Sixteen researchers across four career stages (R4 to R1/ACS), bringing together expertise in optics, physics, chemistry, and computation.
Team Leader
R4 — Leading Researcher
Expertise: Colloidal self-assembly, fabrication of periodically nanostructured films, Raman/SERS and fluorescence spectroscopy, plasmonic properties (experiment and FDTD simulations).
R4 — Leading Researchers
Dr. Attila Bende – Atomic, Molecular and Chemical Physics; Theoretical Chemistry; Physical Chemistry
Dr. Katalin Kovacs – Nonlinear Optics, Laser–matter interaction, Attosecond Physics
Dr. Cristina Muntean – Vibrational spectroscopy of nucleic acids.
Dr. Valer Tosa – High order harmonics and attosecond pulse generation, femtosecond pulse propagation in ionizing gases and guided structures, modeling migration in polymeric multilayer structures.
R3 — Established Researchers
Dr. Radu Bratfalean – AFM and STM scanning microscopy, nonlinear optical processes, experimental physics.
Dr. Alexandra Falamas – Optical, atomic and molecular physics; vibrational spectroscopy; time-resolved absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy; nanotechnology.
Dr. Nicoleta Tosa – Organic, inorganic and analytical chemistry; physical chemistry; spectroscopy; material science and engineering.
R2 — Recognised Researchers
Dr. Alex-Adrian Farcas – Atomic, molecular and chemical physics; theoretical chemistry; physical chemistry.
Dr. Ana Maria Mihaela Gherman – Plasmonics, heat transfer, artificial neural networks.
Dr. Florin Toadere – Image processing, medical optical imaging, VIS spectroscopy.
Dr. Istvan Ferenc Toth – Physics of ultrashort laser pulses, plasmonic resonance studies in metallic nanoparticles, study of polymer properties.
R1 & ACS — Early Stage & Research Assistants
PhD student Eng. Ioana Cardan – Physics, molecular physics, optical spectroscopy, nanofabrication by colloidal lithography.
Dr. Fran Nekvapil – Aquatic environment, aquaculture, marine biology; bio-nanomaterials characterization by spectroscopy; tissue biochemistry analysis; food chemistry.
PhD student Zsuzsanna Balint – Atomic and molecular physics.
Dr. Denisa-Corina Cuibus – Nanoparticles and microparticles, UV-VIS spectroscopy.