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Reader Ph.D. Mariana OSIAC

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Curriculum Vitae
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general INFORMATION

In present, reader PhD at
University of Craiova
Faculty of Physics
13 Al. I. Cuza Str.
Craiova, 200585, Romania

Office: 230, Main Building
Tel./Fax: +40 251 415077
E-mail: m_osiac at yahoo.com

CURRICULUM VITAE

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH 22.10.1971, Schitu, Romania

STUDIES

Graduate: 1990-1995, at the University of  Bucharest, Faculty of  Physics, Optics, Spectroscopy, Lasers and Plasma Physics specialization

Post-graduate: 1996-1997, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Optics and Advanced technologies with plasma

PhD: 1998-2003, Ernst-Arndt- Moritz University of Greifswald, Germany, Experimental  Physics
Ph.D. thesis title: Spectroscopic studies in microwave plasmas generated in diborane and acetylene

CURRENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Electronics, compulsory discipline, addressed to the students in the second year of studies from the Faculty of Physics, University of Craiova
Main issues: Semiconductors, Semiconductors Diodes, Solar Cells, LED, Laser Diodes, Transistors, Applicators, Oscillators.

Plasma Physics, compulsory discipline, addressed to the students in the third year of studies from the Faculty of Physics, University of Craiova
Main issues: Introduction in plasma physics, Collisions in plasma, Kinetic equation for charge particle, Distribution function of charge particles in electric filed, distribution function moments equation, transport particles in plasma without magnetic field.

Radiology and Medical Imagistics, compulsory discipline, addressed to the students in the third year of studies from the Faculty of Physics, University of Craiova
Main issues: Introduction, Structure of matter, Ultrasounds, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Radiology, Computed Tomography, Fluorescence, Doppler Shift

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Research domain: Experimental Physics

Research topics

• Plasma physics
• Thin film deposition

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

In ISI rated journals

1. M. Osiac, J. Ropcke, P.B. Davies, Infrared laser spectrum of the fundamental band of the boron monoxide free radical, CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS 344/1-2 (2001) 92-96
2. M. Osiac, B.P. Lavrov, J. Ropcke, Intensity distributions in R and P branches of (0-0) band of the A(1)Pi -> X-1 Sigma(+) electronic transition of the BH molecule and determination of gas temperature in non-equilibrium plasmas, JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER 74/4 (2002) 471-491
3. J. Ropcke, G. Revalde, M. Osiac, K. Li, J. Meichsner, Tunable diode laser absorption studies of hydrocarbons in RF plasmas containing hexamethyldisiloxane, PLASMA CHEMISTRY AND PLASMA PROCESSING 22/1 (2002) 137-157
4. J. B. McManus, D. Nelson, M. Zahniser, L. Mechold, M. Osiac, J. Ropcke, A. Rousseau, TOBI: A two-laser beam infrared system for time-resolved plasma diagnostics of infrared active compounds, REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 74/5 (2003) 2709-2713
5. B.P. Lavrov, M. Osiac, A.V. Pipa, J. Roepcke, On the spectroscopic detection of neutral species in a low-pressure plasma containing boron and hydrogen, PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 12/4 (2003) 576-589
6. T. Gans, M. Osiac, D. O'Connell, V.A. Kadetov,  U. Czarnetzki, T. Schwarz-Selinger, H. Halfmann, P. Awakowicz, Characterization of stationary and pulsed inductively coupled RF discharges for plasma sterilization, PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION 47  (2005) A353-A360
7. M. Osiac, T. Schwarz-Selinger, D. O'Connell, B. Heil, Z. Lj. Petrovic, M. Turner, T. Gans, U. Czarnetzki, Plasma boundary sheath in the afterglow of a pulsed inductively coupled RF plasma, PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 16/2 (2007) 355-363
8. M. Osiac, C.C. Surdu-Bob, M. Badulescu, C.P. Lungu, Optical emission spectroscopy diagnostics of a Ni Thermionic Vacuum Arc (TVA) plasma, JOURNAL OF OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS 10/8 (2008)  2007-2010
9. M. Osiac, N. Scarisoreanu, M. Dinescu, AlN thin film deposition using a radio-frequency beam assisted pulsed laser deposition, JOURNAL OF OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS, 10/8 (2008) 2068-2070
10. D. Rasleanu, V. Ionescu, G. Prodan, V. Ciupina, C.P. Lungu, C.C. Surdu-Bob, M. Osiac, O. Pompilian, M. Badulescu, A.M. Lungu, C. Ticos, V. Zaroschi, L. Trupina, C. Miclea, Nanostructured PZT type thin films prepared by thermonic vacuum arc method, JOURNAL OF OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS, 10/11 (2008) 3041-3047
11. O.G. Pompilian, M. Osiac, G.E. Iacobescu, C.P. Lungu, Layer coatings of Re and Re-NiCr obtained by thermoionic vacuum arc technique, JOURNAL OF OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS 11/11 (2009) 1779 – 1782
12. V. Ionescu, M. Osiac, C.P. Lungu, O.G. Pompilian, I. Jepu, I. Mustata, G.E. Iacobescu, Morphological and structural investigations of Co – MgF2 granular thin films grown by thermionic vacuum arc, Thin Solid Films, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 February 2010

Papers published in IDB indexed journals

1. E. Osiac, S. Kuck, I. Sokolska, M. Osiac, G. Huber, Upconversion avalanches processes in Ho3(+)-Yb3+:YLF Crystal, Romanian Reports in Physics 60/4 (2008) 937-945
2. C.P. Lungu, V. Ionescu, M. Osiac, C. Cotarlan, O. Pompilian, A.M. Lungu, V. Ciupina, Thermionic vacuum arc dposited Al-doped amorphous carbon nanocomposite coatings, Journal of Non-Oxide Glasses 1/2 (2009) 90-96

In proceedings of international scientific meetings (conferences, schools, workshops, etc.)

1. M. Osiac, T. Schwarz-Selinger, D. O”Connel, B. Heil, T. Ganz, U. Czarnetski, Investigations of the plasma boundary sheath dynamics in the afterglow of a pulsed inductively coupled rf plasma in hydrogen, Seventeenth European Conference on Atomic & Molecular Physics of Ionized Gases, 1-5 September 2004.
2. M. Osiac, N. Scarisoreanu, M. Dinescu, Optical emission spectroscopy of radio-frequency beam assisted pulsed laser deposition, 14TH Conference on Plasma Physics and Applications, 14-18 Septembrie 2007, Brasov, Romania
3. M. Osiac, C.C. Surdu-Bob, M. Badulescu, C.P. Lungu, Optical emission spectroscopy diagnostics of a Ni Thermionic Vacuum Arc (TVA) plasma, 14th Conference on Plasma Physics and Applications, 14-18 Septembrie 2007, Brasov, Romania
4. M. Osiac, C.C. Surdu-Bob, C. Iacob, C.P. Lungu, Optimisation of the Re TVA plasma parameters used for deposition, 18th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Kyoto, Japan, August 26th-31st, 2007
5. C.P. Lungu, A.M. Lungu, C.C. Surdu-Bob, M. Osiac, Diagnostic Thermioinic of the vacuum arc plasma produced in pure chromium vapors, 18th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Kyoto, Japan, August 26th-31st, 2007

In academic journals CNCSIS rated (10 papers): Annals of the University of Craiova Physics AUC

Monographs, graduate textbooks, scientific books

1. M. Osiac, Spectroscopic studies of microwave plasmas containing B₂H₆ and C₂H₂, Shaker Verlag, Aachen 2003, ISBN 3-8322-1548-4
2. M. Osiac, Plasma Physics – academic course, Universitaria Publishing House, Craiova, 2008, ISBN 978-606-510-207-1

RESEARCH CONTRACTS

1. Super resistive metallic covering of refractory metals in TVA, Program type: CEEX PD, Contract number/year: 1535/07.04.2006, M. Osiac - Member
2. Deposition of III-V Compounds, Program type: CEEX, Contract number/year: 1481/07.04.2006, M. Osiac - Project director
3. OPTOMATEH. Advanced technologies and materials for optoelectronics http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/proiectecercetare/optomateh/, Program type: PNII-CAPACITATI, Contract number/year: 126/2007, Project manager: G. E. Iacobescu, M. Osiac – Member
4. New pulsed structures of high voltages, low temperature plasma jets at atmospheric pressures  with bio-medical applications, Program type: PNII IDEI, Contract number/year: 19/28.09.2007, M. Osiac – Member
5. III-V Compounds (like AlN, InN, GaN) and Related Materials, Program type: NATO, Contract number/year: CBP. EAG. RIG. 98 2008, M. Osiac - Project director
6. HPPMSCEN: Fundamental and applicative research centre in high power pulsed magnetron sputtering plasmas, Program type: PNII – CAPACITATI, Contract number/year: 180/2008, Project manager: M. Osiac

MISCELLANEOUS

• Member of The Romanian Physical Society and of The European Society of Physics;
• Citations: 60
• Overall individual score: 10