CURRICULUM VITAE 

  First name: Rodica

  Surname: Iosub

  Date and place of birth: 05/10/1955

  Education:

  B.Sc. in Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, Romania, 1979.
  M.Sc. in Radiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, Romania, 1980.

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

  Career:

  1980 – 1983 High-school teacher, Bucharest
  1983 - 1994 Microelectronica, Bucharest

  Process engineer
  Technologies development engineer

  1994 - present National Institute for R&D in Microtechnologies, Bucharest

  Research/development chemist of MST products
Research/development chemist for microfabrication of I.C. and microsensors

  Stages abroad: -

  Present position: Senior Chemist.

  Research interests:

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

  Past and current projects:

  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.
  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.
  2000 – 2002: Romanian National R&D Program ORIZONT, "Microsystems for monitoring the of tissues electrical activity (recording, simulation, feedback)"; source of founding: budget; Participant.
  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.

  Main scientific publications:

  Papers in periodicals:

  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
  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.
  Rodica Iosub, Carmen Moldovan*, M. Modreanu, "Silicon membranes fabrication by wet anisotropic etching", Sensors and Actuators, 2002, vol 99/1-2 pp 102-109
  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.
  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.
  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.

  Other contributions:

  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:

  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
  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
  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 12^th European Conference on Solid State transducers and 9th UK Conference on Sensors and their Applications , Vol. 2, pp.1009-1012
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  Carmen Moldovan, Rodica Iosub, Mircea Modreanu, "The elimination of silicon hillocks using alkaline complexant etching system", EMRS 2000, Strasbourg, May 30-June 2, 2000.
  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
  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
  Rodica Iosub, Carmen Moldovan*, M. Modreanu "Silicon membranes fabrication by wet anisotropic etching", June, EMRS’01, poster, Strasbourg, France
  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
  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.

  Member of professional associations: 1995 – present: Associated professor at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry

  Additional information (expertise, prizes, etc.): -

  Foreign languages: English – good

  Contact information (e-mail, tel., fax. mailing address):

  E-mail: [email protected],
  Tel: +40-21-490 84 12, PO Box 38-160, Bucharest, Romania.