General information

Date of birth: 4 December 1943
Place of birth: Salonta, Bihor district, Romania.
Marital Status: married.

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Studies

A. Theoretical Physics:
B.Sc./M.Sc. 1962-1967 Faculty of Physics, University Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Advisor: Prof. dr. Oliviu Gherman, University of Craiova, Romania. Thesis subject: "Many-Channel Relativistic Scattering" Ph. D. 1968-1984 Theoretical Physics, University of Craiova, Romania, Faculty of Sciences Advisor: Prof. dr. Oliviu Gherman, University of Craiova, Romania. Thesis subject: "Study of the scattering amplitude in the complex s-plane". Referees: Prof. Dr. Aretin Corciovei, member of the Romanian Academy of Sciences. Dr. Mircea Micu, Institute of Atomic Physics, Bucharest, Romania. Prof. Dr. Liviu Tatar, Faculty of Science, University of Craiova, Romania.

B. Applied Mathematics
M. Sc. 1987-1988
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania.
Thesis subject: " Non-commutative dynamical systems". Advisor: Prof. Dr. Constantin P. Niculescu, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania.

Scholarships during the studies:
1962-1967, Government scholarships.

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Professional experience

3. Employment history
1967-present: University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania.

Positions:
Note: The official name of Faculty as well as its administrative organization has been changed along time. The Department of Physics was included in: Faculty of Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and finally in Faculty of Physics.
1967 -1977: assistant professor, Faculty of Physics and
Chemistry, Department of Physics, University of Craiova.
1977-1990: lecturer, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of
Physics, University of Craiova.
1990-2005: reader, Faculty of Sciences-Physics Faculty,
Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Craiova.

2005-present: Professor, Faculty of Sciences-Physics Faculty,
Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Craiova.

From July 2000, Member of Association EURATOM-National
Agency for Science, Technology and Inventions (A.N.S.T.I.)

Teaching activity included, in the past: Analytical Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics and Elasticity, Nuclear Physics, Physics for Mathematicians, Programming, Computational Physics, Quantum Theory of Molecules, Elementary Particles, Axiomatic Quantum Field Theory, Differential Geometry for Physicists, General Physics.
Present teaching: Fluid dynamics and Elasticity, Computational Physics, Axiomatic Quantum Field Theory.
Started new courses: Axiomatic Quantum Field Theory, Computational Physics and Programming Languages.
Created new laboratories: Computational Physics, Atomic Physics and Nuclear Physics.
Research: Mathematical Physics, Quantum Field Theory, Computational Physics and Mathematical Modeling, Chaotic Dynamics, Transport Theory.

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Professional activity

a) Position in academic administration.
Member of the Professorial Council, Faculty of Sciences-Faculty of Physics, University of Craiova, 1990-1999.
c) Courses taught.
Physics for Mathematicians: 1972-1990
Analytical Mechanics: 1982-1992
Fluid Dynamics and Elasticity: 1982-1992, 1994-present
Nuclear Physics: 1980-1998.
Quantum Theory of Molecules: 1977-1978.
Programming: 1971-1972.
Computational Physics: 1992-present.
Axiomatic Quantum Field Theory: 1995-present.
Differential Geometry for Physicists: 1990-1992.
d) Member of Romanian Physical Society: 1990-present

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Awards, Honors, Research Fellowships

Research fellowship in the framework of "Association EURATOM- NASTI Romania" for fusion:

a. 20 June- 20 July 2000, Department for Research on Controlled
Fusion, CEA- Cadarache, France.
b. 21 November-20 December 2000, Department of Statistical and
Plasma Physics, ULB, Bruxelles.
c. 1 May- 30 May 2001, Department for Research on Controlled
Fusion, CEA- Cadarache, France.
d. 24 October- 22 December 2001, Department of Statistical and
Plasma Physics, ULB, Bruxelles.
e. Research fellowship from Ministry of Foreign Affaires, France:
1 June-30 June 2001, Department for Research on Controlled
Fusion, CEA- Cadarache, France.
f. 7 June-7 August 2002: Department of Statistical and
Plasma Physics, ULB, Bruxelles.
g. 20 October-20 December 2002, Department of
Statistical and Plasma Physics, ULB, Bruxelles.

Research contact in the field "Anomalous transport in turbulent plasmas" with Prof.Radu Balescu, Dr.Boris Weyssow from Department of Statistical and Plasma Physics, ULB, Bruxelles and dr. J.H. Misguich and J.D. Reuss from Department for Research on Controlled Fusion, CEA- Cadarache, France.

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Research students
Advisor for over 40 B. Sc. works from 1972 to present days, at Faculty of Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Faculty of Physics University of Craiova (Romania). Seven of them now are very active researchers in theoretical or computational physics.
Advisor for 23 First Degree works for physics teachers (Univ. Craiova, Romania), from 1980-present.

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Present activities

Research in progress:
a) Ergodic theory, Hamiltonian dynamics, with application to anomalous transport in fusion plasmas.
b) Stochastic processes, with application to anomalous transport in fusion plasmas.
c) Numerical methods, with application in Tokamak physics.
This research is done within the framework of the International Working Group Fusion BFR that includes researchers from C.E.A. Cadarache France, (Dr. J. H. Misguich and Dr. J. D. Reuss) and Universite Libre de Bruxelles Belgium, (Prof. Dr. Radu Balescu and Dr. Boris Weyssow).

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Other activities
Rock climbing, for details see: http://roclimbing.net/ . To see the list of the newly opened climbing routes, click at RO'CK SITES, HERCULANE, lists of routes at " Peretele Soimului", route "Diedrul Uitat", difficulty 4B (6-), list "PERETELE CRUCEA ALBA", route " Traversarea Domogledului", difficulty 5A, list " PERETELE DE LA GROTA HAIDUCILOR", route "Vinatorul Alpin", difficulty 5B(8) .

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Contact

Address at work:
Faculty of Physics, University of Craiova,
A.I.Cuza street no. 13, Craiova 1100, Dolj, Romania.
Address at home:
Sgt. Constant Popescu street, bloc Experimental 1, sc. 2, ap. 20, Craiova 1100, Dolj, Romania.
Phone at University: + 40 251 41 50 77
Phone at home: +40 251 15 30 67
Fax at University: + 40 251 41 50 77
E-mail:steinb@central.ucv.ro     gy_steinbrecher@hotmail.com

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Gyorgy STEINBRECHER
Professor, Ph.D.

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