Maria Zaharescu

Maria Zaharescu
Maria Zaharescu
Born	1938; Cluj, Kingdom of Romania
Nationality	Romanian
Alma mater	Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry, Cluj-Napoca
Awards	Order of the Star of Romania, Knight rank
	Scientific career
Fields	Physical chemistry of oxide systems
Institutions	Ilie Murgulescu Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bucharest, Romania

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

Zaharescu was 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 and became a full member in June 2015.^[5] On December 1, 2017, she was awarded a Knight of the Order of the Star of Romania.^[6]

She was one of the 100 women scientists featured in "Successful Women Ceramic and Glass Scientists and Engineers: 100 Inspirational Profiles" ^[7] by Lynnette Madsen (2016).

Scientific Interests

Her scientific interests include:^[8]

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.^[9]
Vitreous oxide systems with special properties (thermally and chemically stable)

Education

She graduated from the Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry, and received her PhD from the Institute of Chemistry, both in Cluj-Napoca.

Scientific Activity

More than 350 scientific papers from which over 250 published in internationally recognized ISI journals, including Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology;^[10] Journal of the European Ceramic Society; Journal of the American Ceramic Society; Journal of Materials Chemistry; Journal of Materials Science; Journal of Materials Research; Materials Chemistry and Physics; Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids; Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry; Applied Surface Science; Journal of Nanoparticle Research; Ceramics International; Thin Solid Films; Revue Roumaine de Chimie, etc. as well as 3 patents and 8 book chapters edited by the Romanian Academy and international publishers.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]
In 2016, Zaharescu published 1D Oxide Nanostructures Obtained by Sol-Gel and Hydrothermal Methods,^[15] as part of the SpringerBriefs^[16] series offered by the Springer Publishing Company.
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 Sol-Gel Science and Technology.^[17]

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^[18]
2017 - Knight of the Order of the Star of Romania^[19]

Notes

^ Dictionarul "Membrii Academiei Române 1866-2010", Editura Enciclopedică, 2010, p. 1142.
^ Institute of Physical Chemistry - Research team staff http://www.icf.ro/L7.htm#staff Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved on February 10, 2013
^ Institute of Physical Chemistry - Laboratory of oxide materials science http://icf.getion.ro/ ; retrieved on February 10, 2013
^ Second Nanoforum Report: Technology in the Candidate Countries, March 2004, page 187; "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link); retrieved on February 10, 2013
^ Chemical Sciences Section of the Romanian Academy http://www.acad.ro/sectii/sectia05_chimie/chim_membri.htm; retrieved on June 23, 2015
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ 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
^ 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 Archived 8 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved on February 10, 2013
^ Interview in Romanian newspaper "Curentul", Nr 159(3832), Friday, August 10, 2007; http://arhiva.curentul.ro:81/2007old/curentul.php?numar=20070810&art=59826^{[permanent dead link]} ; retrieved on February 23, 2013
^ Publications list on journalogy.net http://www.journalogy.net/PublicationList?srcType=4&desType=2&srcID=6867&desID=13384912^{[permanent dead link]}; retrieved on February 10, 2013
^ Publications list on researchgate.com https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria_Zaharescu/; retrieved on February 10, 2013
^ ResearchID list of publications http://www.researcherid.com/ProfileView.action?returnCode=ROUTER.Unauthorized&queryString=KG0UuZjN5WnCvwh8FIuxUg7ZefdjyMqCmGJsjQ7wrXs%253D&SrcApp=CR&Init=Yes Archived 25 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved on February 10, 2013
^ List of publications http://libra.msra.cn/PublicationList?srcType=8&desType=2&srcID=41892&desID=13384912^{[permanent dead link]}; retrieved on February 10, 2013
^ Romanian Academy list of books for 2012; http://www.ear.ro/carti.php; retrieved on February 10, 2013
^ 1D Oxide Nanostructures Obtained by Sol-Gel and Hydrothermal Methods. Springer. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2017 – via www.amazon.com.
^ "SpringerBriefs". www.springer.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
^ Composition of the editorial board of the Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology; https://www.springer.com/materials/special+types/journal/10971?detailsPage=editorialBoard Archived 22 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved on February 23, 2013
^ 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
^ "Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". 125.agerpres.ro. Retrieved 2 December 2017.^{[dead link]}

[1] Dictionarul "Membrii Academiei Române 1866-2010", Editura Enciclopedică, 2010, p. 1142.

[2] Institute of Physical Chemistry - Research team staff http://www.icf.ro/L7.htm#staff Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine; 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; "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link); 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] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] 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

[8] 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 Archived 8 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved on February 10, 2013

[9] Interview in Romanian newspaper "Curentul", Nr 159(3832), Friday, August 10, 2007; http://arhiva.curentul.ro:81/2007old/curentul.php?numar=20070810&art=59826^{[permanent dead link]} ; retrieved on February 23, 2013

[10] Publications list on journalogy.net http://www.journalogy.net/PublicationList?srcType=4&desType=2&srcID=6867&desID=13384912^{[permanent dead link]}; retrieved on February 10, 2013

[11] Publications list on researchgate.com https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria_Zaharescu/; retrieved on February 10, 2013

[12] ResearchID list of publications http://www.researcherid.com/ProfileView.action?returnCode=ROUTER.Unauthorized&queryString=KG0UuZjN5WnCvwh8FIuxUg7ZefdjyMqCmGJsjQ7wrXs%253D&SrcApp=CR&Init=Yes Archived 25 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved on February 10, 2013

[13] List of publications http://libra.msra.cn/PublicationList?srcType=8&desType=2&srcID=41892&desID=13384912^{[permanent dead link]}; retrieved on February 10, 2013

[14] Romanian Academy list of books for 2012; http://www.ear.ro/carti.php; retrieved on February 10, 2013

[15] 1D Oxide Nanostructures Obtained by Sol-Gel and Hydrothermal Methods. Springer. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2017 – via www.amazon.com.

[16] "SpringerBriefs". www.springer.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.

[17] Composition of the editorial board of the Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology; https://www.springer.com/materials/special+types/journal/10971?detailsPage=editorialBoard Archived 22 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved on February 23, 2013

[18] 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

[19] "Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". 125.agerpres.ro. Retrieved 2 December 2017.^{[dead link]}

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