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Topală Ionuţ

Universitatea ,,Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iaşi alt

Domeniul:

  • D1- matematica, fizica, chimie
  • D2- stiinte ale informatiei

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Work experience

  • 2008 - 2010 - Teaching Assistant, Laboratory work and research activity with undergraduated students or master students, related to:
    •  Atomic and molecular physics
    •  Biomaterials and biocompatibility
    •  Biostructure .Research activity on plasma technologies in materials science and medicine: plasma polymerization, plasma surface modification of polymers, biomaterials and biocompatibility, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Physics, Plasma Physics Laboratory
  • 2010 - present - PostDoc researcher,  Research activity on plasma medicine: effects of atmospheric pressure plasma on supramolecular biological systems,  Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Physics, Plasma Physics Laboratory
     

Education and training

  • October 1999 – June 2003 - Bachelor degree,  Medical Physics,  Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Physics
  • Octomber 2003 – June 2005 - Master degree,   Plasma Physics, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Physics
  • November 2004 – July 2008 -  Doctoral studies in physics and chemistry (distinction: summa cum laude),   Plasma Physics (Romania) and Physical Chemistry of Materials (France),  Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Physics, Montpellier 2 University, Europeen Insitute of Membranes, IEM / UM 2 - CC 047 Place Eugène Bataillon 34095 Montpellier, France

Publications

  • Andrei Nastuta, Ionut Topala, Constantin Grigoras, Valentin Pohoata, Gheorghe Popa, Stimulation of wound healing by helium atmospheric pressure plasma treatment, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 44(10), 105204 (9 pages)  (2011)    Times cited: 1
  • Cover picture of Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (16 March 2011) selected from this paper
  • Mihai Asandulesa, Ionut Topala, Valentin Pohoata, Nicoleta Dumitrascu, Influence of operational parameters on plasma polymerization process at atmospheric pressure, Journal of Applied Physics, 108, 093310 (6 pages) (2010)
  • Mihai Asandulesa, Ionut Topala, Nicoleta Dumitrascu, Effects of plasma treatments on the surface of wood samples, Holzforschung, 64(2), 223-227, (2010). Times Cited: 2
  • Ionut Topala, Mihai Asandulesa, Delia Spridon, Nicoleta Dumitrascu, Hydrophobic Coatings Obtained in Atmospheric Pressure Plasma, IEEE Transaction on Plasma Science, 37(6), 946-950, (2009).
  • Ionut Topala, Nicoleta Dumitrascu, Gheorghe Popa, Properties of the acrylic acid polymers obtained by atmospheric pressure plasma polymerization. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 267(2), 442–445, (2009).
  • Ionut Topala, Nicoleta Dumitrascu, Gheorghe Popa, Jean Durand. A comparative study of plasma effects on the PET surfaces. Revista de Chimie, 59(11),1263 – 1265, (2008).
  • A.V. Nastuta, G.B. Rusu, I. Topala, A.S. Chiper, G. Popa, Surface modifications of polymer induced by atmospheric DBD plasma in different configurations, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials 10(8), 2038 - 2042, (2008).  Times Cited: 3
  • Ionut Topala, Mihai Asandulesa, Nicoleta Dumitrascu, Gheorghe Popa, Jean Durand, Application of dielectric barrier discharge for plasma polymerization processes, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 10(8), 2028 - 2032, (2008).  Times Cited: 2
  • Ionut Topala, Nicoleta Dumitrascu, Dynamics of the wetting process on dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) treated wood surfaces, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 21(11), 1089 - 1096, (2007). Times Cited: 2
  • Ionut Topala, Nicoleta Dumitrascu, Valentin Pohoata, Influence of plasma treatments on PET and PET+TiO2 hemocompatibility, Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing,  27(1), 95-112, (2007).Times Cited: 7
  • Stephanie Roualdes, Ionut Topala, Habiba Mahdjoub, Vincent Rouessac, Philippe Sistat, Jean Durand, Sulfonated polystyrene-type plasma-polymerized membranes for miniature direct methanol fuel cells, Journal of Power Sources, 158(2), 1270-1281, (2006).Times Cited: 15
  • Nicoleta Dumitrascu, Ionut Topala, Gheorghe Popa, Dielectric Barrier Discharge Technique in Improving the Wettability and Adhesion Properties of Polymer Surfaces, IEEE Transaction on Plasma Science, 33(5), 1710-1714, (2005). Times Cited: 11

Book Chapters

  • Nicoleta Dumitrascu, Ionut Topala, "Medical applications of dielectric barrier discharge" (pp. 103-136) in "Biomaterials and Plasma Processing" edited by Nicoleta Dumitrascu, Ionut Topala, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press, Iasi, 2011 (328 pages)
  • Ionut Topala, Andrei Nastuta, " Helium atmospheric pressure plasma jet: diagnostics and application for burned wounds healing" in "Plasma for bio-decontamination, medicine and food security" edited by Zdenko Machala, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series, Springer Publishing, Heidelberg 2011, in print

Professional Affiliation

  • Member of Romanian Society for Biomaterials (SRB) since 2006
  • Member of International Plasma Chemistry Society (IPCS) since 2009
  • Member of Romanian Physical Society (RPS) since 2010
  • Member of International Society of Plasma Medicine (SPM) since 2010

Conferences

 

  • Oral presentations at national and international conferences : 21
  • Poster presentations at national and international conferences : 91

Research grants

Team member in 9 projects during 2003-2010

Principal investigator for 2 grants (selected after a national competition):

  • -Study of plasma polymerization reactions in dielectric barrier discharge to obtain materials with applications in medicine (2006-2008), Funding agency: CNCSIS, grant Td 434 
  • - Effects of atmospheric pressure plasma on supramolecular biological systems (2010-2012), Funding agency: CNCSIS, grant PD 297

Awards

  • Best Poster Award, 20th European Conference on Biomaterials (ESB 20), Nantes, France, for the paper: I. Topala, N. Dumitrascu, V. Pohoata, G. Popa, Hemocompatibility of the PET Films Modified by DBD Treatments, Conference CD, P 145 (2006).
  • Special prize at 2009 Gala of Education Prizes, Dinu Patriciu Foundation, section Researcher of the Year, Research Category
  • Winner of the FameLab TVR2 2009 national contest

 

Organisational skills and competences

  • Member in the LOC of Scientific Conferences:
    • CPPA 2003, 2005, 2010
    •  InterAcademia 2006
    •  ESF Exploratory Workshop EW09-103
    •  CNF 2010
  •    Advisory Editor for  Journal of Advanced Research in Physics
  •    Member in the Editorial Board for the journal Revista Stiintifica V. Adamachi – Serie Noua

Others

  • Volume edited on Plasma and Biomaterials, which includes contribution of major researchers in the field from all over Europe:
    • Biomaterials and Plasma Processing, edited by Nicoleta Dumitrascu, Ionut Topala, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press, Iasi, 2011 (328 pages)

  • Specializations:

    • 25.08 – 29.08 2003 : participation at 3rd Summer School of Plasma Physics „Plasmas Non Thermique et Apllications”, Iasi, Romania
    • 01.10.2003  - 20.07.2004 : Socrates-Erasmus student at Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie Montpellier and Institut Europeen des Membranes, Montpellier, France
    • 08.08 – 17.08 2005 : participation at 1st Summer School Marie Curie „Knowledge Based Materials – Single Phase Materials”, Aachen , Germany
    • 19.03 – 21.03 2007: participation at the workshop „Elaboration et controle d’un biomateriau”, Le Mans, France
    • 29.04 - 01.05 2008: participation at the workshop „Selforganization and Selection in Evolution of Matter, Molecules and Life towards new Concepts in Biosensing”, Bucharest, Romania
    • 15.07 - 19.07.2008:  participation at the "Graduate School on Plasma Science and Technology"  in the frame of 19th Europhysics Conference on the Atomic and Molecular Physics of Ionized Gases -  ESCAMPIG 19, Granada, Spain  
    • 15.05 - 17.05.2009: participation at the „Science Communication" workshop within the FameLab 2009 competition (organized by British Council), Predeal, Romania.
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    • 27.05 - 30.05.2010: participation at the workshop „Manipulation of biomaterials surface by plasma processing” (ESF Exploratory Workshop), Iasi, Romania.


 

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