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Last name: Simion First Name: Cristian Eugen Title: PhD. Partner: National R&D Institute of Materials Physics (NIMP) www.infim.ro Department: Laboratory of Atomic Structures and Defects in Advanced Materials-Gas sensors research group Position: Senior Researcher Address: Atomistilor Str. No. 405A Postal Code: 077125 City: Magurele Country: Romania Phone: +4021-3690185 Fax: +4021-3690177 Founding organisation: Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI) E-mail: simion@infim.ro; simion.cristian@gmail.com Curriculum Vitae Personal Information: First name: Cristian Eugen Surname: Simion Date of birth: April 24, 1979 Nationality: Romanian Phone: +4021 369 0134; e-mail: simion@infim.ro a) information about the degrees and diplomas September 2006-February 2011: University of Bucharest-Doctoral School of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Ph.D.in Solid State Physics. Thesis title: “Gas sensing performance study on n-type (WO3) and p-type (Cr2O3) semiconducting metal oxides”. October 2003-June 2005: University of Bucharest-Faculty of Physics, M.Sc. degree in Theoretical Physics and Condensed Matter, October 1997-February 2003: University of Bucharest-Faculty of Physics, Physical Engineer degree. b) information about the professional experience and jobs November 2016-present: 3rd degree senior researcher at NIMP-National Institute of Materials Physics Main activities and responsibilities: Comprehensive understanding of the gas-surface phenomena for gas sensitive materials. August 2009-November 2016: Researcher at NIMP-National Institute of Materials Physics Main activities and responsibilities: Complex phenomenological investigations in the field of chemoresistive gas sensors based on metal-oxide semiconductors (e.g. electrical conductivity, work function, impedance spectroscopy and catalytic conversion measurements) Iune 2007-July2008: Ph.D. Student at Institut für physikalische und theoretische Chemie Uni Tübingen-Germany Main activities and responsibilities: Insights about fundamental sensing and transduction with chemical gas sensors May 2005-Iune 2007: Research assistant at NIMP-National Institute of Materials Physics Main activities and responsibilities: Developing experimental skills in the field of chemical gas sensors May 2002-December2002: Technical supervisor at CompControl ING-Outsourcing for Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant I Main activities and responsibilities: Reviewing reports of the team members with respect to the QA procedures April 2001-May2002: Non-destructive testing operator at Nuclear NDT Research and Services SRL Main activities and responsibilities: Leak testing on Nuclear Heat Exchanges and Alstom generator stator casings. October 2000-February 2002: Computer operator at Faculty of Physics-Theoretical Physics department Main activities and responsibilities: Network administrator assistant c) specializations and qualifications February – March 2018: Certificate of Attendance to the “Block Course Chemical Sensors – Basics, Technology and Applications, Tuebingen, Germany. September – October 2007: GOSPEL (General Olfaction and Sensing Projects on a European Level): Summer School-Crete, Greece, November 2006: Center for the Improvement of Management Performance, Bucharest-Project management training course, d) Professional skills and competences Proficient user of OriginLab, Corel Designer Technical Suite; Assembling the sensing and transduction phenomena with chemical gas sensors; Peer-review member at Sensors MDPI AG Basel, Switzerland. e) Selected publications f) Researcher ID   1. A. Stanoiu, R.M. Piticescu, C.E. Simion, C.F. Rusti-Ciobota, O.G. Florea, V.S. Teodorescu, P. Osiceanu, A. Sobetkii, V. Badilita, H2S selective sensitivity of Cu doped BaSrTiO3 under operando conditions and the associated sensing mechanism, Sens. Actuators B 264 (2018) 327-336.   2. C.E. Simion, S. Somacescu, V.S. Teodorescu, P. Osiceanu, A. Stanoiu, H2S sensing mechanism of SnO2-CuWO4 operated under pulsed temperature modulation, Sens. Actuators B 259 (2018) 258-268.   3. A. Stanoiu, C.E. Simion, A. Sackmann, M. Baibarac, O.G. Florea, P. Osiceanu, V.S. Teodorescu, S. Somacescu, Networked mesoporous SnO2 nanostructures template by Brij 35 with enhanced H2S selective performance, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 270 (2018) 93-101.   4. R.L. Wilson, C.E. Simion, C.S. Blackman, C.J. Carmalt, A. Stanoiu, F. Di Maggio, A. Covington, The Effect of Film Thickness on the Gas Sensing Properties of Ultra-Thin TiO2 Films Deposited by Atomic Layer Deposition, Sensors 18 (2018) 735.   5. A. Stanoiu, C.E. Simion, J.M. Calderon-Moreno, P. Osiceanu, M. Florea, V.S. Teodorescu, S. Somaceascu, Sensors based on mesoporous SnO2-CuWO4 with high selective sensitivity to H2S at low operating temperature, Journal of Hazardous Materials 331 (2017) 150-160.   http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-3449-2011   15.01.2019