of keynote presentation: From Microstructure Tailoring to Anisotropy Control: Functional Amorphous Magnetic Wires for Advanced Applications
Nicoleta Lupu received her Dipl.-Eng. in Applied Physics (1996), M.Sc. in Physics (1997), and Ph.D. in Physics (2001) from “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Romania. She joined the National Institute of Research and Development for Technical Physics in 1997, where she has been serving as General Director since 2011, overseeing the institute’s strategic development, coordinating numerous national and international research projects, and strengthening global collaborations.
Keynote
Florin Miculescu
Professor at the Materials Science and Engineering Faculty from National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Romania
Title of the keynote presentation: 3D printed bone reconstruction products with improved antibacterial and mechanical properties
Florin Miculescu — Since 2015, Florin Miculescu is Full Professor at the Materials Science and Engineering Faculty from National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Romania. He leads a research group working on advanced methods for materials, biomaterials and nanomaterials obtaining, processing and characterization and he coordinates two research laboratories. He has participated in five postdoctoral stages in Europe and USA and applied his expertise in various research projects related to materials science, engineering and technology.
Dr. Cosmin M. Cotrut
Associate Professor at the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest
Dr. Cosmin M. Cotrut is Associate Professor at the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering. He published 7 books and book chapters (Springer Nature, Elsevier), over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers with Hirsch index 24, total number of citations 1500+.
Daniel Munteanu
Vice-Rector for Students and Liaison with the Economic and Socio-Cultural Community at Transilvania University of Braso
Prof. Daniel Munteanu is the Vice-Rector for Students and Liaison with the Economic and Socio-Cultural Community at Transilvania University of Brașov (UNITBV) since 2012, and Full Professor at the Materials Science Department since 2008. As Vice-Rector, he oversees the Entrepreneurial Society of Students (SAS-UNITBV), the Alumni structure, the Career Counseling and Guidance Center, and the Economic Relations Office.
Rodica Elena Ionescu
(PhD) in Biotechnological Engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Dr. Rodica Elena Ionescu received a PhD in Biotechnological Engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (2004), and a second PhD in Chemistry from the University of Bucharest, Romania (2007). She completed three post-doctoral fellowships in France in electrochemical biosensors. In 2008, she was a researcher at the National Laboratory of Nanotechnology, Lecce (Italy), working on impedimetric cell chips.
Mohamed Belmeguenai
PhD thesis at Orsay (Université Paris XI) and postdoctoral positions at Universität Regensburg (Germany)
Prof. Mohamed Belmeguenai joined the Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux (LSPM) at Université Sorbonne Paris Nord in September 2007 as an assistant professor, after completing a PhD at Université Paris XI (Orsay) and postdoctoral work at Universität Regensburg (Germany), where he focused on high-frequency magnetization dynamics in interlayer exchange-coupled NiFe/Ru/NiFe thin films.
Leandru-Gheorghe BUJOREANU
Professor at the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering from “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania
Fe-Mn-Si-based shape memory alloys: an alternative to NITINOL
Professor Bujoreanu is an international expert in the field of research and development of shape memory materials, being ranked among the top 100 authors in this topic, according to Web of Science database, as a function of the number of publications (>100). He defended, at the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania, his PhD thesis entitled “Technology and equipment for obtaining some shape memory alloys” which was focused on Cu-based shape memory alloys.
Vasile Dănuț COJOCARU
Professor & Head of Department, expert in metallic materials processing and advanced characterization of alloys (UNST POLITEHNICA Bucharest)
Title of keynote presentation:
“Specific phenomena occurring during TM processing of UNS S32750 / EN 1.4410 / F53 Super Duplex Stainless Steel (SDSS)”
Prof. Dr. Habil. Vasile Dănuț COJOCARU is currently Head of the Metallic Materials Processing and Environmental Engineering Department at the Materials Science and Engineering Faculty / National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest (Romania). He obtained his BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from the “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati (Romania) in 1997, and his MSc and PhD degrees in Material Science and Engineering from the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest (Romania) in 1998 and 2001, respectively.
Andrei P. Mihai, PhD
Andrei is a Materials Physicist and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Lomare Technologies, a spin-off from Imperial College London, specializing in magnetic nanomaterials, spintronics, and advanced photodetection technologies.
Andrei is a Materials Physicist and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Lomare Technologies, a spin-off from Imperial College London, specializing in magnetic nanomaterials, spintronics, and advanced photodetection technologies.
Andrei graduated from West University of Timisoara, followed by a Master’s degree at Université Joseph Fourier (now Grenoble Alpes). He obtained his PhD in Materials Physics from CEA/Université Grenoble Alpes in 2009, specializing in magnetic materials and nanostructures.
He has extensive experience in developing magnetic nano-devices for spintronics, including Domain Wall Spintronics, MRAM, Plasmonic materials, Materials for energy, LEDs, and Photodetectors.
Alexandru Pascu
Professor at the Materials Science and Engineering Faculty from Transilvania University of Brașov, Brașov, Romania
Alexandru Pascu is the coordinator of the research centre Advanced Welding Eco-technologies which is a part of the R&D Infrastructure of the Transilvania University of Brasov. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2011 through a collaboration with Research Department Centro Laser from Technical University of Madrid and has a master’s degree in Laser Technology obtained at the Applied Physics Department, ETS Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Since 2021, he has been full professor and Ph.D. supervisor in the Industrial Engineering field.