2025
Achmad NASYORI
Ph.D. student
Tallinn University of Technology (TALTECH), Tallinn, Estonia
Development of solution-processed kesterite absorbers for thin film solar cells
Supervisor in host institution: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Gleb COLIBABA
EMPOWER mobility
Moldova State University, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Sb2(S,Se)3 solar cells
Local host: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Nicolae SPALATU
EMPOWER mobility
Moldova State University, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Sb2(S,Se)3 solar cells
Local host: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Ouanassa GUELLATI
Mohamed Chérif Messaadia University of Souk Ahras / Badji Mokhtar University of Annaba, Algeria
Smart Functionalized NanoMaterials for Energy Storage, Biosensing, Water and Soil Treatment
Local host: Mihaela BAIBARAC
Dumitru RUSNAC
PhD student, EMPOWER mobility
Moldova State University, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Sb2(S,Se)3 solar cells
Supervisor in host institution: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Abdelbassat KENANE
Mustapha Stambouli University of Mascara, Mascara, Algeria, 26.10.–08.11.2025)
Study of hybrid materials composed of carbon nanotubes embedded in polymer matrices
Local host: Oana RASOGA
Sergiu BAZGAN
EMPOWER mobility
Moldova State University, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Sb2(S,Se)3 solar cells
Supervisor in host institution: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Dumitru UNTILA
EMPOWER mobility
Moldova State University, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Sb2(S,Se)3 solar cells
Supervisor in host institution: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Aibota KADIRBYEK
Master student, Erasmus+ mobility
Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
Superconductors for levitation and related applications
Supervisor in host institution: Petre BADICA
Anna WCISŁO
University of Gdańsk, Poland
Advanced oxidative modification processes
Supervisor in host institution: Mariana STEFAN
Kacper WALCZYK
B.Sc. student
University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Organic light emitting diodes: fabrication and characterization
Supervisor in host institution: Iulia Corina CIOBOTARU
André Sampaio PEREIRA
PhD student
Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
W-based high entropy alloys as thermal barriers in future nuclear fusion reactors
Supervisor in host institution: Andrei GALATANU
Mariem BRAHIM
PhD student, Tunisian MESRS mobility grant
University of Monastir, Tunisia
Synthesis, characterization and applications of new functional materials based on calcium phosphate
Supervisor in host institution: Daniela PREDOI
Messaoud TAMIN
PhD student, COST https://renewpv.eu/ mobility
University of Ferhat Abbas Setif 1, Sétif, Algeria, & Bourgogne Europe University, Dijon, France
Semi-transparent wide band gap kesterite solar cells for indoor and tandem applications
Supervisor in host institution: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Aagrah AGNIHOTRI
PhD student, CIFRA/ICTP grant
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Study of nuclear weak interaction processes with implications to physics beyond the Standard Model
Supervisor in host institution: Sabin STOICA
Selina KERN
PhD student, COST https://renewpv.eu/ mobility
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Advancements in all-inorganic cadmium-free antimony sulfide solar cells
Supervisor in host institution: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Katharina Elena DEHM
PhD student, COST https://renewpv.eu/ mobility
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
All-inorganic antimony sulfide solar cells using CuInS2 quantum dots for hole extraction and transport
Supervisor in host institution: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Florian COTHENET
Master student, Erasmus+ mobility
ISTP Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
Realization of a magnetic field controller based on Helmholtz coils for a MOKE equipment
Supervisor in host institution: Ioan Alexandru IVAN
Rayene MERAH
PhD student, COST https://renewpv.eu/ mobility
University Frères Mentouri Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria
Optimisation of the performance of spray-deposited Sb2S3 absorbing thin films: Enhancing efficiency in photovoltaic devices
Supervisor in host institution: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Khalid NOUNEH
Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco
Sustainable materials for clean energy
Local host: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Zouhair SADOUNE
Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco
Modelling composite materials
Local host: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Sana HANDOR
PhD student, Eugen Ionescu scholarship – AUF/MAE
Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Béni Mellal, Morocco
Optimization of solar cells based on hybrid perovskite materials CH3NH3PbI2.6Cl0.4: Towards more efficient and sustainable photovoltaics
Supervisor in host institution: Lucia Nicoleta LEONAT
Essodossomondom ANATE
Ph.D. student, Eugen Ionescu scholarship – AUF/MAE
University of Kara, Togo
Synthesis and characterization of perovskite-based photovoltaic cells
Supervisor in host institution: Lucia Nicoleta LEONAT
Panupol UNTARABUT
PhD student
University of Limoges, Limoges, France
Ceramic materials characterization
Supervisor in host institution: Lucian PINTILIE
Assia KARRAB
Eugen Ionescu scholarship – AUF/MAE
University of Gabes, Tunisia
Photoelectrochemical generation of H2 from SiO/CdS/FST photoanodes/nickel-based co-catalyst: application to the photoelectrochemical conversion of ammonia and urea
Supervisor in host institution: Mihaela FLOREA
Nouhaila BENAISSA
Chouaïb Doukkali University, El Jadida, Maroc
Solution deposited Sb2S3 light absorbing thin films: enhancing efficiency in photovoltaic devices
Supervisor in host institution: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Messaoud TAMIN
PhD student, CIFRA/ICTP grant
University of Ferhat Abbas Setif 1, Sétif, Algeria
Development of wide-bandgap chalcogenide devices for advanced photovoltaic applications
Supervisor in host institution: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
1 publicație asociată
- Towards a wide bandgap absorber: structural, morphological, and optical investigation of Ag-alloyed Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films, Messaoud Tamin, Outman El Khouja, Mohamed Guemmaz, Charif Tamin, Amelia Elena Bocirnea, Ilhame Assahsahi, Denis Chaumont, Aurelian Catalin Galca, Sustainable Energy & Fuels 9 (2025) 6751-6760, https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SE01303H
Marwene OUMEZZINE
COST https://cost-opera.eu/ STSM
University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
Epitaxial spin valve structures of functional La–Ba–Mn-Ti-O manganite for memory applications
Supervisor in host institution: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
2024
Marco GIORGETTI
https://www.ceric-eric.eu/ stage
Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Potassium ion batteries: Structure and morphology checked by in situ XAS, in situ XRD and TEM
Local host: Corneliu GHICA
Sachin SINGH
Ph.D. student
Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy
Targets and superconducting thin films for squid applications
Local tutor: Petre BADICA
Michal Bartosz GOGACZ
https://www.ceric-eric.eu/ stage
AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
Investigation of A-site deficient SrxFe1.4Ti0.2M0.2Ni0.1Co0.1O6-d (x = 1.8, 2; M = Mo, W, Cr, Mn) perovskites with phase transition and in-situ exsolution of nanoparticles for symmetrical Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Local host: Corneliu GHICA
Antonio POLITANO
https://www.ceric-eric.eu/ stage
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy
Operando investigation of platinum telluride (PtTe) in electrochemical cells: Unveiling the mechanisms of oxygen evolution reaction with EnviroESCA, SPEM, and TEM
Local host: Corneliu GHICA
Marit KAUK-KUUSIK, Tallinn University of Technology
TALTECH
Tallinn, Estonia
Development of Emergent Materials for New Generation of Solar Cells
Local host: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Annabel SAAR
B.Sc. student
Tallinn University of Technology (TALTECH), Tallinn, Estonia
Development of Low-Cost, Environmentally-Friendly Kesterite-Based Solar Cells
Local tutor: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Marc Dolcet SADURNI
Ph.D. student
Tallinn University of Technology (TALTECH), Tallinn, Estonia
Characterization of 1-D Antimony Chalcohalides
Local tutor: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
2 publicații asociate
- Effects of cationic substitution on the properties of Sb1-xBixSeI (x = 0–1) compounds, Marc Dolcet Sadurni, Kristi Timmo, Valdek Mikli, Jüri Krustok, Mati Danilson, Artūras Suchodolskis,
- Cristian Radu, Amelia Elena Bocirnea, Aurelian Catalin Galca, Maarja Grossberg-Kuusk, Marit Kauk-Kuusik, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 1037 (2025) 182292, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.182292
Pavlo KOLKOVSKYI
https://www.ceric-eric.eu/ stage
V.I. Vernadskii Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
In-depth assessment of morphology and microstructure for MnO2CeO2 nanocomposites promising supercapacitors electrode materials
Local host: Corneliu GHICA
Marwene OUMEZZINE
University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
New ferro-magnetic materials; Synthesis and characterization of new nanostructured compounds based on manganites
Local host: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Ievgen SOLODKYI
National Technical University of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine & Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
Spark plasma sintering of molybdenum-based powder alloy for high temperature applications in oxidizing environment
Local host: Petre BADICA
Messaoud TAMIN
Ph.D. student, Eugen Ionescu scholarship – AUF/MAE
Bourgogne Europe University, Dijon, France
Towards the development of semiconductors and wide-bandgap chalcogenide devices for advanced photovoltaic applications
Local tutor: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Lahbib AKABBOUCH
PhD student, CIFRA/ICTP grant
Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco
Synthesis and characterization of oxide materials for energy storage applications
Local tutors: Teddy TITE, Aurelian Catalin GALCA
1 publicație asociată
- Charge storage mechanism and supercapacitive behavior of transparent vanadium pentoxide thin films in various aqueous electrolytes, Lahbib Akabbouch, Outman El Khouja, Ilhame Assahsahi, Safia Dassallem, Youness Ait-alla, Mounir Fahoume, Teddy Tite, Aurelian Catalin Galca, Khalid Nouneh, Results in Engineering 28 (2025) 107836 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2025.107836
Nour el Hoda BOUFTILA
PhD student, CIFRA/ICTP grant
Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fès, Morocco
Electrochemical characterization of phosphate intercalation materials for Na ion battery
Local tutor: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Vagelis GKOUGKOUSIS
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Electrical measurements including on irradiated silicon sensors using DLTS (Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy) or/and TSC (Thermally Stimulated Current)
Local host: Ioana PINTILIE
Nikola ILIĆ
COST https://renewpv.eu/ mobility
Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Characterization of Sb2S3, Cu-doped Sb2S3 and CuSbS2 powders and fabrication and testing of solar cells
Local tutor: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Ouanassa GUELLATI
Mohamed Chérif Messaadia University of Souk Ahras / Badji Mokhtar University of Annaba, Algeria
Smart Functionalized NanoMaterials for Energy Storage, Biosensing, Water and Soil Treatment
Local host: Mihaela BAIBARAC
Alessandro FONDACCI
Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy
Electrical measurements including on irradiated silicon sensors using DLTS (Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy) or/and TSC (Thermally Stimulated Current)
Local tutor: Ioana PINTILIE
Arianna MOROZZI
Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy
Electrical measurements including on irradiated silicon sensors using DLTS (Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy) or/and TSC (Thermally Stimulated Current)
Local host: Ioana PINTILIE
Valentina SOLA
Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
Electrical measurements including on irradiated silicon sensors using DLTS (Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy) or/and TSC (Thermally Stimulated Current)
Local host: Ioana PINTILIE
Rkia ELOTMANI
COST https://renewpv.eu/ mobility
Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco
Development of Low-Cost, Environmentally-Friendly Kesterite-Based Solar Cells
Local tutor: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Lorenza ROMAGNOLI
COST https://renewpv.eu/ mobility
Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Electrical characterization of BaZrS3, BaHfS3 and their solid solutions
Local tutor: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Michaela LASTOVICKOVA
Bachelor student
Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
Electrical measurements via DLTS (Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy) or/and TSC (Thermally Stimulated Current)
Local tutor: Ioana PINTILIE