Dr. Dan Buca, Inst. of Bio- and Nanosystems, Julich, Germany

1996: Study of Physics at University of Bucharest, Romania

• Master Thesis: " Low frequency Etching Plasmas"
• 1997: Master in Physics Univ. of Bucharest
• 2002 PhD in Physics: at University of Cologne, Germany
• Thesis: " Fabrication and characterization of ultra-fast Si-based detectors for near-infrared wavelengths"
• since 2003: Senior scientist at Institute of Bio- und Nanosystems, Research Center Juelich, (Forschungszentrum Julich), Germany.

�Main research activities:

• Si based materials fabrication and characterization (Strained Si, SiGe, Ge, Si(Ge)Sn)
• Si(Ge)/alternative dielectrics interface characterization
• Ion implantation and ion beam analyses methods
• Device fabrication
• Around 150 publications in physic journals and presentations at international conferences.