2024
Rim SAYED
PhD student
Ibn Tofal University, Kenitra, Morocco
Engineering electron transport layers and interfaces for boosting the efficiency of emergent inorganic solar cells
Local tutor: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Samira SAADAOUI
PhD student
Ibn Tofal University, Kenitra, Morocco
Doping/Alloying in halide organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells
Local tutors: Lucia Nicoleta LEONAT, Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Denis Alexander PIKULSKI
PhD student
AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
Metallic glasses
Local tutors: Maria Cristina BARTHA, Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Théo Gerard Marcel HOFFMANN
Master student, Erasmus+ mobility
CESI Graduate School of Engineering – Nancy, and in apprenticeship at Renault, France
Fabrication of oxide ceramics and their integration via additive manufacturing into passive microwave devices and bone regenerative grafts
Local tutor: George STAN
Beata Maria BOCHENTYN
https://www.ceric-eric.eu/ stage
Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland
Considering the exsolution process in ceria doped with transition metals – combining experiment with DFT calculations
Local host: Corneliu GHICA
Sana HANDOR
PhD student
Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Béni Mellal, Morocco
Progress in mixed halide organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells, from precursor solution preparation to functional devices
Local tutors: Lucia Nicoleta LEONAT, Aurelian Catalin GALCA
1 publicație asociată
- Gas-Assisted Spray Fabrication of Reticulated TiO2 Scaffolds for Perovskite Solar Applications, Sana Handor, Andrei Gabriel Tomulescu, Viorica Stancu, Abdelati Razouk, Aurelian Catalin Galca, Lucia Nicoleta Leonat, Micromachines 16 (2025) 685, https://doi.org/10.3390/mi16060685
Marta BOARO
https://www.ceric-eric.eu/ stage
Università degli Studi di Udine, Udine, Italy
Insights on the structural transformation of Sr2FeMo0.6Ni0.4O6 double perovskite during chemical looping reverse Water gas Shift reaction
Local host: Corneliu GHICA
Abdessamad EL KANOUNY
PhD student
Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco
Synthesis and characterization of ternary Sn(Se1-xSx) thin-film materials for solar cells at low cost and low environmental impact
Local tutor: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
1 publicație asociată
- Electrodeposition of SnSe nanosheets: Effect of deposition potential on structural, morphological, and optical properties, Abdessamad El Kanouny, Rkia Elotmani, Ahmed El Manouni, Outman El Khouja, Ilhame Assahsahi, Abdelmajid Almaggoussi, Aurelian Catalin Galca, Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing 131 (2025) 979, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-025-09116-3
Hamid NEHMAR
PhD student, Eugen Ionescu scholarship – AUF/MAE
Ahmed Ben Bella Es Sénia Oran 1 University, Oran, Algeria
Antibody binding to nanostructured materials: Realization of an Ag-Ab Biosensor
Local tutor: Victor Constantin DICULESCU
Yosra ZIDI
PhD student, Eugen Ionescu scholarship – AUF/MAE
University of Gafsa, Gafsa, Tunisia
Study of the Effect of Praseodymium Doping on Barium Strontium Titanate (BST): New Potential Model and Its Implications
Local tutors: Roxana Elena PATRU, Aurelian Catalin GALCA
1 publicație asociată
- Experimental and theoretical perspective on band gap modulation in Sr2+ modified BaTiO3 capacitors, Yosra Zidi, Othmen Khaldi, Roxana Elena Patru, Lucia Nicoleta Leonat, Monica Enculescu, Vasilica Toma, Anna Stepanova, Rached Ben Younes, Aurelian Catalin Galca, Ceramics International 51 (2025) 18166, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.01.591
Salma Kaotar HNAWI
Eugen Ionescu scholarship – AUF/MAE
Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morroco
Development of Innovative Oxide and Composite Thin Films to Optimize Energy Storage
Local tutors: Teddy TITE, Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Khouloud DAMMAK
Eugen Ionescu scholarship – AUF/MAE
University of Sfax, Tunisia
Evaluation of the anticancer biological activity of new complexes synthesized based on monovalent metals of group 11 (Cu+, Ag+, Au+) coordinated with different types of phosphines and supported by mesoporous silica platforms
Local tutor: Victor Constantin DICULESCU
Letizia FERBEL
https://www.ceric-eric.eu/ stage
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Rb-intercalated epitaxial monolayer graphene
Local host: Corneliu GHICA
Giuseppe VITIELLO
https://www.ceric-eric.eu/ stage
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
Decorated carbon-dots from agrifood biowastes as additives for eco-inspired functional nanocoatings
Local host: Corneliu GHICA
Ricardo MARTINS
PhD student
Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Synthesis and characterization of high entropy materials
Local tutor: Andrei GALATANU
Denis CHAUMONT
Bourgogne Franche-Comté University, Dijon, France
Towards the development of semiconductors and wide-bandgap chalcogenide devices for advanced photovoltaic applications
Local host: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Muhammad TAHA SULTAN
EEA – PERLA-PV mobility
Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland
Development of photovoltaic cells based on organic perovskites
Local tutor: Ioana PINTILIE
Oksana ZIKRATA
https://www.ceric-eric.eu/ stage
L.V. Pisarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Study of dimensional and structural characteristics of Fe-containing hierarchical MFI type zeolites as promising catalysts for bioisobutanol dehydration into butene isomers
Local host: Corneliu GHICA
2023
Denis Alexander PIKULSKI
PhD student
AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
Metallic glasses
Local tutors: Maria Cristina BARTHA, Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Gianluca D’OLIMPIO
https://www.ceric-eric.eu/ stage
Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, Italy
CrPS4: a layered phosphorous compound for electrocatalysis
Local host: Corneliu GHICA
Jakub LACH
https://www.ceric-eric.eu/ stage
AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
On-Demand Functionalized Nanomaterials for Applications in Biomedicine: Antiviral Cu(I)-Coordination Compounds Conjugated with Gold Nanorods. Investigation of the Molecular, Electronic Structure and Morphology of the Complex Assembly
Local host: Corneliu GHICA
Marija PEROVIĆ
Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
Magneto-electric measurements
Local host: Victor KUNCSER
Dorota DARAS
Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Liquid Crystals
Local host: Monica ENCULESCU
Xueying GU
Bachelor student, Erasmus+ mobility
ENISE Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
Development and applications dedicated to bioengineering
Local tutors: Ioan Alexandru IVAN, Victor KUNCSER
Rachel Elisabeth BROPHY
PhD student, EEA – PERLA-PV mobility
Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland
Development of photovoltaic cells based on organic perovskites
Local tutor: Ioana PINTILIE
Ricardo MARTINS
PhD student
Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Synthesis and characterization of high entropy materials
Local tutor: Andrei GALATANU
2 publicații asociate
- Simulation and study of the milling parameters on CuFeTaTiW multicomponent alloy, Ricardo Martins, António Pereira Gonçalves, José Brito Correia, Andrei Galatanu, Eduardo Alves, Marta Dias, Nuclear Materials and Energy 38 (2024) 101568, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2023.101568
- Simulation, Structural, Thermal and Mechanical Properties of the FeTiTaVW High Entropy Alloy, Ricardo Martins, António Pereira Gonçalves, José Brito Correia, Andrei Galatanu, Eduardo Alves, Elena Tejado, José Ygnacio Pastor, Marta Dias, Metals 14 (2024) 436, https://doi.org/10.3390/met14040436
Katarzyna UNGEHEUER
PhD student
AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
Exhaustive characterization of CuxO and ZnO layers for development of thin film PV
Local tutor: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
1 publicație asociată
- Influence of Proton Irradiation on Thin Films of AZO and ITO Transparent Conductive Oxides—Simulation of Space Environment, Katarzyna Ungeheuer, Janusz Rybak, Amelia E. Bocirnea, Denis A. Pikulski, Aurelian C. Galca, Konstanty W. Marszalek, Applied Sciences 15 (2025) 754, https://doi.org/10.3390/app15020754
Chiara BATTOCCHIO
https://www.ceric-eric.eu/ stage
Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy
On-Demand Functionalized Nanomaterials for Applications in Biomedicine: Antiviral Cu(I)-Coordination Compounds Conjugated with Gold Nanorods. Investigation of the Molecular, Electronic Structure and Morphology of the Complex Assembly
Local host: Corneliu GHICA
Yosra ZIDI
PhD student, Tunisian MESRS mobility grant
Gafsa University, Gafsa, Tunisia
Synthesis and characterization of titanium and barium oxides
Local tutors: Roxana Elena PATRU, Aurelian Catalin GALCA
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
Zaineb MIGHRI
PhD student, CIFRA/ICTP grant
Monastir University, Monastir, Tunisia
Development, spectroscopic and structural characterization of new phosphates for energy storage
Local tutor: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
2 publicații asociate
- Hybrid supercapacitors based on X-site Ba(II) ions substituted by Sr(II) in Langbeinite-type phosphates, Zaineb Mighri, , Ipek Deniz Yıldırım, Lucia Nicoleta Leonat, Outman El Khouja, Emre Erdem, Habib Nasri, Aurelian Catalin Galca, Arpad Mihai Rostas, Materialia 36 (2024) 102147, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2024.102147
- Effect of transition metal ions on the dielectric properties of chromium potassium phosphates, Zaineb Mighri, Roxana Elena, Lucia Nicoleta Leonat, Outman El Khouja, Habib Nasri, Arpad Mihai Rostas, Aurelian Catalin Galca, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 1009 (2024) 176870, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.176870
André Luiz MENEZES DE OLIVEIRA
Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil
Improving photocatalytic or antimicrobial activity of novel nanomaterials
Local host: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
3 publicații asociate
- α-MoO3 Micro- and Nanoparticles as Catalysts for Biofuel Production, Suelen Alves Silva Lucena de Medeiros, André Luiz Menezes de Oliveira, Thiago Marinho Duarte, Brendan James Kennedy, Arpad Mihai Rostas, Constantin Catalin Negrila, Aurelian Catalin Galca, Ary da Silva Maia, Julio Ricardo Sambrano, Marta Célia Dantas, Ana Flávia Felix Farias, Iêda Maria Garcia dos Santos, ACS Applied Nano Materials (2024) , https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsanm.4c01239
- TiO2/ZIF-67 nanocomposites synthesized by the microwave-assisted solvothermal method: a correlation between the synthesis conditions and antimicrobial properties, R.D. Campos, A.L. Menezes de Oliveira, A.M. Rostas, A.C. Kuncser, C.C. Negrila, A.C. Galca, C. Felix, L. Castellano, F.F. da Silva, I.M. Garcia dos Santos, New Journal of Chemistry 47 (2023) 2177, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NJ04415C
- Understanding the Photocatalytic Activity of Sodium Hexatitanate Nanoparticles for Pollutants Degradation: A Spectroscopic Insight, A.R. Ferreira Alves Teixeira, A.L. Menezes de Oliveira, F. Neatu, A.C. Kuncser, A.C. Galca, A.M. Rostas, I.M. Garcia dos Santos, ACS Applied Nano Materials 6 (2023) 4477, https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.2c05577
Martina ZANGARI
https://www.ceric-eric.eu/ stage
Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy
The study of the asbestos fibers effects on protein involved in iron homeostasis in the cells
Local host: Corneliu GHICA
Daniela MEDAS
https://www.ceric-eric.eu/ stage
Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy
Emerging pollutants in ocean waters and their impact on biomineralization and cellular processes in foraminifera: from laboratory culture to mesocosm-scale investigation
Local host: Corneliu GHICA
Antonio POLITANO
https://www.ceric-eric.eu/ stage
Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
Indium sulfide (InS), a van der Waals semiconductor suitable for efficient humidity sensing: a combined NAP-XPS and TEM investigation / Efficient humidity sensing with SnSeS Janus van der Waals semiconductor: insights from NAP-XPS and TEM
Local host: Corneliu GHICA
1 publicație asociată
- Unlocking superior NO2 sensitivity and selectivity: the role of sulfur abstraction in indium sulfide (InS) nanosheet-based sensors, Gianluca D’Olimpio, Danil W. Boukhvalov, Vardan Galstyan, Jessica Occhiuzzi, Michael Vorochta, Matteo Amati, Zygmunt Milosz, Luca Gregoratti, Marian Cosmin Istrate, Chia-Nung Kuo, Chin Shan Lue, Corneliu Ghica, Elisabetta Comini, Antonio Politano, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 12 (2024)10329, https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4ta01287a
Rkia ELOTMANI
PhD student, Eugen Ionescu scholarship – AUF/MAE
Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco
Synthesis and characterization of thin film kesterite materials for low cost and low environmental impact solar cells
Local tutor: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Stephanie NKEMONE
PhD student, Eugen Ionescu scholarship – AUF/MAE
University Yaoundé I, Cameroon
Preparation of Ternary Metal Oxide Nanocomposites for Potential Energetic Application
Local tutor: Daniela PREDOI
Marina CIOBANU
UTM mobility
Technical University of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Synthesis and characterization of thin layers of chalcogenide glasses from the As-S-Ge system
Local supervisors: Alin VELEA, Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Ayushi RAI
PhD student, EEA-NO-179/2020 TEESM mobility
Stavanger University, Stavanger, Norway
Development of thermochromic vanadium oxides for energy efficient smart windows
Local tutor: Victor KUNCSER
Ion LUNGU
PhD student, COST https://cost-opera.eu/ mobility
Moldova State University, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Intermediate-Band Solar Cells (IBSCs) Based on ZnO/CdS/ZnTe Heterojunctions
Local tutor: Lucian PINTILIE
1 publicație asociată
- DC current–voltage and impedance spectroscopy characterization of nCdS/pZnTe HJ, I. Lungu, R. E. Patru, A. C. Galca, L. Pintilie, T. Potlog, Scientific Reports 14 (2024) 12955, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63615-6
Dario MASTRIPPOLITO
https://www.ceric-eric.eu/ stage
Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, Italy
VCl3: a new layered magnetic van der Waals crystal
Local host: Corneliu GHICA
Safia HAMEED
https://www.ceric-eric.eu/ stage
Università di Brescia, Italy
Nanostructured materials for the production of clean hydrogen from biomethane/biogas
Local host: Corneliu GHICA
Lucas QUIBLIER
Bachelor student, Erasmus+ mobility
ENISE Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
Development and applications dedicated to bioengineering
Local tutors: Ioan Alexandru IVAN, Victor KUNCSER
Patrick TSOPBOU NGUEAGNI
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons – https://www.opcw.org/ scholarship
University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon
Cerium, zinc and magnesium doped hydroxyapatite composites derived from biogenic materials: Synthesis and characterization for optimization of antimicrobial properties
Local supervisor: George STAN
Remi ASTIER
Master student, Erasmus+ mobility
ENISE Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
Development of haptic applications
Local tutors: Ioan Alexandru IVAN, Victor KUNCSER
Laetitia GROUT
Bachelor student, Erasmus+ mobility
ENISE Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
Sensorial characterization of materials
Local tutors: Ioan Alexandru IVAN, Victor KUNCSER
Lahbib AKABBOUCH
PhD student
Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco
Synthesis and characterization of oxide materials for energy storage applications
Local tutors: Teddy TITE, Aurelian Catalin GALCA
Safia DASSALEM
PhD student
Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco
Synthesis and functionality of biosensors
Local tutors: Anca ALDEA, Madalina Maria BARSAN
Omar AIT LAYACHI
PhD student
Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco
Characterization of electrochemically obtained kesterite films
Local tutor: Aurelian Catalin GALCA
1 publicație asociată
- Electrodeposition mechanism of Cu2CoSnS4 thin films onto FTO-coated glass: Effect of some additives, Omar Ait Layachi, Asmaa Moujib, Outman El Khouja, Aurelian Catalin Galca, Abderrazzak Boudouma, Sara Azmi, Meryem Nini, Mohamed Nohair, Elmati Khoumri, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 959 (2024) 118177, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2024.118177
Hamid NEHMAR
PhD student, Algerian mobility grant
Ahmed Ben Bella Es Sénia Oran I University, Oran, Algeria
Synthesis and characterization of biosensors
Local tutor: Victor Constantin DICULESCU