Maria Zaharescu

Maria Zaharescu
Born	1938 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Nationality	Romanian
Fields	Physical chemistry of oxide systems
Institutions	“Ilie Murgulescu” Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bucharest, Romania
Alma mater	Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry, Cluj-Napoca

Maria-Magdalena Zaharescu (born 1938) is a Romanian chemist, specializing in the physical chemistry of oxide systems.^[1]

Dr. Zaharescu is a Senior Researcher and Head of Department at the “Ilie Murgulescu” Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Romanian Academy in Bucharest.^[2][3][4] In 2001, she was elected a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy. In June 2015 she became a full member of the Academy.^[5]

She was one of the 100 women scientists featured in "Successful Women Ceramic and Glass Scientists and Engineers: 100 Inspirational Profiles" ^[6] by Lynnette Madsen (2016).

Scientific Interests

Her scientific interests include:^[7]

• Physical chemistry of oxide systems (reactions mechanisms, thermal phase equilibria, structure-properties correlations).
• Sol-gel science (sol-gel chemistry, nanostructured oxide films and powders, inorganic-organic hybrids, nanocomposites, oxide nanotubes). She introduced and developed the field of sol-gel research in Romania.^[8]
• Vitreous oxide systems with special properties (thermally and chemically stable)

Education

• graduated from the Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• received her Ph.D from the Institute of Chemistry, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Scientific Activity

• More than 350 scientific papers from which over 250 published in internationally recognized ISI journals, including J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol;^[9] J. Eur. Ceram. Soc.; J. Am. Ceram. Soc; J. Mater. Chem; J. Mater. Sci; J. Mater. Res; Mater. Chem. Phys; J. Non-Cryst. Solids; J. Therm. Anal. Cal; Appl. Surf. Sci; J. Nanopart. Res; Ceram. Int; Thin Solid Films; Rev. Roum. Chim., etc. as well as 3 patents and 8 book chapters edited by the Romanian Academy and international publishers.^{[10][11][12][13]}
• International research projects in collaboration with Davis University, USA (funded by NST-USA), National Technical University of Athens, Greece (funded by NATO) and universities from Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France, Slovenia
• Member of the International Society of Sol-Gel Science
• Member of the American Ceramic Society – Basic Research Division
• Member of the American Nano Society
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Sol-Gel Science and Technology.^[14]

Awards

• 1971 - Gheorghe Spacu Award, Romanian Academy
• 1982 - Scientific Merit Medal, Romania
• 1983 - Scientific Order Third Degree, Romania
• 2007 - Honor Award and Gheorghe Spacu Medal, Romanian Society of Chemistry^[15]

Notes

1. Dictionarul "Membrii Academiei Romane 1866-2010", Editura Enciclopedica, 2010, page 1142.
2. Institute of Physical Chemistry - Research team staff http://www.icf.ro/L7.htm#staff; retrieved on February 10, 2013
3. Institute of Physical Chemistry - Laboratory of oxide materials science http://icf.getion.ro/ ; retrieved on February 10, 2013
4. Second Nanoforum Report: Technology in the Candidate Countries, March 2004, page 187; http://www.nanoforum.org/dateien/temp/Nanotechnology%20in%20the%20Candidate%20Countries.pdf ; retrieved on February 10, 2013
5. Chemical Sciences Section of the Romanian Academy http://www.acad.ro/sectii/sectia05_chimie/chim_membri.htm; retrieved on June 23, 2015
6. /Madsen, Lynnette: Successful Women Ceramic and Glass Scientists and Engineers: 100 Inspirational Profiles - http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118733606.html; retrieved on March 20, 2016
7. Jury composition for the "Women in Science" Unesco - L'Oreal Award, 3rd edition, Romania, 2012; http://www.cnr-unesco.ro/ro/Prezentare%20juriu%202012.pdf; retrieved on February 10, 2013
8. Interview in Romanian newspaper "Curentul" , Nr 159(3832), Friday, August 10, 2007; http://arhiva.curentul.ro:81/2007old/curentul.php?numar=20070810&art=59826 ; retrieved on February 23, 2013
9. Publications list on journalogy.net http://www.journalogy.net/PublicationList?srcType=4&desType=2&srcID=6867&desID=13384912; retrieved on February 10, 2013
10. Publications list on researchgate.com https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria_Zaharescu/; retrieved on February 10, 2013
11. ResearchID list of publications http://www.researcherid.com/ProfileView.action?returnCode=ROUTER.Unauthorized&queryString=KG0UuZjN5WnCvwh8FIuxUg7ZefdjyMqCmGJsjQ7wrXs%253D&SrcApp=CR&Init=Yes; retrieved on February 10, 2013
12. List of publications http://libra.msra.cn/PublicationList?srcType=8&desType=2&srcID=41892&desID=13384912; retrieved on February 10, 2013
13. Romanian Academy list of books for 2012; http://www.ear.ro/carti.php; retrieved on February 10, 2013
14. Composition of the editorial board of the Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology; http://www.springer.com/materials/special+types/journal/10971?detailsPage=editorialBoard; retrieved on February 23, 2013
15. Romanian Chemistry Society Bulletin 1/2011, page 32; http://www.schr.org.ro/doc/Buletinul%20Societatii%20de%20Chimie%20din%20ROMANIA%20-%20Nr.%20XVIII%20-%201,2011.pdf; retrieved on February 10, 2013

External links

List of members of the Romanian Academy