Braniste Fiodor

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PERSONAL INFORMATION	Braniste Tudor

	str. Studentilor 7, bl. 3, of. 326, Chisinau 2012, Republic of Moldova
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WORK EXPERIENCE

February 2013 - present	Junior Scientific Researcher
	National Center for Materials Study and Testing, Technical University of Moldova, bv. Stefan cel Mare 168, Chisinau 2004, Republic of Moldova, www.ncmst.utm.md, www.utm.md
	▪ 2D and 3D Gallium Nitride based nanostructures; Design and fabrication of ultrathin GaN membranes; Nanobiotechnology; Living cells interactions with semiconductor based nanoparticles;

February 2009 – January 2013	Technician, Engineer
	National Center for Materials Study and Testing, Technical University of Moldova, bv. Stefan cel Mare 168, Chisinau 2004, Republic of Moldova, www.ncmst.utm.md, www.utm.md
	▪ Photoelectrochemical processing of wide band gap semiconductors. Electrical and optical characterization of nanostructured materials at low temperatures.

EDUCATION

2013 – 2017

Doctor of Engineering

National Centre for Materials Study and Testing, Technical University of Moldova, bv. Stefan cel Mare 168, Chisinau, MD-2004, Republic of Moldova, www.ncmst.utm.md, www.utm.md

Field: Nano-microelectronics and optoelectronics.

Thesis: Two- and three-dimensional nanoarchitectures based on GaN for engineering applications.

2011 – 2013

Master Degree in Engineering and Engineering Activities

Specialization: Microelectronics and Nanotechnology

Technical University of Moldova, bv. Stefan cel Mare 168, Chisinau, MD-2004, Republic of Moldova

▪ Solid state physics; Nanoelectronics; Optoelectronics; Signal processing; Sensors, VLSI/ULSI technology.

2007 – 2011

Licentiate Engineer

Field of training: Electronics and Communications

Technical University of Moldova, bv. Stefan cel Mare 168, Chisinau, MD-2004, Republic of Moldova

▪ Electronics, Solid state physics, Optoelectronics, signal processing; Microelectronics technology, Biomedical instrumentation.

TRAININGS

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August – October 2014

February – June 2015

January – March 2016

December 2014

March 2016

June 2014

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship for short research stages at Leibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs, Hannover Medical School, Germany. Investigation of living cells interactions with GaN nanoparticles.

Advanced Semiconductors for Photonics and Electronics Lab, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland.

4^th International Workshop on clean room training for critical and sustainable technologies: Sensors. UNAM, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

September 2011 – April 2012

Training Course on Nano-Bioengineering, Technical University of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova

September 2011

International School of Young Scientists, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

July – August 2010, February 2011

Department of High Frequency Electronics, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany

AWARDS
2014 – 2015	National Scholarship Program winner awarded by The World Federation of Scientists
2015	Excellence Scholarship awarded by the Government of the Republic of Moldova

PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother tongue	Romanian

Other language(s)	UNDERSTANDING		SPEAKING		WRITING
Other language(s)	Listening	Reading	Spoken interaction	Spoken production
English	C1	C1	C1	B2	C1
Russian	C1	B2	B2	B2	B1
French	A1	B1	A1	A1	A2
German	A1	A2	A1	A1	A1
	Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Personal skills

▪ Good communication skills, punctuality, responsibility, friendly.

Professional skills

▪ Electrochemical and photoelectrochemical etching. Scanning Electron Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, Plasma Proceeding; Electrical and optical characterization of Nano-sensors, Nanobiotechnology, Tissue Engineering.

Computer skills

▪ good command of Microsoft Office™ tools

▪ AutoCAD, C, Photoshop, Origin

Publications

▪ Braniste T., Ciers J., Monaico Ed., Martin D., Carlin J.-F., Ursaki V.V., Sergentu V.V., Tiginyanu I.M., Grandjean N. Multilayer porous structures of HVPE and MOCVD grown GaN for photonic applications. Superlattices and Microstructures. 2017, 102, 221-234;

▪ Tudor Braniste, Ion Tiginyanu, Tibor Horvath, Simion Raevschi, Serghei Cebotari, Marco Lux, Axel Haverich, Andres Hilfiker. Viability and proliferation of endothelial cells upon exposure to GaN nanoparticles. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2016, 7, 1330-1337;

▪ Ion Tiginyanu a, Marion A. Stevens-Kalceff, Andrei Sarua, Tudor Braniste, Eduard Monaico, Veaceslav Popa, Hugo D. Andrade, James O. Thomas, Simion Raevschi, Karl Schulte and Rainer Adelung. Self-Organized Three-Dimensional Nanostructured Architectures in Bulk GaN Generated by Spatial Modulation of Doping. ECS J. Solid State Sci. Technol. 2016, Volume 5, Issue 5, P218-P227;

▪ Mircea Dragoman, Ion Tiginyanu, Daniela Dragoman, Tudor Braniste and Vladimir Ciobanu. Memristive GaN ultrathin suspended membrane array. Nanotechnology, 2016, 27, 295204 (5pp);

▪ Arnim Schuchardt, Tudor Braniste, Yogendra K. Mishra, Mao Deng, Matthias Mecklenburg, Marion A. Stevens-Kalceff, Simion Raevschi, Karl Schulte, Lorenz Kienle, Rainer Adelung, & Ion Tiginyanu. Three-dimensional Aerographite-GaN hybrid networks: Single step fabrication of porous and mechanically flexible materials for multifunctional applications. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2015, 5, 8839;

▪ Oleg Lupan, Tudor Braniste, Mao Deng, Lidia Ghimpu, Ingo Paulowicz,Yogendra K. Mishra, Lorenz Kienle, Rainer Adelung, Ion Tiginyanu. Rapid switching and ultra-responsive nanosensors based on individual shell–core Ga₂O₃/GaN:O_x@SnO₂ nanobelt with nanocrystalline shell in mixed phases. Sensors and Actuators B. 2015, 221, 544–555;

▪ Olesea Volciuc, Tudor Braniste, Ion Tiginyanu, Marion A. Stevens-Kalceff, Jakob Ebeling et al. The impact of nanoperforation on persistent photoconductivity and optical quenching effects in suspended GaN nanomembranes. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2013, 103, 243113;

▪ V. Popa, T. Braniste, M. A. Stevens-Kalceff, D. Gerthsen, P. Brenner, V. Postolache, V. Ursaki, and I. M. Tiginyanu. Yellow Luminescence and Optical Quenching of Photoconductivity in Ultrathin Suspended GaN Membranes Produced by Surface Charge Lithography. Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics, 2012, 7, 730-734.

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