Dr. Ciprian Iliescu

Dr. Ciprian Iliescu's expertise is in microfluidics, microtechnology, bioengineering and biophysics. More than 17 years ago, he started his work in the field of microfluidics with the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology - as one of its "founders" and contributed also to the technical infrastructure of the institute. In 2017, Dr. Iliescu joined prof Luke Lee's team (currently Harvard Medical School) and contributed to the setup of Biomedical Institute for Global Health Research and Technology @ National University of Singapore. He continued his work in the field of "lab-on-a-chip" systems. In 2010, he set-up the "Micro-Nanofluidic Lab" at IMT Bucharest as its "Scientific director" (2010-2014). He re-joined IMT Bucharest in 2019 and, currently, he is leading the project "Advanced techniques and increasing performance in the early detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus". His contributions to the field of microfluidics cover a large area from set-up of fabrication technologies to devices. Five of the PI's research directions will be presented here.

• 101 journal articles (86 in peer review journals/53 as first or corresponding author), 35 invited, keynote, plenary talks or seminars, 6 book chapters, 119 presentations at international conferences.
• Member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists (since June 2013)
• Member of the "Editorial board": Micromachines (MDPI), IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, Informacije MIDEM–Slovenia ;
• Guest Editor of Special Issues in Micromachines: "Nanoparticles on Microfluidic Platforms" (in Micromachines 2019), "Point-of-Care Testing for Infectious and Foodborne Pathogens" (in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 2020); "Microfluidics: Emerging Tool in Point-of-Care Testing" (in Micromachines 2020)
• Referee reviewer for 63 scientific journals
• External reviewer of grants' applications: The Innovation and Technology Commission, (Hong Kong), Qatar National Research Fund, ASTAR (Singapore), National Science Center (Poland), UEFISCDI.
• Three (3) Best Paper Awards for papers presented at international conferences.
• Member of the "Scientific Committee" and "Session Chair" at different conferences