Curriculum Vitae
CURRICULUM VITAE
Professor HORIA V. ALEXANDRU, Ph.D.
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics
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PERSONAL DETAILS
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Address for correspondence: |
Alexandru P.O.Box 74 - 165, Bucharest, Romania |
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Phone (home): |
+4021 7465066 |
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E-mail: |
horia@alpha1.infim.ro |
EDUCATION and HONOURS
Higher Education |
Faculty of Physics, Bucharest University |
Specialisation |
Material Science, Crystal Growth, Ferroelectric Crystals and
Ceramics |
Doctor Degree |
PhD in Physics, 1974 - Faculty of Physics, Bucharest
University |
| Thesis: |
"Growth Mechanism of Some Ferroelectric Crystals in
Solutions" |
Honours |
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Included in |
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WHO'S WHO in the World the 16-th/1999, 17-the/2000, 18-th/2001 editions.
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WHO'S WHO in science and Engineering, the 6-th edition 2002
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"2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 20th Century" - CAMBRIDGE, England. |
| EMPLOYMENT |
Professor, Faculty of Physics, Bucharest University |
PROFESSIONAL and SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
Courses Taught |
Materials Science, 4-th year students – general course (2 semesters)
Materials for Electronics, 4-th year students – special course (1 semester) |
Referee Expert |
National Council of Scientific Research from Higher Education.
Title awarded by the Ministry of Education and Scientific Research of Romania. |
| VISITING PROFESSOR |
Mai 1993,Visiting Professor - UK, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, invitation Prof. John
Garside, (TEMPUS action). |
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Sept.1998, Visiting Professor - USA, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, invitation Dr. J.J.De
Yoreo, head of crystal growth group - National Ignition Facilities (nuclear fusion project). |
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Aug.2001, Visiting Professor – Senday, JAPAN, Tohoku University – Institute of Materials Research,
invitation of Prof. Yamashita Tsutomu |
FELLOW OF THE SOCIETIES
National |
Romanian Physical Society |
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Academy of Scientist from Romania. |
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Romanian Materials Science -Crystal Growth Society
Founding member and elected President in charge |
International |
International Organization for Crystal Growth
Council member, representing
ROMS-CGS as a National Association |
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European Physical Society |
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National Geographic Society |
STATEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST
Experience
- Set-up and endowment of a laboratory for crystal growth from solutions.
- Growth and kinetic measurements of crystals from solutions (KDP, ADP, TGS, LiIO3).
- Technique and crystal growth from melt.
- Studies of crystal growth mechanism from solutions. Estimation of kinetic and thermodynamic parameters (dislocation efficiency, impurities coverage effect, activation energies of growth, etc).
- Non-linear optical crystals, growth and characterization.
- Pure and doped ferroelectric crystals for IR detection, growth and characterization.
- Phase transition in single-crystal and ferroelectric ceramics.
Main achievements
- Solution growth of large crystals (~15 cm), under electronic control of the temperature program.
- Growth kinetics analysis of KDP crystals and the assessment of 2D heterogeneous nucleation mechanism in KDP crystals at higher supersaturations, J.Cryst.Growth, 166 (1996) 162-166.
- The discovery of the (second order) ferroelectric transition in Rochelle salt saturated solutions, from electric and volume-expansion coefficient measurements, Phys.Rev. 45 (1992) 8632-8643.
- Study of transient growth regime in ADP crystals and dislocation efficiency evolution at small supersaturations, J.Cryst.Growth, 166 (1996) 347-354.
- The discovery of a new correlation of KDP (pyramidal faces) dislocation growth efficiency in the frame of the BCF theory, J.Cryst.Growth, 201 (1999) 215.
- Study of peculiar behaviour of ferroelectric parameters of (L+D) alanine doped TGS crystals, Ferroelectrics, 202 (1997) 173-182.
- Study of pyroelectric crystals for IR detectors,
J.Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 1 (1999) 57-63, 3(2000)
75-81.
| EDITORSHIPS |
Editorial board 1999 - |
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"Journal of Optoelectronic and Advanced Materials",
edited by INOE & INCDFM |
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Guest Editor |
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Anal. Univ. Bucuresti, vol. 46, 1997 (in English, 340 pages)
Proceedings of the Romanian Conference on Advanced Materials, ROCAM’97. Conference was held under the auspices of the Romanian Academy, Nov.
24-26
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Editor
Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, vol.2, no.5, 2000
Proceedings of the Romanian Conference on Advanced Materials - ROCAM 2000
(special issue of the journal, selected papers, in English, pages 423-722)
Conference was held under the auspices of the Romanian Academy, Oct. 24-26. |
CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN ORGANIZER
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The Romanian Materials Science -Crystal Growth Society
(ROMS-CGS) was the main organizer of the three editions of international conferences: Romanian Conference on Advanced Materials: ROCAM '95, ROCAM '97 and ROCAM 2000, held under the auspices of the Romanian
Academy.
I was member of the International Advisory Committee of
International Conference on Crystal Growth, Kyoto, Japan, 30 July-4 Aug. 2001.
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PUBLICATIONS: 138 publications and scientific communications
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OTHER ACTIVITIES
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- I was the promoter of a large number of graduation and master papers (dissertations) of the students.
- I was referee member of 12 commissions of doctoral thesis.
- In the last 10 years I have realized as a project director more than 20 research projects (contracts).
- During the International Conference on Crystal Growth ICCG XII -Jerusalem, Israel 26-31 Jul.1998, I chaired the section "In situ characterization and process control".
- I was member of the International Advisory Committee of International Conference on Crystal Growth
-ICCG XIII, Kyoto, Japan, 30 July-4Aug. 2001. |
Feb, 2003.
Professor Horia V. ALEXANDRU
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics
President of the Romanian Materials Science - Crystal Growth Society
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