CURRICULUM VITAE 

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  First name: Rodica

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Surname: Iosub

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Date and place of birth: 05/10/1955

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Education:

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)   B.Sc. in Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, Romania, 1979.
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  M.Sc. in Radiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, Romania, 1980.

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Professional experience (competence and domain, i.e.: CAD of mechanical sensors): IC MOS technologies, bulk and surface micromachining, chemical sensors.

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Career:

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)   1980 – 1983 High-school teacher, Bucharest
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  1983 - 1994 Microelectronica, Bucharest

wpeB.jpg (687 bytes)  Process engineer
wpeB.jpg (687 bytes)  Technologies development engineer

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)   1994 - present National Institute for R&D in Microtechnologies, Bucharest

wpeB.jpg (687 bytes)  Research/development chemist of MST products
wpeB.jpg (687 bytes)Research/development chemist for microfabrication of I.C. and microsensors

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Stages abroad: -

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Present position: Senior Chemist.

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Research interests:

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)   ISFET, microprobe for clinical test, technological compatibility with standard MOS technologies)
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Implementation of new specific processes for bulk and surface micromachining technology
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Devices for biological application.

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Past and current projects:

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)   1999 – 2001: Romanian National R&D Program ORIZONT, "Electrodic structures for biosensors with ex vivo applications and monitoring of hemodialysis"; source of founding: budget; Coordinator.
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  2000 – 2002: Romanian National R&D Program ORIZONT, "Microsystems for analysis and monitoring of K+, Na+, Ca2+, NO and pH in biological environments"; source of founding: budget; Participant.
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  2000 – 2002: Romanian National R&D Program ORIZONT, "Microsystems for monitoring the of tissues electrical activity (recording, simulation, feedback)"; source of founding: budget; Participant.
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  2000 – 2002: Romanian National R&D Program ORIZONT, "Manufacturing technologies for chemical microsensors for detection of volatile compounds resulted from alteration of foods "; source of founding: budget; Participant.

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Main scientific publications:

Blue_Arrow25D.gif (140 bytes)   Papers in periodicals:

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)   Carmen Moldovan, Rodica Iosub, Dan Dascalu, Gheorghe Nechifor, "Anisotropic Etching of Silicon in a Complexant Redox Alkaline System", Sensors and Actuators B 58, 1999, 438-449
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Carmen Moldovan, Rodica Iosub, Mircea Modreanu, "The elimination of silicon hillocks using alkaline complexant etching system", International Journal of Inorganic Materials, 3 (2001), 1173-1176.
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Rodica Iosub, Carmen Moldovan*, M. Modreanu, "Silicon membranes fabrication by wet anisotropic etching", Sensors and Actuators, 2002, vol 99/1-2 pp 102-109
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Carmen Moldovan*, V. Ilian, Ghe. Constantin, Rodica Iosub, M. Modreanu, Ioana Dinoiu, B.Firtat, C. Voitincu, "Micromachining of a silicon multichannel microprobe for neural electrical activity recording", Sensors and Actuators, 2002, vol 99/1-2 pp 117-122.
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  M. Modreanu, Carmen Moldovan*, Rodica Iosub, "The etching behaviour of APCVD PSG thin used as sacrificial layers for surface micromachined resonant microstructures", Sensors and Actuators A 99, 2002, 82-84.
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Carmen Moldovan, Lavinia Hinescu, Mihail Hinescu, Rodica Iosub, Mihai Nisulescu, Bogdan Fartat, Mircea Modreanu, Dan Dascalu, Victor Voicu, Cornel Tarabasanu, "Silicon Micromachined Sensor for Gas Detection", Materials Science and Engineering, 2003.

Blue_Arrow25D.gif (140 bytes)   Other contributions:

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)   Carmen Moldovan, Rodica Iosub, "The Effect of Alkaline Cations on the Silicon Surface Quality in Complexant or Redox Etching Systems", ASEVA Summer School, Avila, Spain, July 19-24 1999

In proceedings of international conferences:

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)   Carmen Moldovan, Rodica Iosub, Dan Dascalu, Nechifor Gheorghe, C. Radu, Daniela Bogdan, C. Flueraru, Ileana Cernica, Roxana Vasilco, Ioana Dinoiu, "The Multichannel Microprobe for Recording/Stimulation of Neural/Muscular Activity", CMOS Technology Compatible, CAS’97, Sinaia, Romania, IEEE Proceedings, pp. 533-536
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Carmen Moldovan, Rodica Iosub, Dan Dascalu, Nechifor Gheorghe, "The Multichannel Microprobe for Recording/Stimulation of Neural/Muscular Activity", CMOS Technology Compatible, MME’97, September 1-2, Anglia, pp. 148-151
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Carmen Moldovan, Rodica Iosub, Dan Dascalu, Ghe. Nechifor, "Anisotropic Etching of Silicon in a Complexant Redox System"; EUROSENSORS XII, Southampton, U.K., 1998, Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Solid State transducers and 9th UK Conference on Sensors and their Applications , Vol. 2, pp.1009-1012
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Carmen Moldovan, Rodica Iosub, G. Nechifor, D. Dascalu, F. Craciunoiu, B. Serban, "The Mechanism of Anisotropic Etching of Silicon in a Complexant Alkaline System", CAS'98(IEEE Conference), Sinaia, Romania, 1998, Vol 2, pp.353-356
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Carmen Moldovan, Rodica Iosub, Dan Dascalu, Ghe. Nechifor, Cornel Radu, "An Investigation of a Redox Alkaline System for Silicon Anisotropic Etching"; Workshop on Physical Chemistry of Wet Chemical Etching of Silicon, Holten, Netherland, May 13, 1998, Vol.1, pp.21-23
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  C. Moldovan, R. Iosub, D. Dascalu, Ghe. Nechifor, C. Danila, "Silicon hillochs elimination using a complexant redox alkaline system", Symposium on design, test and Microfabrication of MEMs/MOEMS, 30Martie-1Aprilie 1999, Paris, France, Proceedings pp.1056-1068
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Carmen Moldovan, Rodica Iosub, Dan Dascalu, Gheorghe Marin, Carmen Danila, "A comparison between the complexant alkaline etching of silicon", CAS’99, Oct 5-9, Sinaia, Romania, IEEE Proceedings, pp. 205-209
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Carmen Moldovan, Rodica Iosub, Dan Dascalu, Gheorghe Marin, "The improvement of the silicon surface quality using alkaline etching systems with complexant added", MME’99 (Micromechanics Europe), 27-28 Sept, Gif sur Yvette, France, pp. 176-180
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Carmen Moldovan, Rodica Iosub, Mircea Modreanu, "The elimination of silicon hillocks using alkaline complexant etching system", EMRS 2000, Strasbourg, May 30-June 2, 2000.
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Carmen Moldovan, V. Ilian, R. Iosub, M. Modreanu, Ioana Dinoiu, B. Firtat, "Micromachining of a multielectrode array implantable in neural cells", 12 th Micromechanics Europe Workshop, MME’01, Cork, Ireland, pp. 131-134
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Carmen Moldovan, V. Ilian, R. Iosub, M. Modreanu, Ioana Dinoiu, B. Firtat, "Design and manufacturing of a multichannel microprobe for electrical activity recording of neural cells, CAS’2001, Sinaia, Romania, pp.265-26
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Rodica Iosub, Carmen Moldovan*, M. Modreanu "Silicon membranes fabrication by wet anisotropic etching", June, EMRS’01, poster, Strasbourg, France
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Carmen Moldovan*, V. Ilian, Ghe. Constantin, Rodica Iosub, M. Modreanu, Ioana Dinoiu, B.Firtat, C. Voitincu, "Micromachining of a silicon multichannel microprobe for neural electrical activity recording", June, EMRS’01, Strasbourg, France
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Carmen Moldovan, Rodica Iosub, Mihai Nisulescu, Bogdan Firtat, Dan Dascalu, Mircea Modreanu, Mihail Hinescu, Lavinia Hinescu, Victor Voicu, Cornel Tarabasanu, Silicon Micromachined Sensor For Gas Detection, EMRS Spring Meeting, 18-21 iunie 2002, Strasbourg, France.

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Member of professional associations: 1995 – present: Associated professor at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Additional information (expertise, prizes, etc.): -

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Foreign languages: English – good

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Contact information (e-mail, tel., fax. mailing address):

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)   E-mail: [email protected],
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Tel: +40-21-490 84 12, PO Box 38-160, Bucharest, Romania.

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