Prof. Ion Tiginyanu

Prof. Ion Tiginyanu received his Ph.D. degree in Semiconductor Physics from Lebedev Institute of Physics, Moscow, in 1982. At present he is the first vice-president of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova and founding director of the National Center for Materials Study and Testing (Technical University of Moldova). He published pioneering papers in the field of porous semiconductor compounds, invented the technology of surface charge lithography and currently contributes to the development of novel flexible electronic and photonic nanomaterials and device structures. In 1995/96 and 1998/99 he has been a Humboldt research fellow at the Institute of High-Frequency Electronics of the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, while in 2001 – a visiting professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the University of Michigan, USA. He has 350 international journal publications, 52 technological patents and co-edited 6 books on materials science and nanotechnologies. More information is available at http://asm.md/?go=detalii-membri&n=35&new_language=0.