Dr. Denis E. Tranca (30) has graduated the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology at Politehnica University of Bucharest in 2010. In October 2015 he defended his PhD thesis, which covered new investigation approaches using scattering-type Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy. Currently he is acting as Lecturer at the Physics Department of Politehnica University of Bucharest and his research interests are related to scanning probe microscopy, high-resolution optical microscopy techniques (especially different variants of scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy), new detection and investigation applications for scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy and also image processing techniques.
Dr. Stefan G. Stanciu (34), the Principal Investigator (PI), is currently conducting his research activities as Principal Scientific Researcher III at CMMIP-UPB. His main research interests revolve around high- and super-resolution imaging by scanning laser and scanning probe microscopies. Stefan’s doctoral work (2007-2011, UPB) had been focused on the development of novel digital image processing and computer vision techniques that enhance the visualization, representation and display of Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy Data. Stefan has gained valuable R&D expertise by participating in more than 20 Research Projects funded by National or European Research Grants, starting with 2004. With respect to editorial appointments, Stefan is currently a Review Editor for Frontiers in Nanobiotechnology and to date reviewed manuscripts for multiple journals, including Journal of Biophotonics, Microscopy Research and Technique, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Review of Scientific Instruments, IET Computer Vision, IET Image Processing, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, or PlosOne.
Dr. Radu Hristu (34), is conducting his research activities at CMMIP-UPB since 2007, the year when he graduated from the Faculty of Electronics, Telecomunications and Information Technology, in the field of Microelectronics, Optoelectronics and Nanotechnologies. In 2012 he defended his PhD thesis which was devoted to investigations on semiconductor materials and devices by using high resolution optical microscopy techniques. His areas of expertise are laser scanning microscopy (instrumentation and applications), scanning probe microscopy (instrumentation and applications) and optoelectronics.
Prof. George A. Stanciu (68) is acting in Q-NANOBIOTIC as a specialist advisor on scanning probe microscopy and scanning laser microscopy topics. Starting with 1973 he has been conducting research in the Laser Scanning Microscopy field ( 1977 his team reported the first world-wide Digital Laser Microscope – patent RO995574) and currently he acts as Professor of Physics, Optoelectronics and Microscopy Methods of Investigations at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology of University “Politehnica” of Bucharest.