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CURRICULUM VITAE

Monica Sorescu

Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Physics

Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282-0321

Phone: (412) 396-4166 (office) and (412) 396-5277 (lab)

Fax: (412) 396-4829

E-mail: [email protected]; http://www.duq.edu

General:

Citizenship: U.S. citizen.

Education:

Ph.D. Institute of Atomic Physics Bucharest (1992): Experimental Condensed Matter Physics.

Appraised at Oklahoma State University (1992).

M.S. University of Bucharest (1986): Solid State Physics.

B.S. University of Bucharest (1985): Physics.

Positions held:

Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Physics and Adjunct Professor, Department of

Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental

Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2001-present.

Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Physics and Adjunct Professor, Department

of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Bayer School of Natural and

Environmental Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1995-2001.

Visiting Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon

University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2004 (sabbatical).

Visiting Professor, Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of

California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1998.

Research Associate, Oklahoma State University, Department of Chemistry, Stillwater,

Oklahoma, 1992-1995.

Visiting Research Fellow, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany, 1990-1991.

Visiting Scientist, Johannes Guttenberg Universität, Institut für Analytische und Anorganische

Chemie, Mainz, Germany and Institut Jozef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1990.

Assistant Professor, Polytechnic University Bucharest, Physics Department, Faculty of

Electronics and Telecommunications, Bucharest, Romania, 1990-1992.

Hobby: Master of Sports in Chess (since 1986)

mailto:[email protected]

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Scholarly Activities:

Research Interests:

Experimental Physics and Chemistry of Condensed Matter:

Advanced amorphous and nanocrystalline magnetic materials;

Ferroelectric crystals for nonlinear optical applications;

Amorphization, crystallization, nucleation-growth, and ordering phenomena;

Hyperfine interactions and low-temperature properties of solids;

Radiofrequency-induced effects in soft magnetic materials;

Pulsed-laser and particle-beam-induced surface modifications;

Laser ablation deposition of thin films and multilayers;

Magnetic ceramic nanoparticles;

Magnetic intermetallic compounds and spring magnets;

Origins of the recoilless fraction;

Structure-property relationships for rational construction of new materials;

Mössbauer spectroscopy, hysteresis loop measurements, magnetic susceptibility

measurements, magnetic force microscopy, electron microscopy, x-ray techniques, optical

absorption spectroscopy, thermal analysis by DSC/TGA.

Laboratory:

*Complete laboratory for characterization of bulk and surface properties of materials by room-

temperature transmission and conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy (Ranger Scientific);

closed-cycle refrigerator system for low-temperature Mössbauer measurements; vacuum furnace

for high-temperature Mössbauer measurements; vacuum pumps, vacuum gauges and controllers,

temperature controllers, high-voltage power supplies; computers.

*Susceptometer-magnetometer system with 3 T superconducting magnet and liquid helium

cryostat for dc hysteresis loops and ac susceptibility measurements (LakeShore Cryotronics).

*Excimer laser with deposition chamber for laser ablation deposition of thin films and

multilayers (Lambda Physik and Neocera).

*Sample preparation capabilities for generation of nanostructured materials by mechanical

alloying and milling (SPEX) in controlled atmosphere (VAC) with or without applied magnetic

field.

*Thermal annealing furnace for temperatures up to 1700 C and controlled atmosphere (CM

Furnaces).

*Autoclave for hydrothermal synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles and various magnetic systems

(PPI).

*Simultaneous thermal analysis by DSC/DTA/TGA (Netzsch).

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Students and Postdoctorals who have worked in my research group:

Annalia Palumbo, Adam Weber, Thomas Oberst, Kevin Gossett, Alexis Zywan, Zackary Bruno,

Amanda Daly, Jason Wood, Ashley Sanns, Daniel Proch, Sean Krupa, Brigette Bartko (graduate,

Chemistry), William Dorfner, Devin Hileman, Lisa Barreiro, Steven Herchko, Alex Hannan,

Collin Wade, Vasilii Bushunow, John DiGnazio, Julia Limongelli, Chris Stroh, Richard Trotta,

Mehdi Mekaoui, Mark Allwes, Kelly Wood, Matthew Knauss, Louise Ferris, Canyon Pratt,

Jordan Jubeck, Dr. Agnieszka Grabias, Dr. Lucian Diamandescu, Dr. Tianhong Xu.

List of Peer-Reviewed International Journal Publications:

(underline for student co-author)

1)S. Olariu, M. Sorescu, I.I. Popescu, and C.B. Collins, ”Nuclear Multiphoton Transitions

Induced by Modulated Hyperfine Electric-Field Gradients”, Europhysics Letters, 2 (1986) 725-

732.

2) D. Barb, L. Diamandescu, R. Puflea, M. Sorescu, and D. Tarina, ”Mössbauer Spectroscopy on

Gadolinium and Aluminium Double Substituted Yttrium Iron Garnets”, Materials Letters, 12

(1991) 109-111.

3) M. Sorescu, ”Radiofrequency Sidebands in the “Dressed” Nuclear Picture”, Revue

Roumaine de Physique, 36 (1991) 429-435.

4) D. Sorescu, M. Sorescu, A. Hening, I.N. Mihailescu, and D. Barb, ”Pulsed Excimer Laser

Treatment of Fe81B13.5Si3.5C2 Amorphous Alloy: Investigation by Mössbauer Spectroscopy”,

Romanian Reports in Physics, 44 (1992) 787-791.

5) F.D. Barb, O. Netoiu, M. Sorescu, and M. Weiss, ”SPECFIT-An Interactive Package for

Mössbauer Spectra Fitting with Personal Computers”, Computer Physics Communications, 69

(1992) 182-186.

6) M. Sorescu, S. Stenger, and U. Gonser, ”Crystallization of Fe81B13.5Si3.5C2 Amorphous

System by Isothermal Annealing”, Physica Status Solidi (a), 132 (1992) K57-K59.

7) S. Stenger, M. Sorescu, and U. Gonser, ”Radiofrequency Induced Crystallization in

Fe81B13.5Si3.5C2”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 151 (1992) 66-70.

8) D. Sorescu, M. Sorescu, I.N. Mihailescu, D. Barb, and A. Hening, ”Multipulse Excimer Laser

Irradiation of Substituted Fe-B Amorphous Alloys”, Solid State Communications, 85 (1993)

717-721.

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9) E. Pavel, Gh. Baluta, D. Barb, D.P. Lazar, M. Morariu, M. Popescu, and M. Sorescu,

”Complex Carbides in Synthetic Diamond Crystals Produced at 5.5 GPa”, Journal of Materials

Science, 28 (1993) 1645-1647.

10) F.D. Barb, M. Weiss, M. Sorescu, and D. Sorescu, ”An Interactive Package for Mössbauer

Spectra Analysis: SPECFIT-PC”, Studies in Informatics and Control, 2 (1993) 263-269.

11) M. Sorescu, ”Perturbation of Nuclear and Lattice Correlation Functions in Nuclear Gamma

Resonance”, Romanian Reports in Physics, 45 (1993) 427-442 (Dissertation Thesis).

12) M. Sorescu and E.T. Knobbe, ”Effect of Pulsed Excimer Laser Irradiation on the Magnetic

Anisotropy of Iron-Base and Nickel-Iron-Base Metallic Glasses”, Journal of Materials

Research, 8 (1993) 3078-3084.

13) M. Sorescu and E.T. Knobbe, ”Induced Anisotropy and Phase Transformation in Metallic

Glasses by Pulsed Excimer Laser Irradiation”, Physical Review B, 49 (1994) 3253-3265.

14) M. Sorescu, E.T. Knobbe, D. Barb, D. Sorescu, and I. Bibicu, ”Comparison of Electron

Beam and Pulsed Laser Irradiation Effects in Fe80B20”, Hyperfine Interactions, 92 (1994)

1347-1353.

15) D. Barb, I. Bibicu, M.S. Rogalski, and M. Sorescu, ”Mössbauer Investigation of

Amorphous-to-Crystalline Transformation of Fe62Ni16B14Si8 by Isothermal Annealing”,

Hyperfine Interactions, 94 (1994) 2187-2192.

16) M.S. Rogalski, I. Bibicu, and M. Sorescu, ”CEMS Investigation of Surface Hyperfine

Interactions in Fe81B13.5Si3.5C2 Glass”, Hyperfine Interactions, 92 (1994) 1317-1321.

17) M. Sorescu, E.T. Knobbe, and D. Barb, ”Evolution of Phases and Microstructure in

Fe81B13.5Si3.5C2 Metallic Glass During Electron-Beam and Pulsed-Laser Irradiation”, Physical

Review B, 51 (1995) 840-850.

18) M. Sorescu, E.T. Knobbe, and D. Barb, ”Excimer Laser Processing of Amorphous and

Nanocrystalline Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si22.5-xBx (x=6 and 9)”, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of

Solids, 56 (1995) 79-87.

19) M. Sorescu, J.D. Barrie, J.J. Martin, and E.T. Knobbe, ”Modification of Structural and

Optical Properties of Iron-Doped Lithium Niobate by Pulsed Excimer Laser Irradiation”, Solid

State Communications, 94 (1995) 407-411.

20) M. Sorescu and E.T. Knobbe, ”Evidence for Phase Selectivity in Excimer-Laser-Induced

Amorphization of Thermally-Annealed Fe66Co18B15Si Glassy Ferromagnet", Physical Review

B, 52 (1995) 16086-16095.

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21) M. Sorescu, J.D. Barrie, J.J. Martin, E.T. Knobbe, and D. Barb, ”Excimer Laser and

Electron Beam Irradiation Effects in 57Fe:LiNbO3”, Journal of Materials Science, 30 (1995)

5944-5952: the article made the COVER of the issue.

22) M. Sorescu, E.T. Knobbe, and D. Barb, ”A Comparative Study of Pulsed Laser and Electron

Beam Irradiation Effects in Fe81B13.5Si3.5C2 Glass”, in: "Beam-Solid Interactions for

Materials Synthesis and Characterization", edited by D.E. Luzzi, T.F. Heinz, M. Iwaki, and

D.C. Jacobson, Materials Research Society, 354 (1995) 693-698.

23) M. Sorescu and D. Barb, ”Interaction of Alpha Particle Beams with Fe-based and FeNi-

based Glassy Ferromagnets”, in: “Ion-Solid Interactions for Materials Modification and

Processing”, edited by D.B. Poker, D. Ila, Y.-S. Cheng, L.R. Harriott, and T.W. Sigmon,

Materials Research Society, 396 (1996) 185-190.

24) M. Sorescu, S.A. Schafer, and E.T. Knobbe, ”Synthesis of Magnetite Particles by Pulsed

Alexandrite Laser Processing of Metallic Glass Precursors”, in: ”Advanced Laser Processing of

Materials-Fundamentals and Applications”, edited by R.K. Singh, D. Norton, J. Narayan, J.

Cheung, and L.D. Laude, Materials Research Society, 397 (1996) 393-398.

25) M. Sorescu and E.T. Knobbe, ”Mössbauer Spectroscopy Evidence for Phase Selectivity in

Excimer-Laser-Induced Amorphization of Thermally Annealed Fe-Co-B-Si Metallic Glass",

Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, 51a (1996) 389-395.

26) M. Sorescu and D. Barb, ”Alpha Particle Beam Interactions with Fe-Based and FeCo-Based

Amorphous Magnets”, in: “Materials Modification and Synthesis by Ion Beam Processing”,

edited by D. Alexander, N. Cheung, B. Park and W. Skoruppa, Materials Research Society, 438

(1997) 537-541.

27) M. Sorescu and S.A. Schafer, ”Formation of Magnetite Particles by Pulsed Laser Processing

of Fe81B13.5Si3.5C2 Metallic Glass”, Scripta Materialia 36 (1997) 1255-1260.

28) M. Sorescu, R.A. Brand, N. Plugaru, and D. Barb, ”A Mössbauer study of Y3Co11-xFexB4

compounds”, Materials Letters, 30 (1997) 235-238.

29) M. Sorescu and D. Barb, ”Alpha Particle Beam Processing of Iron-Based and Iron-Nickel-

Based Glassy Ferromagnets”, Journal of Materials Synthesis and Processing 5 (1997) 433-

438.

30) M. Sorescu and S.A. Schafer, “Magnetostriction Related Effects in Pulsed Laser Irradiation

of Amorphous Magnets”, in: “Atomistic Mechanisms in Beam Synthesis and Irradiation of

Materials”, edited by J.C. Barbour, S. Roorda and D. Ila, Materials Research Society, 504

(1998) 209-214.

31) M. Sorescu, D. Mihaila-Tarabasanu and L. Diamandescu, “Structure and Magnetic

Properties of Co, Ni, Mn, Cr, and Cu Substituted Magnetites”, in: Materials for High-Density

Magnetic Recording, edited by K. Rubin, J.A. Bain, T. Nolan, D. Bogy, B.J.H. Stadler, M.

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Levy, J.P. Lorenzo, M. Mansuripur, Y. Okamura, R. Wolfe, Materials Research Society, 517

(1998) 337-342.

32) M. Sorescu, M. Valeanu, D. Tomuta and D. Barb, ”Investigation of the RFe10M2

(R=U;Sm;Y and M=Si;V;Mn) System by Magnetic and Mössbauer Studies”, Solid State

Communications, 105 (1998) 195-199.

33) M. Sorescu, D. Mihaila-Tarabasanu and L. Diamandescu, “Mössbauer and Magnetic Study

of Substituted Magnetites”, Applied Physics Letters, 72 (1998) 2047-2049.

34) M. Sorescu, M. Valeanu and D. Tomuta, “Magnetic and Mössbauer Study of U1-

xSmxFe10Si2”, Materials Letters 36 (1998) 52-55.

35) M. Sorescu, ”Phase Transformations Induced in Magnetite by High-Energy Ball Milling”,

Journal of Materials Science Letters, 17 (1998) 1059-1061.

36) M. Sorescu and D. Barb, ”Interaction of Alpha Particle Beams with Metallic Glasses”, Acta

Materialia, 46 (1998) 5523-5531.

37) M. Sorescu, R.A. Brand, D. Mihaila-Tarabasanu and L. Diamandescu, “Synthesis and

Magnetic Properties of Haematite with Different Particle Morphologies”, Journal of Alloys and

Compounds, 280 (1998) 273-278.

38) M. Sorescu, “The Role of Magnetostriction in Pulsed Laser Irradiation of Amorphous

Alloys”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 280 (1998) 251-254.

39) M. Sorescu, “Comparative Characterization of the Irradiation Effects Induced in Metallic

Glasses by Pulsed Laser and Alpha Particle Beams”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 284

(1999) 232-236.

40) M. Sorescu, R.A. Brand, D. Mihaila-Tarabasanu and L. Diamandescu, “The Crucial Role of

Particle Morphology in the Magnetic Properties of Haematite”, Journal of Applied Physics, 85

(1999) 5546-5548.

41) M. Sorescu, “Phase Transformations Induced in Metallic Glasses by Pulsed Laser and Alpha

Particle Beam Irradiation”, in: Microstructural Processes in Irradiated Materials, edited by

S.J. Zinkle, G. Lucas, R. Ewing, J. Williams, Materials Research Society, 540 (1999) 389-394.

42) M. Sorescu, L. Tsakalakos and T. Sands, “Fluence Effects on the Magnetic Properties of

Fe81B13.5Si3.5C2 Metallic Glass Obtained by Pulsed Laser Deposition”, Journal of Applied

Physics, 85 (1999) 6652-6654.

43) M. Sorescu, D. Mihaila-Tarabasanu and L. Diamandescu, “The Role of Particle Morphology

in the Mechanochemical Activation of Haematite”, Journal of Materials Synthesis and

Processing, 7 (1999) 167-173.

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44) M. Sorescu and M. Valeanu, “Structural and Magnetic Characterization of R2Fe17-xVx

(R=Y; Gd and x=1; 1.5; 2) Compounds and their Carbides”, International Journal of

Inorganic Materials, 1(1999) 303-309.

45) M. Sorescu, T. Oberst, K. Gossett, D. Tarabasanu and L. Diamandescu, “Direct Evidence of

Cobalt Substitution Effects in Magnetite”, Solid State Communications, 113 (2000) 573-575.

46) M. Sorescu, “Magnetic Properties of Metallic Glasses Using the Laser-Mössbauer Method”,

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 218 (2000) 211-220.

47) M. Sorescu, T. Oberst, K. Gossett, D. Tarabasanu and L. Diamandescu, “Population Effects

in Cobalt-Substituted Magnetite”, Materials Letters, 44 (2000) 110-112.

48) M. Sorescu and M. Valeanu, “Symmetry and Hyperfine Fields in R2Fe17-xVxCy (R=Y, Gd;

x=1, 1.5, 2 and y=0, 1) Intermetallics”, Journal of Applied Physics, 87 (2000) 6725-6727.

49) M. Sorescu, “New Types of Magnetic Moment Distributions in Laser Ablated Metallic Glass

Thin Films”, Journal of Applied Physics, 87 (2000) 5855-5857.

50) M. Sorescu, “Direct Evidence of Laser-Induced Magnetic Domain Structures in Metallic

Glasses”, Physical Review B, 61 (2000) 14338-14341.

51) M. Sorescu, D. Tarabasanu and L. Diamandescu, “Site and Distributed Hyperfine Magnetic

Fields in Synthetic Magnetite”, International Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2 (2000) 371-

374.

52) A. K. Giri, W. Pomgsaksawad, M. Sorescu and S. A. Majetich, “Effect of Light on the

Magnetic Properties of Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 36

(2000) 3029-3031.

53) M. Sorescu, A Grabias, L. Diamandescu and D. Tarabasanu, “Collapse of the Magnetic

Hyperfine Structure of Barium Hexaferrite by Mechanochemical Activation”, Journal of

Materials Synthesis and Processing, 8 (2000) 67-72.

54)M. Sorescu, “Mechanochemical Activation of Magnetite Nanoparticles”, Journal of

Nanoparticle Research, 2 (2000) 305-308.

55) M. Sorescu, “Observation of Laser-Induced Magnetic Domain Structures in Metallic

Glasses”, Journal of Materials Science Letters, 19 (2000) 1937-1939.

56) M. Sorescu, A. Grabias and M. Valeanu, “Structure and Magnetic Properties of Nd-Co-Fe-

Si-C Intermetallics”, in: Magnetic Materials, Structures and Processing for Information

Storage, edited by B. J. Daniels, M. A. Seigler, T. P. Nolan, S. X. Wang and C. B. Murray, 614

(2000) F8.4.1.-F8.4.6.

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57) M. Sorescu and A. Grabias, “Unique Features of the Crystallization Kinetics of FeCrBSi

Thin Films obtained by Laser Ablation Deposition”, in: “Properties of Surfaces, Thin Films

and Self-Organized Structures”, Materials Research Society 648 (2000) P6.31.1.-P6.31.6.

58) M. Sorescu, A. Grabias and M. Valeanu, “Symmetry and Hyperfine Magnetic Fields in Nd-

Based Intermetallics”, Intermetallics, 9 (2001) 67-71.

59)M. Sorescu, “Comparison between Excimer Laser Irradiation Effects in FeCr-based Metallic

Glass and Stainless Steel”, International Journal of Inorganic Materials 3 (2001) 813-818.

60) M. Sorescu, A. Grabias, L. Tsakalakos and T. Sands, “Comparative Study of the

Crystallization Behavior of Fe-Cr-B-Si in Bulk and Thin Film Forms”, Journal of Materials

Synthesis and Processing 9 (2001) 181-185.

61)M. Sorescu, A. Grabias, D. Tarabasanu-Mihaila and L. Diamandescu, “From Magnetite to

Cobalt Ferrite”, Journal of Materials Synthesis and Processing 9 (2001) 119-123.

62) M. Sorescu, A. Grabias, D. Tarabasanu-Mihaila and L. Diamandescu, “Conversion Electron

Mössbauer Spectroscopy Applied to Magnetic Thin Films Obtained by Pulsed Laser Deposition”,

Journal of Materials Science Letters 20 (2001) 2233-2234.

63) M. Sorescu, “The Laser-Mössbauer Method for Surface Evolution and Thin Film

Microstructure”, in: “Mechanisms of Surface and Microstructure Evolution in Deposited

Films and Film Structures”, edited by J. Sanchez Jr., J.G. Amar, R. Murty, G. Gilmer,

Materials Research Society 672 (2001) O3.31.1-O3.31.6.

64) M. Chipara, M. Toacsen and M. Sorescu, “Ferromagnetic Resonance on Metallic Glass

Ribbons”, in: “Applications of Ferromagnetic and Optical Materials, Storage and

Magnetoelectronics”, edited by W.C. Black, H.J. Borg, K. Bussmann, L. Hesselink, S.A.

Majetich, E.S. Murdock, B.J.H. Stadler, M. Vazquez, M. Wuttig, J.Q. Xiao, Materials Research

Society 674 (2001) U1.4.1-U1.4.6.

65)M. Sorescu and A. Grabias, “Structure and Magnetic Properties of Fe50Co50System”,

Intermetallics 10 (2002) 317-321.

66) M. Sorescu, “A New Method for Direct Determination of the Recoilless Fraction Using a

Single Room-Temperature Mössbauer Measurement of a Two-Foil Absorber”, Materials

Letters, 54 (2002) 256-259.

67) M. Sorescu, “Direct Comparison of the Recoilless Fractions in Iron (II) and Iron (III)

Chlorides Using the Two-Lattice Method”, Journal of Materials Science Letters 21 (2002)

283-284.

68) M. Sorescu, A. Grabias, L. Diamandescu and D. Tarabasanu, “Influence of Co and Ni

Substitutions on Populations, Hyperfine Fields and Hysteresis Phenomenon in Magnetite”,

Journal of Applied Physics 91 (2002) 8135-8137.

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69) M. Sorescu, A. Grabias, R.A. Brand, J. Voss, D. Tarabasanu and L. Diamandescu, “The

Verwey Transition in Co-doped Magnetite”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

246 (2002) 399-403.

70) M. Sorescu, “A New Method for Direct Determination of the Recoilless Fraction with

Application to Magnetic Nanoparticles”, in: “Nanostructural Magnetic Materials for Data

Storage”, edited by P.W. DeHaven, D.P. Field, S.D. Harkness IV, J.A. Sutliff, J.A. Szpunar, L.

Tang, T. Thomson and M.D. Vaudin, Materials Research Society 721 (2002) 215-220.

71) M. Sorescu, A. Grabias, D. Tarabasanu-Mihaila and L. Diamandescu, “Bulk Versus Surface

Magnetic Texture in Thin Films Obtained by Pulsed Laser Deposition”, in: “Texture and

Microstructure in Electronic and Magnetic Films”, edited by P.W. DeHaven, D.P. Field, S.D.

Harkness IV, J.A. Sutliff, J.A. Szpunar, L. Tang, T. Thomson and M.D. Vaudin, Materials

Research Society 721 (2002) 179-184.

72) M. Sorescu, “Determination of the Recoilless Fraction in Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Using

the Two-Lattice Method”, Journal of Nanoparticle Research 4 (2002) 221-224.

73) M. Sorescu, “Evolution of the Mössbauer Recoilless Fraction During Mechanochemical

Activation of Iron Oxides”, Journal of Materials Science Letters 21 (2002) 1759-1761.

74) M. Sorescu, D. Tarabasanu-Mihaila and L. Diamandescu, “A Mössbauer Study of

Manganese-Doped Magnetite”, Materials Letters 57 (2003) 1867-1869.

75) M. Sorescu and A. Grabias, “Conversion Electron Mössbauer Study of Magnetite/Nickel and

Magnetite/Chromium Multilayers Obtained by Pulsed Laser Deposition”, Materials Letters 57

(2003) 2174-2176.

76) M. Sorescu, A. Grabias, L. Diamandescu and D. Tarabasanu-Mihaila, “Bulk Versus Surface

Effects in Magnetic Thin Films Obtained by Pulsed Laser Deposition”, Applied Surface

Science, 217 (2003) 233-238.

77) M. Sorescu and M. Valeanu, “Effect of Substitutions on the Hyperfine Magnetic Field in

Nd-Based Intermetallics”, Intermetallics 11 (2003) 749-754.

78) M. Sorescu, F. Pourarian and R.A. Brand, “Mossbauer Study of Hydrogenation Effects in

Iron-Rich Intermetallics”, Journal of Materials Science Letters 22 (2003) 1569-1572.

79) M. Sorescu, A. Grabias and M. Valeanu, “A Mössbauer Study of Spring Magnets”, IEEE

Transaction on Magnetics 39 (2003) 2959-2961.

80) M. Sorescu, A. Grabias and L. Diamandescu, “Magnetite/Nickel and Magnetite/Cobalt

Multilayer Nanostructures Obtained by Pulsed Laser Deposition”, in: ”Nanostructuring

Materials with Energetic Beams”, edited by S. Roorda, A. Meldrum and H. Bernas, Materials

Research Society 777 (2003) 59-64.

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81) M. Sorescu, “Introducing Mössbauer Spectroscopy to Undergraduate Students”, Journal of

Materials Education, 25 (2003) 143-150.

82) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu and A. Grabias, “Evolution of Phases During

Mechanochemical Activation in Magnetite-Containing Systems”, Materials Chemistry and

Physics 83 (2004) 354-360.

83) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu, D. Tarabasanu-Mihaila and V.S. Teodorescu, “Nanocrystalline

Rhombohedral In2O3 Synthesized by Hydrothermal and Postannealing Pathways”, Journal of

Materials Science 39 (2004) 675-677.

84) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu, D. Tarabasanu-Mihaila, V.S. Teodorescu and B.H. Howard,

“Hydrothermal Synthesis and Structural Characterization of (1-x)-Fe2O3-xSnO2 Nanoparticles”,

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 65 (2004) 1021-1029.

85) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu, R. Peelamedu, R. Roy and P. Yadoji, “Structural and

Magnetic Properties of NiZn Ferrites Prepared by Microwave Sintering”, Journal of Magnetism

and Magnetic Materials 279 (2004) 195-201.

86) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu, R.A. Brand and D. Tarabasanu-Mihaila, “Mössbauer Study of

Manganese-Doped Magnetite Below the Verwey Transition”, Materials Letters 58 (2004) 885-

888.

87) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu and D. Tarabasanu-Mihaila, “-Fe2O3-In2O3 Mixed Oxide

Nanoparticles Synthesized Under Hydrothermal Supercritical Conditions”, Journal of Physics

and Chemistry of Solids, 65 (2004) 1719-1725.

88) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu, M. Valeanu and A. Jianu, “Effect of Cobalt Substitutions in

Spring Magnets”, Journal of Materials Science, 39 (2004) 7387-7389.

89) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu and A. Grabias, “Pulsed Laser Deposition of Nanocomposite

-Fe/Nd2Fe14B Magnets”, Journal of Materials Science 39 (2004) 6121-6123.

90) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu and D. Tarabasanu-Mihaila, “Recoilless Fraction of Tin-Doped

Hematite Nanoparticles Obtained by Hydrothermal Synthesis”, Materials Letters 59 (2005) 22-

25.

91) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu, R. Swaminathan, M.E. McHenry and M. Feder, “Structural

and Magnetic Properties of NiZn and Zn Ferrite Thin Films Obtained by Laser Ablation

Deposition”, Journal of Applied Physics 97 (2005) 10G105.

92) R. Swaminathan, M.E. McHenry, S. Calvin, M. Sorescu and L. Diamandescu, “Surface

structure model of cuboctahedrally truncated ferrite nanoparticles”, Proceedings of the 9th

International Conference on Ferrites, American Ceramic Society, 847-52 (2005).

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93) M. Sorescu, C.Y. Um, M.E. McHenry and L. Diamandescu, “Thermal Behavior of

Substituted FeCo-Based Metallic Glasses”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 351 (2005) 663-

667.

94) M. Sorescu, “Pulsed Laser and Particle Beam Irradiation Effects in Amorphous Metals”, in:

“Materials for Space Applications”, edited by M. Chipara, D.L. Edwards, R. Benson and S.

Phillips, Materials Research Society 851 (2005) 463-474.

95) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu and D. Tarabasanu-Mihaila, “Tin-Doped Hematite

Nanoparticles for Gas Sensing Applications”, in: Nanoparticles and Nanostructures in

Sensors and Catalysis, Materials Research Society 900E (2005).

96) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu and A. Grabias, “Laser Ablated Fe100-xPdx and Fe100-xMnx Thin

Films”, Intermetallics, 14 (2006) 780-783.

97) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu and M. Valeanu, “Substitutional Effects in RFe3Intermetallics

(R=Dy, Sm and Y), Intermetallics 14 (2006) 332-335.

98) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu, D. Tarabasanu-Mihaila and V. Teodorescu, “Hydrothermal

Synthesis of Zinc-Doped Magnetite Nanoparticles”, in: Nanoscale Magnets-Synthesis, Self-

Assembly, Properties and Applications, Materials Research Society 962E (2006) P10.8.

99) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu and J. Wood, “Structure-Property Relationships in xZnO-(1-

x)-Fe2O3 Nanoaprticles System”, in: Zinc Oxide and Related Materials, Materials Research

Society 957 (2006) K10.3.

100) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu and F. Pourarian, “Hydrogenation Effects in R2Fe14Si2 (R=Y,

Nd, Dy and Er) offstoichiometric compounds”, Intermetallics 15 (2007) 377-381.

101) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu, P.D. Ramesh, R. Roy, A. Daly and Z. Bruno, “Evidence for

Microwave-Induced Recrystallization in NiZn Ferrites”, Materials Chemistry and Physics 101

(2007) 410-414.

102) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu, D. Tarabasanu-Mihaila and V. Teodorescu, “Sequence of

Phases in the Hydrothermal Synthesis of Zinc-Doped Magnetite System”, Materials Chemistry

and Physics, 106 (2007) 273-278.

103) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu and J. Wood, “Synthesis and Characterization of the xZnO-

(1-x)-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles System”, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 68 (2007)

426-430.

104) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu, A. Sanns, D. Proch and J. Wood, “Synthesis and

Characterization of Ceramic Nanoparticles System Based on Anatase-Doped Hematite”,

Research Letters in Materials Science 2007, 48962 (2007) 1-5.

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105) M. Sorescu and L. Diamandescu, “Magnetism and Recoilless Fraction of Ceria-Doped

Hematite Nanoparticle System”, in: Nanoscale Magnetic Materials and Applications, edited

by J.P. Liu, E. Fullerton, O. Gutfleisch and D. Sellmyer, Materials Research Society 1032E

(2007) I 14.13.

106) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu, A. Tomescu, D. Tarabasanu-Mihaila and V. Teodorescu,

“Structure and Sensing Properties of 0.1SnO2-0.9-Fe2O3 System”, Materials Chemistry and

Physics, 107 (2008) 127-131.

107) M. Sorescu and F. Pourarian, “Enhancement of the Recoilless Fraction in R2Fe10Co4Si2

(R=Gd, Er, Y) Offstoichiometric Intermetallics after Hydrogenation”, Physica B 403 (2008)

2754-2759.

108) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu and V.S. Teodorescu, “Structure and Characterization of

Cerium-Doped Hematite Nanoparticles”, Physica B 403 (2008) 3838-3845.

109) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu, A. Tomescu and S. Krupa, “Designing Mixed Oxides

Magnetic Nanoparticles for Sensing Applications”, in: “Magnetic Nanostructures by Design”,

Materials Research Society vol. 1118E (2008) K 3.3.

110) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu, A. Tomescu and S. Krupa, “Synthesis and Sensing Properties

of Zirconium-Doped Hematite Nanoparticles”, Physica B, 404 (2009) 2159-2165.

111) M. Sorescu, “Mossbauer Spectra Fitting for Undergraduate Students”, Journal of

Materials Education, 31 (2009) 141-146.

112) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu and A. Tomescu, “Mechanochemical Synthesis of Novel

Sensor Materials”, in: “Mechanochemistry in Materials Science”, Materials Research Society

vol. 1226E (2009) II4.4.

113) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu, D. Tarabasanu-Mihaila, S. Krupa and M. Feder, “Iron and

Chromium Mixed-Oxide Nanocomposites”, Hyperfine Interactions 196 (2010) 359-368.

114) M. Sorescu, “Magnetism and Recoilless Fraction in Metallic Glasses After Laser

Irradiation”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 356 (2010) 1425-1431.

115) M. Sorescu and L. Diamandescu, “Mechanochemical and Magnetomechanical Synthesis of

Hematite Nanoparticles”, Hyperfine Interactions 196 (2010) 349-358.

116) M. Sorescu, T. Xu and L. Diamandescu, “Synthesis and Characterization of xTiO2(1-x)-

Fe2O3 Magnetic Ceramic Nanostructures System”, Materials Characterization 61 (2010) 1103-

1118.

117) M. Sorescu and T. Xu, “The Effect of Ball Milling on the Thermal Behavior of Anatase-

Doped Hematite Nanoparticles System”, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 103

(2010) 479-484.

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118) N.J. Jones, K.L. McNerny, A.T. Wise, M. Sorescu, M.E. McHenry and D.E. Laughlin,

“Observations of Oxidation Mechanisms and Kinetics In Faceted FeCo Magnetic Nanoparticles”,

Journal of Applied Physics 107 (2010) 09A304.

119) M. Sorescu, T. Xu and L. Diamandescu, “Synthesis and Characterization of Indium Oxide

Doped Hematite Solid Solution, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, vol.

1309, EE9.11 (2010).

120) M. Sorescu, “Recoilless Fraction of Cobalt-Doped Magnetite”, Nuclear Instruments and

Methods in Physics Research B 269 (2011) 590-596.

121) M. Sorescu, T. Xu and L. Diamandescu, “Mechanochemical Synthesis and Characterization

of xIn2O3-(1-x)-Fe2O3 Nanostructure System”, Journal of Materials Science 46 (2011) 2350-

2358.

122) M. Sorescu, T. Xu, F. Pourarian and L. Barreiro, “Structural, Magnetic and Thermal

Properties of Intermetallics Nd3Fe27-xCoxV2 and Their Hydrides”, Intermetallics 19 (2011) 644-

650.

123) M. Sorescu, T. Xu and S. Herchko, “Recoilless Fraction, Structural, Magnetic and Thermal

Properties of FeCuNbSiB Alloy”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 323 (2011)

2859-2865.

124) M. Sorescu, T. Xu, J.D. Burnett and J.A. Aitken, “Investigation of LaFeO3 Perovskite

Growth Mechanism through Mechanical Ball Milling of Lanthanum and Iron Oxides”, Journal

of Materials Science 46 (2011) 6709-6717.

125) M. Sorescu, T. Xu and A. Hannan, “Initial Stage Growth Mechanism of LaFeO3 Perovskite

through Magnetomechanical Ball-Milling of Lanthanum and Iron Oxides”, American Journal

of Materials Science 1 (2011) 57-66.

126) M. Sorescu, T. Xu, L. Diamandescu and D. Hileman, “Synthesis and characterization of

indium oxide-hematite magnetic ceramic solid solution”, Hyperfine Interactions 199 (2011)

365-386.

127) M. Sorescu, T.Xu, A. Wise, M. Diaz-Michelena and M.E. McHenry, “Studies on

Structural, Magnetic and Thermal Properties of xFe2TiO4-(1-x)Fe3O4 (0<x<1) Pseudo-Binary

System”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 324 (2012) 1453-1462.

128) M. Sorescu and T. Xu, “Particle Size Effects on the Thermal Behavior of Hematite”,

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 107 (2012) 463-469.

129) M. Sorescu, “Structural Effects on the Recoilless Fraction in Iron Silicides and Borides”,

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 275 (2012) 16-19.

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130) M. Sorescu, T. Xu and C. Wade, “Role of oxidation state of vanadium in vanadium oxide-

hematite nanoparticles”, in: Oxide Semiconductors, Materials Research Society 1494 (2012)

Z13.01.

131) M. Sorescu, T. Xu and S. Herchko, “Recoilless fraction in amorphous and nanocrystalline

FeCuNbSiB system”, in: Structure-property relationships in amorphous solids, Materials

Research Society 1520E (2012) NN2.07.

132) M. Sorescu, T. Xu, C. Wade, J.D. Burnett and J.A. Aitken, “Synthesis and Properties of

V2O3-Fe2O3 magnetic ceramic nanostructures”, Ceramics International 39 (2013) 8441-8451.

133) J.D. Burnett, T. Xu, M. Sorescu, B. Strohmeier, J. Sturgeon, K. Beroudi and J.A. Aitken,

“Structure and Oxidation State Determination of Fe-Substituted CuInS2”, Journal of Solid State

Chemistry 197 (2013) 279-287.

134) A. Grabias, T. Xu and M. Sorescu, “Effect of niobium valence on the mechanochemical

activation of niobium oxides-hematite nanostructures”, Ceramics International 39 (2013) 5343-

5357.

135) M. Sorescu, T. Xu and L. Diamandescu, “Structure and properties of magnetic ceramic

nanoparticles”, in: Solid State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials, Materials Research Society

1655E (2013) OO3.07.

136) M. Sorescu, V. Bushunow, L. Diamandescu, F. Tolea, M. Valeanu and T. Xu, “Structural

and magnetic properties of Li2O-Fe2O3 ceramic nanostructures”, Ceramics International 40

(2014) 5387-5395.

137) X. Liu, M. Sorescu, J. Wang, W. Schoenthal, Z. Dong, R.V. Ramanujan, D.E. Laughlin and

M.E. McHenry, “Structural and magnetic properties of xFe2TiO4(1-x)Fe3O4 (0.75<x<1)”, IEEE

Transactions on Magnetics 50 (2014) 6101504.

138) J. Brant, C. de la Cruz, J. Yao, A. Douvalis, T. Bakas, M. Sorescu and J.A. Aitken, “Field-

induced spin-flop in antiferromagnetic semiconductors with commensurate and incommensurate

magnetic structures: Li2FeGeS4 (LIGS) and Li2FeSnS4 (LITS)”, Inorganic Chemistry 53 (2014)

12265-12274.

139) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu, J. DiGnazio and T. Xu, “Structural, thermal, 57Fe and 151Eu

Mossbauer studies of Eu2O3-Fe2O3 ceramic nanostructures”, Ceramics International 41 (2015)

1579-1588.

140) J. Limongelli, F. Tolea, M. Valeanu, L. Diamandescu, T. Xu and M. Sorescu,

“Nanostructured iridium oxide-hematite magnetic oxide semiconductors”, Ceramics

International 41 (2015) 333-343.

141) M. Sorescu, T. Xu, J.D. Burnett and J.A. Aitken, “Role of Mechanochemical Milling in

FeVO4 Synthesis”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 387 (2015) 37-45.

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142) C. Stroh, F. Tolea, M. Valeanu, L. Diamandescu, T. Xu and M. Sorescu, “Ruthenium

oxide-hematite magnetic ceramic nanostructures”, Ceramics International 41 (2015) 14367-

14375.

143) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu, J. DiGnazio and T. Xu, “Europium oxide-hematite magnetic

ceramic nanoparticles”, MRS Advances 1, 3 (2016) 215-220.

144) M. Sorescu and R. Trotta, “Carbon-substituted hematite and magnetite nanoparticles”,

MRS Advances 1, 3 (2016) 221-226..

145) M. Sorescu and R. Trotta, “Mössbauer study of graphite-containing iron oxide

nanoparticles”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 47 (2016) 404-408.

146) M.Allwes, M. Mekaoui and M. Sorescu, “Mutual solubility of scandium oxide-hematite

magnetic nanocomposites: Mössbauer spectroscopy investigation”, Solid State

Communications 261 (2017) 46-49.

147) M. Sorescu, F. Tolea, M. Valeanu and M. Sofronie, “Structure, magnetic properties and

hyperfine parameters of Nd-substituted Ni-Fe-Ga Heusler alloys”, MRS Advances 2, 25 (2017)

1341-1346.

148) M. Sorescu, J. Limongelli, C. Stroh and K. Byerly, “Crystallization behavior and recoilless

fraction determinations of amorphous and nanocrystalline Fe56Co24Nb4B13Si2Cu1 system”, MRS

Advances 2, 27 (2017) 1435-1440.

149) A. Perrin, M. Sorescu, M.T. Burton, D.E. Laughlin and M.E. McHenry, “The role of

compositional tuning of the distributed exchange on magnetocaloric properties of high-entropy

alloys”, Journal of Metals 69 (2017) 2125-2129.

150) R. Trotta, F. Tolea,. M. Valeanu, L. Diamandescu, A. Grabias and M. Sorescu,

“Structural,Magnetic and Hyperfine Properties of Molybdenum Dioxide-Hematite Mixed Oxide

Nanostructures”, MRS Advances 3, 47-48 (2018) 2887-2892.

151) M. Knauss, F.Tolea, M. Valeanu, L. Diamandescu, R. Trotta, K. Wood, A. Grabias and M.

Sorescu, “Mechanochemical synthesis and characterization of molybdenum dioxide-hematite

nanostructures with different molarities”, Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization

and Engineering 6, 6 (2018) 587-600.

152) A. Perrin, M. Sorescu, V. Ravi, D. Laughlin and M. McHenry, “Mӧssbauer analysis of

compositional tuning of magnetic exchange interactions in high-entropy alloys”, AIP Advances

9, 3 (2019) .

153) M. Sorescu and M. Allwes, “Behavior of graphite and graphene under mechanochemical

activation with hematite and magnetite nanoparticles”, MRS Advances 4, 3-4 (2019) 155-162.

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154) M. Sorescu and K. Byerly, “Nanocrystallization and recoilless fraction determination of

Fe68.5Co5Nb3Cu1Si15.5B7 ferromagnetic alloy”, MRS Advances 4, 25-26 (2019) 1449-1455.

Books and Book Chapters:

155) Monica Sorescu, “Recent applications of the Mӧssbauer effect”, Dorrance Publishing

Company (2020), ISBN 978-1-6461-0497-0

156) G. Cone, M. Sorescu, C. Negutu, and T. Pop,”Problems in Quantum Mechanics and Solid

State Physics”, Polytechnic University Bucharest Press, 1992, 276 pages.

157) M. Sorescu, “Pulsed Laser and Particle Beam Irradiation Effects in Amorphous Metals”, in:

“Materials for Space Applications”, edited by M. Chipara, D.L. Edwards, R. Benson and S.

Phillips, Materials Research Society 851 (2005) 463-474.

List of Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings Papers:

1) F.D. Barb, O. Netoiu, M. Sorescu, and M. Weiss, ”Mössbauer Spectra Fitting with SPECFIT-

PC”, Proceedings of the First General Conference of the Balkan Physical Union,

Thessaloniki, Greece (1991) 439.

2) D. Barb, L. Diamandescu, R. Puflea, M. Sorescu, and D. Tarina, ”Double Substituted Yttrium

Iron Garnets Studied by Mössbauer Spectroscopy”, Proceedings of the First General

Conference of the Balkan Physical Union, Thessaloniki, Greece (1991) 481.

3) F.D. Barb, O. Netoiu, M. Sorescu, and M. Weiss, ”SPECFIT-An Interactive Package for

Mössbauer Spectra Fitting with Personal Computers”, Proceedings of the International AMSE

Conference “Signals & Systems”, Warsaw, Poland (1991) 2, 125.

4) D. Sorescu, M. Sorescu, A. Hening, I.N. Mihailescu, and D. Barb, ”Mössbauer Spectroscopy

on the Laser Irradiated Fe-B-Si-C Amorphous System”, Proceedings of the 12th General

Conference of the Condensed Matter Division of the European Physical Society, Prague,

Czechoslovakia (1992) 156.

5) I. Bibicu, M. Sorescu, and D. Barb, ”A Versatile Equipment for RF-Mössbauer Experiments”,

Proceedings of the 26th Congress AMPERE on Magnetic Resonance, Athens, Greece (1992)

250.

6) M.S. Rogalski, I. Bibicu, and M. Sorescu, ”CEMS Investigation of Surface Hyperfine

Interactions in Fe81B13.5Si3.5C2 Glass”, Proceedings of the International Conference on

Applications of the Mössbauer Effect, Vancouver, Canada (1993) 337.

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7) D. Barb, I. Bibicu, M.S. Rogalski, and M. Sorescu, ”Mössbauer Investigation of Amorphous-

to-Crystalline Transformation of Fe62Ni16B14Si8 by Isothermal Annealing”, Proceedings of the

International Conference on Applications of the Mössbauer Effect, Vancouver, Canada

(1993) 180.

8) M. Sorescu, E.T. Knobbe, D. Barb, D. Sorescu, and I. Bibicu, ”Comparison of Electron Beam

and Pulsed Laser Irradiation Effects in Fe80B20”, Proceedings of the International Conference

on Applications of the Mössbauer Effect, Vancouver, Canada (1993) 608.

9) M. Sorescu, E.T. Knobbe, and D. Barb, ”A Comparative Study of Pulsed Laser and Electron

Beam Irradiation Effects in Fe81B13.5Si3.5C2 Glass”, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting,

Boston, Massachusetts (1994) 30.

10) M. Sorescu, E.T. Knobbe, J.J. Martin, and J.J. Barrie, ”Characterization of Excimer Laser

Irradiation Effects in 57Fe:LiNbO3 by Complementary Techniques”, Pacific Coast Regional

Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Los Angeles, California (1994), p. 7.

11) M. Sorescu, S.A. Schafer, and E.T. Knobbe, "Synthesis of Magnetite Particles by Pulsed

Alexandrite Laser Processing of Metallic Glass Precursors", Materials Research Society Fall

Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts (1995) 25.

12) M. Sorescu and D. Barb, "Interaction of Alpha Particle Beams with Fe-based and FeNi-

based Glassy Ferromagnets", Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts

(1995) 15.

13) M. Sorescu and E.T. Knobbe, "Evidence for Phase Selectivity in Excimer Laser Induced

Amorphization of Thermally Annealed FeCoBSi Metallic Glass", Proceedings of the XIIIth

International Symposium On Nuclear Quadrupole Interactions, Providence, Rhode Island

(1995) 105.

14) M. Sorescu and D. Barb, ”Alpha Particle Beam Interactions with Fe-Based and FeCo-Based

Amorphous Magnets”, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts

(1996) 34.

15) M. Sorescu, S.A. Schafer, and E.T. Knobbe, ”Induced Anisotropy and Phase

Transformations in Glassy Ferromagnets: the Laser-Mössbauer Approach”, Bulletin of the

American Physical Society (1996) 41, 99.

16) L. Diamandescu, D. Mihaila-Tarabasanu, M. Sorescu and N. Popescu-Pogrion,

“Hydrothermal Synthesis, Structural and Magnetic Properties of Substituted Magnetites”,

Proceedings of the Romanian Conference on Advanced Materials, Bucharest, Romania,

XLVI (1997) 111.

17) M. Sorescu and S.A. Schafer, “Magnetostriction Related Effects in Pulsed Laser Irradiation

of Amorphous Magnets”, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts

(1997) 672.

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18) M. Sorescu, “Phase Transformations Induced in Metallic Glasses by Pulsed Laser and Alpha

Particle Beam Irradiation”, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts

(1998) 270.

19) M. Sorescu, R.A. Brand, D. Mihaila-Tarabasanu and L. Diamandescu, “Synthesis and

Magnetic Properties of Haematite with Different Particle Morphologies”, Materials Research

Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts (1998) 329.

20) M. Sorescu, R.A. Brand, D. Mihaila-Tarabasanu and L. Diamandescu, “The Crucial Role of

Particle Morphology in the Magnetic Properties of Haematite”, 43rd Annual Conference on

Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Miami, Florida (1998) 214.

21) M. Sorescu, D. Mihaila-Tarabasanu and L. Diamandescu, “Structure and Magnetic

Properties of Co, Ni, Mn, Cr, and Cu Substituted Magnetites”, Materials Research Society

Spring Meeting, San Francisco, California (1998) 225.

22) M. Sorescu, “New Types of Magnetic Moment Distributions in Laser Ablated Metallic Glass

Thin Films”, 44th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, San Jose,

California (1999) 193.

23) M. Sorescu and M. Valeanu, “Symmetry and Hyperfine Fields in R2Fe17-xVxCy (R=Gd, Y;

x=1; 1.5; 2 and y=0; 1) Intermetallics”, 44th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic

Materials, San Jose, California (1999) 339.

24) M. Sorescu, M. Valeanu and D. Tomuta, “Direct Evidence for Spin Reorientation Transition

in RFe10M2 (R=U; Sm; Y and M=Si; V; Mn)”, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting,

San Francisco, California (1999) 140.

25) M. Sorescu, A. Grabias and M. Valeanu, “Structure and Magnetic Properties of Nd-Co-Fe-

Si-C Intermetallics”, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, California

(2000) 128.

26) M. Sorescu, A. Grabias and M. Valeanu, “Symmetry and Hyperfine Magnetic Fields in Nd-

Co-Fe-Si-C Intermetallics”, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on

Inorganic Materials, 1 (2000) 30.

27) M. Sorescu, A. Grabias and L. Diamandescu, “Magnetite/nickel and magnetite/cobalt

multilayer nanostructures obtained by pulsed laser deposition”, Materials Research Society

Spring Meeting, San Francisco, California (2003) 149.

28) M. Sorescu, “Pulsed Laser and Particle Beam Irradiation Effects in Amorphous Magnets”,

Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts (2004) 932.

29) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu, D. Tarabasanu-Mihaila and V. Teodorescu, “Hydrothermal

Synthesis of Zinc-Doped Magnetite Nanoparticles”, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting,


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30) M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu and J. Wood, “Structure-Property Relationships in the xZnO-

(1-x)-Fe2O3 Nanoparticle System”, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston,

Massachusetts (2006) 177.

31) M. Sorescu, “Synthesis and Properties of Magnetic Ceramic Nanoparticles”, American

Physical Society March Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts (2012) 464.

32) R. Trotta, F. Tolea,. M. Valeanu, L. Diamandescu, A. Grabias and M. Sorescu,

“Structural,Magnetic and Hyperfine Properties of Molybdenum Dioxide-Hematite Mixed Oxide

Nanostructures”, Materials Resarch Society Spring Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona (2018) 205.

33) M. Sorescu and M. Allwes, “Behavior of graphite and graphene under mechanochemical

activation with hematite and magnetite nanoparticles”, Materials Research Society Fall

Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts (2018) 260.

34) M. Sorescu and K. Byerly, “Nanocrystallization and recoilless fraction determination of

Fe68.5Co5Nb3Cu1Si15.5B7 ferromagnetic alloy”, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting,


List of Grants Awarded:

1) Title: “Generation of Fe-based nanostructures by mechanical alloying and milling”

Agency: Noble J. Dick Foundation

Period: 04/01/96 - 03/31/97

Amount received: $ 4,500 (awarded)

P.I.: M. Sorescu

2) Title: “A Mössbauer study of Y3Co11-xFexB4 compounds”

Agency: Presidential Scholarship Award, Duquesne University

Period: 05/31/96-05/01/97


P.I.: M. Sorescu

3) Title: “Laser-controlled synthesis of iron-oxide particles from metallic glass precursors”

Agency: Research Corporation

Period: 06/01/96 - 08/31/98


P.I.: M. Sorescu

4) Title: “The laser-Mössbauer method”

Agency: National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research

Period: 08/15/98 to 07/31/02


P.I.: M. Sorescu

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5) Title: “REU Supplement”


Period: 05/01/99 to 08/31/99


P.I.: M. Sorescu

6) Title: “Structure-property relationships in cobalt-substituted magnetites”

Agency: Presidential Scholarship Award, Duquesne University

Period: 05/31/99-05/01/00


P.I.: M. Sorescu

7) Title: “Magnetic Nanoparticles Synthesized Using the Hydrothermal Method”

Agency: Noble J. Dick Foundation

Period: 09/01/01-08/31/02


P.I.: M. Sorescu

8) Title: “Laser Processing of Advanced Magnetic Materials (I)”

Agency: Department of Energy

Period: 09/15/02-10/14/03


P.I.: M. Sorescu

9) Title: “Properties of Magnetite at Nanoscale”

Agency: Petroleum Research Fund

Period: 09/01/03-08/31/06


P.I.: M. Sorescu

10) Title: “Laser Processing of Advanced Magnetic Materials (II)”

Agency: Department of Energy

Period: 10/15/03-10/14/04


P.I.: M. Sorescu

11) Title: “Nanocrystalline Materials by Magnetic Ball Milling”

Agency: Office of Research

Period: 06/01/06-06/01/07

Amount received: $10,000 (awarded)

P.I.: M. Sorescu

12) Title: “Synthesis and Properties of Magnetic Ceramic Nanoparticles”


Period: 08/15/09-07/31/13


P.I.: M. Sorescu

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13) Title: “MRI: Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope for Imaging and Elemental

Analysis in Research at Duquesne University”

Agency: National Science Foundation, Division of Chemistry

Period: 15/09/09-08/31/12


Co-P.I.: M. Sorescu

14) Title: “Mössbauer and magnetization studies of Fe(1-x)Co(x)Z (Z=Si, Ge and Sn) and

synthesis of carbon-based fullerenes using laser ablation”


Period: 08/01/14-04/30/15

Amount received: $ 43,156

P.I.: M. Sorescu

Total support already received: $ 1,287,051

List of Presentations:

1) "Radiofrequency Induced Crystallization in Amorphous Ferromagnets", M. Sorescu, Institute

of Atomic Physics, Bucharest, Romania, 1990 (approved by competitive review).

2) "Radiofrequency Sidebands in Mössbauer Spectra", M. Sorescu, Institute of Atomic Physics,

Bucharest, Romania, 1990 (approved by competitive review).

3) "The Collapse Effect of the Magnetic Hyperfine Spectra Induced by Radiofrequency

Perturbations in Nuclear Gamma Resonance", M. Sorescu, Institute of Atomic Physics,

Bucharest, Romania, 1990 (approved by competitive review).

4) "Computer Analysis of Mössbauer Lineshape", M. Sorescu, Polytechnic University

Bucharest, Romania, 1990 (invited).

5) ”Effect of Radiofrequency Fields on the Shape of Mössbauer Spectra”, M. Sorescu, Institute

“Jozef Stefan”, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1990 (invited).

6) ”Radiofrequency Induced Effects in the Mössbauer Spectra of Ferromagnetic and Ferroelectric

Materials”, M. Sorescu, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, F.R. Germany, 1990 (invited).

7) ”Radiofrequency Induced Phenomena in Mössbauer Spectroscopy”, M. Sorescu, Institut für

Analytische und Anorganische Chemie, Johannes Guttenberg Universität, Mainz, F.R. Germany,

1990 (invited).

8) "Mössbauer Spectra Fitting with SPECFIT-PC", International AMSE Conference on Signals

and Systems, University of Warsaw, Poland, 1990 (approved by competitive review).

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9) "Excimer Laser Processing of Iron-Doped Lithium Niobate", M. Sorescu, Noble Center for

Laser Research, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1994 (invited).

10) ”High Resolution Spectroscopic Investigations of Solids”, M. Sorescu, Department of

Physics, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1995 (invited).

11) "Evidence for Phase Selectivity in Excimer Laser Induced Amorphization of Thermally

Annealed FeCoBSi Metallic Glass", M. Sorescu, International Conference on Nuclear

Quadrupole Interactions, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1995 (approved by

competitive review).

12) ”Synthesis of Magnetite Particles by Pulsed Alexandrite Laser Processing of Metallic Glass

Precursors”, M. Sorescu, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995

(approved by competitive review).

13) “Pulsed Laser Processing of Amorphous Magnets”, M. Sorescu, Gordon Research

Conference on “Laser Interactions with Materials”, Plymouth, New Hampshire, 1996 (invited).

14) ”Interaction of Pulsed Lasers and Particle Beams with Amorphous and Nanocrystalline

Magnetic Materials”, M. Sorescu, Department of Materials Science, University of North Texas,

Denton, Texas, 1996 (invited).

15) ”Pulsed Laser Interactions with Amorphous Magnets”, M. Sorescu, Department of

Chemistry, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1996 (invited).

16) ”Induced Anisotropy and Phase Transformations in Glassy Ferromagnets: the Laser-

Mössbauer Approach”, M. Sorescu, American Physical Society March Meeting, Saint Louis,

Missouri, 1996 (approved by competitive review).

17) ”Interaction of Pulsed Lasers and Particle Beams with Advanced Magnetic Materials”, M.

Sorescu, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, 1997

(invited).

18) ”Pulsed Laser Induced Transformations in Glassy Ferromagnets”, M. Sorescu, American

Physical Society March Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, 1997 (approved by competitive review).

19) ”Magnetism of Alloys and Compounds”, M. Sorescu, Department of Chemistry and

Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1998 (invited).

20) ”The Crucial Role of Particle Morphology in the Magnetic Properties of Haematite”, M.

Sorescu, 43rd Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Miami, Florida, 1998


21) “Direct Evidence for Spin Reorientation Transition in RFe10M2 (R=U, Sm, Y and M=Si, V,

Mn)”, M. Sorescu, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, California, 1999


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22) “Magnetism of Alloys and Compounds: the Laser-Mössbauer Method”, M. Sorescu,

Department of Physics and Center for Advanced Photonic and Electronic Materials, SUNY at

Buffalo, Buffalo, New York , 1999 (invited).

23) “Amorphous Magnets with Controlled Properties: the Laser-Mössbauer Method”, M.

Sorescu, Laboratory for Materials Science, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The

Netherlands, 1999 (invited).

24)“Symmetry and Hyperfine Fields in R2Fe17-xVxCy (R=Gd, Y; x=1; 1.5; 2 and y=0; 1)

Intermetallics”, M. Sorescu, 44th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, San

Jose, California, 1999 (invited).

25) “New Types of Magnetic Moment Distributions in Laser Ablated Metallic Glass Thin

Films”, M. Sorescu, 44th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, San Jose,

California, 1999 (invited).

26) ”Fundamental Interactions in Amorphous Magnets”, M. Sorescu, University of Florida,

Gainesville, Florida, 2000 (invited).

27) “Symmetry and Hyperfine Magnetic Fields in Nd-Co-Fe-Si-C Intermetallics”, M. Sorescu,

Second International Conference on Inorganic Materials, Santa Barbara, California, 2000


28) “New Trends in the Magnetism of Surfaces and Thin Films”, M. Sorescu, University of

South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, and New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark,

New Jersey, 2000 (invited).

29) “Influence of Co and Ni Substitutions on Populations, Hyperfine Fields and Hysteresis

Phenomenon in Magnetite”, M. Sorescu, 46th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic

Materials, Seattle, Washington , 2001 (approved by competitive review).

30) “A New Method for Direct Determination of the Recoilless Fraction with Application to

Magnetic Nanoparticles”, M. Sorescu, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San

Francisco, California , 2002 (approved by competitive review).

31) “Bulk Versus Surface Magnetic Texture in Thin Films Obtained by Pulsed Laser

Deposition”, M. Sorescu, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, California,

2002 (approved by competitive review).

32) “A Mössbauer Study of Spring Magnets”, M. Sorescu, INTERMAG 2003, Boston,

Massachussetts, 2003 (approved by competitive review).

33) “Effect of Cobalt Substitutions in Spring Magnets”, M. Sorescu, Materials Research Society

Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachussetts, 2003 (approved by competitive review).

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34) “Pulsed Laser and Particle Beam Irradiation Effects in Amorphous Magnets”, M. Sorescu,

Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 2004 (invited talk).

35) “Tin-Doped Hematite Nanoparticles for Gas Sensing Applications”, M. Sorescu, Materials

Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 2005 (approved by competitive review).

36) “Hydrothermal Synthesis of Zinc-Doped Magnetite Nanoparticles”, M. Sorescu, Materials

Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 2006 (approved by competitive review).

37) “Structure-Property Relationships in the xZnO-(1-x)-Fe2O3 Nanoparticle System”, M.

Sorescu, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 2006 (approved by


38) “Crystal Shape and Structure of Hydrothermally Synthesized Iron-Tin Mixed Oxides

Nanocrystallites”, V.S. Teodorescu, L. Diamandescu, D. Tarabasanu-Mihaila, M.G. Blanchin,

and M. Sorescu, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, California, 2008


39) “Designing Mixed Oxides Magnetic Nanoparticles for Sensing Applications”, M. Sorescu,

Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 2008 (approved by competitive

review).

40) “Synthesis and Sensing Properties of Mixed Oxide Magnetic Nanoparticles”, M. Sorescu,

237th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009 (approved

by competitive review).

41) “Mössbauer Spectroscopy Study of Zirconia-Doped Hematite System”, S. Krupa and M.

Sorescu, American Physical Society March Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2009 (approved

by competitive review).

42) “Mechanochemical synthesis of novel sensor materials”, M. Sorescu, Materials Research

Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 2009 (approved by competitive review).

43) “Synthesis and Properties of Magnetic Ceramic Nanoparticles”, M. Sorescu, American

Physical Society March Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 2012 (approved by competitive

review).

44) “Recoilless fraction of amorphous and nanocrystalline FeCuNbSiB system”, M. Sorescu,

Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 2012 (approved by competitive

review).

45) “Role of oxidation state of vanadium in vanadium oxide-hematite nanoparticles”, M.

Sorescu, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 2012 (approved by


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46) “Mossbauer investigation of lithium oxide-hematite nanostructures”, V. Bushunow and M.

Sorescu, American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 2013 (approved by


47) “A Mössbauer study of ruthenium oxide-hematite nanostructures”, C. Stroh and M. Sorescu,

American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 2014 (approved by competitive

review).

48) “Mössbauer investigation of iridium oxide-hematite nanoparticles”, J. Limongelli and M.

Sorescu, American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 2014 (approved by


49) “Mössbauer spectroscopy study of xMoO3-(1-x)-Fe2O3 nanoparticles”, R. Trotta and M.

Sorescu, Undergraduate Research Program, Duquesne University, July 2014.

50) “Nanotructured lithium oxide-hematite magnetic oxide semiconductors”, M. Sorescu, V.

Bushunow, L. Diamandescu, F. Tolea, M. Valeanu and T. Xu, American Physical Society March

Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 2015 (approved by competitive review).

51) “Crystallization behavior and recoilless fraction determination of amorphous and

nanocrystalline FeCoNbSiCu system”, M. Sorescu, J. Limongelli and C. Stroh, American

Physical Society March Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 2015 (approved by competitive review).

52) “Europium oxide-hematite magnetic ceramic nanoparticles”, M. Sorescu, L. Diamandescu,

J. DiGnazio and T. Xu, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Masachussetts, 2015


53) “Carbon-substituted hematite and magnetite nanoparticles”, M. Sorescu and R. Trotta,

Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, Masachussetts, 2015 (approved by competitive

review).

54) “A Mossbauer study of scandium oxide doped hematite”, M. Allwes and M. Sorescu,

American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2017 (approved by


55) “Structural, Magnetic and Hyperfine Properties of Molybdenum Dioxide-Hematite Mixed

Oxide Nanostructures”, M. Sorescu, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Phoenix,

Arizona, 2018 (approved by competitive review).

56) “Behavior of graphite and graphene under mechanochemical activation with hematite and

magnetite nanoparticles”, M. Sorescu, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston,

Massachusetts, 2018 (approved by competitive review).

57) “Nanocrystallization and recoilless fraction determination of Fe68.5Co5Nb3Cu1Si15.5B7

ferromagnetic alloy”, M. Sorescu, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston,

Massachusetts, 2018 (approved by competitive review).

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Memberships:

Romanian Physical Society, Member, 1990-present.

American Chemical Society, Member, 1993-present.

Materials Research Society, Member, 1994-present.

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Member, 1994-present.

American Physical Society, Member, 1995-present.

International Advisory Board of the Mössbauer Effect Data Center, 2005

Other Professional Services:

Reviewer, Hyperfine Interactions

Reviewer, Scripta / Acta Materialia

Reviewer, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Reviewer, Materials Research Bulletin

Reviewer, Journal of Inorganic Materials

Reviewer, Journal of Applied Physics

Reviewer, Journal of Solid State Chemistry

Reviewer, Metallurgical Transactions

Reviewer, Applied Surface Science

Reviewer, Ceramics International

Reviewer, Transactions on Magnetics

Reviewer, International Journal of Modern Physics B

Reviewer, Physica B: condensed matter

Reviewer, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Reviewer, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing

Reviewer, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

Reviewer, Materials Research Society Meetings

Reviewer, National Science Foundation

Reviewer, J.J. Norton Publishing Company

Panelist, National Science Foundation, REU Site

Editor, Journal of Applied Physics (MMM Conference Proceedings)

Teaching:

Courses Taught:

PHYS 201. General Physics I (Fall semester 1995, 4 credits, 143 students)

PHYS 202. General Physics II (Spring semester 1996, 4 credits, 84 students)

PHYS 350. Mathematical Methods in Physics (Spring semesters 1997 and 2000, 3 credits, 6

students)

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PHYS 211. General Analytical Physics I (Fall semesters 1997, 1998 and 2000, 4 credits, 35

students)

PHYS 212. General Analytical Physics II (Spring semesters 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 and Fall

2001, 2002 and 2003, 4 credits, 30 students)

PHYS 213. General Analytical Physics III (Spring semesters 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008, 4

credits, 12 students)

PHYS 471. Modern Physics (Fall semesters 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007; spring 2009, 3

credits, 7 students)

PHYS 474. Quantum Mechanics (Fall semester 2008, 3 credits, 2 students)

PHYS 201. Physics for Life Sciences I (Fall semester 2009, 3 credits, 154 students; Fall semester

2010, 3 credits, 217 students; Fall semester 2011, 3 credits, 192 students; Fall semester 2012, 3

credits, 236 students; Fall semester 2013, 3 credits, 250 students; Fall semester 2014, 3 credits,

210 students; Fall semester 2015, 3 credits, 200 students; Fall semester 2016, 3 credits, 194

students; Fall semester 2017, 3 credits, 60 students; Fall semester 2018, 3 credits, 61 students;

Fall semester 2019, 3 credits, 60 students).

PHYS 202. Physics for Life Sciences II (Spring semester 2010, 3 credits, 107 students; Spring

semester 2011, 3 credits, 131 students; Spring semester 2012, 3 credits, 115 students).

PHYS 493. Solid State Physics I (Spring semester 2013, 3 credits, 6 students).

PHYS 491. Introduction to Materials Science (Spring semester 2014, 3 credits, 16 students;

Spring semester 2016, 3 credits, 10 students; Spring semester 2018, 3 credits, 3 students; Spring

semester 2020, 3 credits, 5 students).

PHYS 404. Introduction to Solid State Physics (Spring semester 2015, 3 credits, 13 students;

Spring semester 2017, 3 credits, 9 students; Spring semester 2019, 3 credits, 7 students).

Academic supervision:

Advised 31 undergraduate students (2 graduate) for summer research and supervised their B.S.

Thesis;

Co-supervision of PhD and M.S students and thesis research at Oklahoma State University;

Co-supervision of 5 PhD students at Carnegie Mellon University;

Supervision of 3 postdoctoral researchers.

Other relevant activities related to teaching:

Also taught classes of “Thermodynamics and Statistics”, “Quantum Mechanics and Solid State

Physics” at the Polytechnic University Bucharest and “General Chemistry” (freshmen),

“Coordination Chemistry” (junior) and “Solid State Chemistry” (graduate) at Oklahoma State

University.

Honors and Awards:

Faculty Development Award, Duquesne University (1996).

Cottrell College Science Award, Research Corporation (1996).

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Presidential Scholarship Award, Duquesne University (1996).

International Prize of the Romanian Academy of Sciences (1997).

Presidential Scholarship Award, Duquesne University (1999).

Faculty Excellence Award for Scholarship, BSNES (2000).

Faculty Excellence Award for Scholarship, BSNES (2012).

Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Duquesne University (2012).

University, School, or Department Service:

Strategic Planning Committee, Duquesne University; Member, 1995-2015.

Student Standing Committee, Duquesne University; Member, 1996-2015.

Safety Committee, Duquesne University; Member, 1997-present.

Faculty Search Committee, Duquesne University, Member, 1997.

Radiation Safety Committee, Duquesne University, Member, 1998-present.

Guidance Counselor Committee, Duquesne University; Member, 1998.

Joint BSNES Recruiting Committee, Duquesne University; Member, 1998-1999.

Graduate Committees for Students in Chemistry, Duquesne University, Member, 1998.

Computer Committee, Physics Department, Duquesne University, Member, 1999-present.

Faculty Excellence Awards Committee, BSNES, Duquesne University, Member, 2001 and 2003.

Presidential Scholarship Award Committee, Duquesne University, Member, 2001.

Committee for the start of a Master’s program in the Department of Physics, Member, 2002.

Departmental Tenure and Promotion Committee, Member, 2002-present.

Periodic Review Report Committee, Duquesne University, Member, 2002.

PhD Thesis Committee Member at Carnegie Mellon University, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Faculty Mentoring Committee, Chemistry Department, Duquesne University, 2003.

Tenure and Promotion Committee, Bayer School, Duquesne University, 2014-present.

BSNES Award Committee for Faculty Excellence, Bayer School, Duquesne University, 2013.

Presidential Award Committee for Faculty Excellence, Duquesne University, 2013.

Faculty Search Committee, Physics Department, Bayer School, Duquesne University, 2013.

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