MARIA-CRISTINA TODASCA (BUZAS)                             

 

Ø      Address:

 

Home: Calea Rahovei St., no. 358, bl. 10B, ap. 29, sect. 5, Bucharest, Romania.

bmcris@yahoo.com, www.spectroteam.ro/cristina

Office: National NMR Laboratory, P. O. Box 15 – 221, Bucharest, Romania.

Phone: +40 21 410 62 65, bmcris@yahoo.com (address for correspondence)

            www.spectroteam.ro/nmr

 

Ø      Education:

 

2002 – Present

 

Graduate Student, Ph. D. Program at "Politehnica" University, Faculty of Industrial Chemistry, Organic Chemistry Department, Bucharest, Romania.

Advisor: Prof. PhD. Eng. Sorin Ioan Rosca

Thesis: “Structural and Composition Analyses for Food Products by NMR, IR and MS Methods”.

 

 1997 – 2002

 

"Politehnica" University, Faculty of Industrial Chemistry, Food Chemistry Department, Bucharest, Romania

Degree/Title: Chemical Engineer, Thesis: “Study of alimentary fats by NMR spectroscopy and spectral characterization of some food standards”.

 

Ø      Professional experience :

 

2002- Present

 

-     Research activities, National NMR Laboratory, Bucharest (www.spectroteam.ro/nmr); operate and perform various types of NMR experiments, (1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, COSY, HMQC, HMBC, DEPT, NOEDIFF, decupling experiments), maintenance work for the Bruker Avance 400 DRX NMR instrument

- NMR and IR/NIR analytical support for Prof. Ph.D. Eng. Sorin Rosca research group from the “Politehnica” University, Bucharest – involved in synthesis and analysis of chromium complexed benzylic compounds and polyfunctional organic compounds.

- Teaching chores at University “Politehnica” Bucharest, Organic Chemistry Department.

- NMR and IR/NIR analytical support for several research groups from the “Politehnica” University, Bucharest – involved in synthesis and analysis of heterocyclic and polyfunctional organic compounds.

- NMR analytical support for Prof. PhD. Eng. Ioan Silberg research group from the “Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca – involved in synthesis and analysis of heterocyclic and polyfunctional organic compounds.

 

Ø      Special skills:

 

  • Computer skills: operator XWin-NMR, OPUS, Mestrec, Word, Excel, Corel Draw 10, PowerPoint, Origin, Market, Wiz Count.

 

  • Extensive experience and skilful operator for Bruker 400 MHz NMR instrument, and for IR-NIR instruments, knowledge in interpreting NMR and IR spectra for various liquid materials

 

  • Foreign language

 

Language

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Simultaneous translation

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FRANCH

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Ø      Scientific activities :

 

Research Programs

 

            Program Director of Grant CNCSIS TD 435 / 2004; Financial support for young PhD students from the Ministry of Education and Research (MEC) trough The National Council of Scientific Research for High Education (CNCSIS).

 

 

Advance-Special Courses

 

  1. The 28-th National Chemistry Conference – Romanian Academy of Science & Romanian Chemical Society, Calimanesti-Caciulata, Romania, October 6-8, 2004. (fellowship participant)
  2. “The 4th international Conference of the Chemical Societies of the South-East European Countries on Chemical Sciences in Changing Times: Visions, Challenges and Solutions”, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, July 18-21, 2004. (fellowship participant)
  3. "Non-invasive Biophysical Methods and their application in Biology and Medicine", The International Autumn School organized by Romanian Society for Pure and Applied Biophysics, International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics, International Society of Bioelectrochemistry in collaboration with Biophysics Research Department, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Timisu de Sus – Predeal, Romania, October 07-12, 2003. (fellowship participant)
  4. “13th Romanian International Conference on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering”, Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Section, Bucharest, Romania, September 16-20, 2003. (fellowship participant)
  5.  “The Fourth International Dubrovnik NMR Course & Conference” – Participation at DU-NMR , organized by Inter – University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 28- July 1, 2003. (fellowship participant).
  6.  “Applications of High Resolution NMR Spectroscopy in Biomedical Diagnosis”, The 5th International Symposium of Molecular Medicine, Society and Public Health on: NMR Spectroscopy. Principles and Biomedical Applications, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, March 2003. (fellowship participant)
  7. "NMR applications for edible fluids study”, Annual Scientific Session for CERES Program, December 2-3, 2002. (participant)
  8. The 27-th National Chemistry Conference – Romanian Academy of Science, Calimanesti-Caciulata, Romania, October 23-25, 2002. (fellowship participant)
  9.  “The 3rd international Conference of the Chemical Societies of the South-eastern European Countries on the New millennium – an Endless Frontier” Bruker Stand, Bucharest, Romania, September 2002. (fellowship participant)
  10. “4th Central European NMR Symposium and 4th Central European Bruker NMR Users Meeting”, Budapest, Hungary, September 2002. (participant)
  11.  Scientific Session for Students, Politehnica Bucharest University, Industrial Chemistry Faculty, Organic Chemistry Department, Thesis: “NMR Spectroscopy characterization of some edible fats like: oil, margarine and butter”, May 2002.
  12. “Solutions for communications optimization in public and private structures” program, organized by Communications Faculty “David Ogilvy” with the support of Education and Research Ministry and European Authority. Module: « Image preparation. Image support of communications », October, 2001. (participant)

 

 

Conference Participation

 

  1. “Synthesis of new polyethers with a complex phenothiazinic structure”, I.A. Silberg, T. Lovasz, L.I. Gaina,  C. Deleanu, M.C. Buzas. The 28-th National Chemistry Conference – Romanian Academy of Science & Romanian Chemical Society, Calimanesti-Caciulata, Romania, October 6-9, 2004. Oral presentation.

 

  1.  “Synthesis of some Phenothiazine Derivatives Using Microwave Action”, L.I Gaina, E. Surducan, C. Cristea, T. Lovasz, C. Todasca, I.A. Silberg. The 28-th National Chemistry Conference – Romanian Academy of Science & Romanian Chemical Society, Calimanesti-Caciulata, Romania, October 6-9, 2004. Poster presentation.

 

  1. “Biochemical study and NMR analyses of walnut oil”, A. Ciocarlan, V. Samoil, A. Dascaliuc, V. Abramov, M. Deleanu, M.C. Buzas, C. Deleanu. The 28-th National Chemistry Conference – Romanian Academy of Science & Romanian Chemical Society, Calimanesti-Caciulata, Romania, October 6-9, 2004. Poster presentation.

 

  1. “Synthesis of aromatic and heteroaromatic secondary amines”, C. Cristea, C. Moldovan, I.A. Silberg, M.C. Buzas, C. Deleanu. The 28-th National Chemistry Conference – Romanian Academy of Science & Romanian Chemical Society, Calimanesti-Caciulata, Romania, October 6-9, 2004. Poster presentation.

 

  1. “NMR analyses of some extracts obtained from Romanian wines”, M.C. Buzas, A. Corbu, C. Deleanu, S. Rosca. The 28-th National Chemistry Conference – Romanian Academy of Science & Romanian Chemical Society, Calimanesti-Caciulata, Romania, October 6-9, 2004. Poster presentation.

 

  1.  “Analytical supervision  of obtaining reaction for thetrapirolic compounds using ecological synthesizing methods”, R. Socoteanu, M.C. Buzas, R.O. Costan, C. Deleanu, C. Patroescu. The 28-th National Chemistry Conference – Romanian Academy of Science & Romanian Chemical Society, Calimanesti-Caciulata, Romania, October 6-9, 2004. Poster presentation.

 

  1. “Conformational Effects in the Chemical Shifts of Phenothiazine Ring Protons”, I.A. Silberg, T. Lovasz, L.Silaghi-Dumitrescu, L.I.Gaina, C. Deleanu, M.C. Buzas. Central European NMR Symposium, Linz, Austria, September, 2004. Poster presentation.

 

  1. “Structural Assignments by NMR in Polyether Dendrimers”, T. Lovasz, I.A. Silberg, C. Castelia, L.I.Gaina, C. Deleanu, M.C. Buzas. Central European NMR Symposium, Linz, Austria, September, 2004. Poster presentation.

 

  1. “Structure Assignments in New Carbonylic Derivatives of Phenotiazine Class Using 2D-NMR Experiments”, L.I.Gaina, L.Silaghi-Dumitrescu, M.C. Buzas, C. Castelia, T. Lovasz, I.A. Silberg. Central European NMR Symposium, Linz, Austria, September, 2004. Poster presentation.

 

  1. “2D-NMR Experiments in Aromatic Compounds Structures Assignments”, C. Castelia, C. Moldovan, I.A. Silberg, M.C. Buzas, C. Deleanu. Central European NMR Symposium, Linz, Austria, September, 2004. Poster presentation.

 

  1. “Composition Characterization of some food fluids by 1H-NMR”, M.C. Buzas, N. Chira, C. Deleanu, S. Rosca. The 4th international Conference of the Chemical Societies of the South-East European Countries – ICOSECS 4, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, July 18-21, 2004. Poster presentation.

 

  1. “Fluorescent Probes for tudy of enzymes”, M.C. Balasu, I. Costea, C. Buzas, A. Popescu. The 4th international Conference of the Chemical Societies of the South-East European Countries – ICOSECS 4, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, July 18-21, 2004. Poster presentation.

 

  1. “NMR- identification and quantitative determination of 14 individual components of Romanian wines”, M.C. Buzas, A. Corbu, C. Deleanu, S. Rosca. “13th Romanian International Conference on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering - RICCCE 13 Bucharest, Romania, September 16-20, 2003. Oral presentation.

 

  1. “Symmetry vs. Asymmetry in new tetrapyrrolic compounds”, R. Socoteanu, M.R. Vieira Ferreira, I. Chiorescu, R.O. Costan, M.C. Buzas, C. Deleanu, C. Patroescu. The 11th Physical Chemistry Conference – ROMPHYSCHEM 11, Timisoara, Romania, September 2-5, 2003. Poster presentation.

 

  1. “Romanian Wine Analyses by 1H-NMR Spectroscopy”, M.C. Buzas, N. Chira, C. Deleanu, S. Rosca. The Fourth International Dubrovnik NMR Course & Conference - DU NMR 2003, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 28 – July 1, 2003 . Poster presentation.

 

  1. “Edible fats autentification by NMR Spectroscopy”, M.C. Buzas, N. Chira, C. Deleanu, S. Rosca. The 27-th National Chemistry Conference – Romanian Academy of Science, Calimanesti-Caciulata, Romania, October 23-25, 2002. Poster presentation.