Department of Chemistry
Room 114
Mailing Address:
Babes-Bolyai University
Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
11 Arany Janos
400028 Cluj-Napoca
Romania
Phone: +40 264 593833
Fax: +40 264 590818
E-mail: alexandra.m.pop@ubbcluj.ro
ResearcherID: C-1264-2012
ORCID: 0000-0002-2355-3682
| Education | |
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| June 2014 - Dec. 2015 | Postdoctoral study Babes-Bolyai University Funded by European project: POSDRU/159/1.5/S/137750. |
| 2008 - 2012 | Doctor of Chemistry Babes-Bolyai University PhD Thesis Title: “Studies on synthesis, structure and chemical reactivity of some new organo-chalcogen compounds” Funded by European project POSDRU/6/1.5/S/3. |
| 2007 - 2008 | MSc in Applied Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry Babes-Bolyai University MSc Thesis Title: “New group 11 metal complexes with organophosphorus (V) ligands. Synthesis and structural characterisation” |
| 2003 - 2007 | Undergraduate Student Babes-Bolyai University BSc Thesis Title: “New Copper(I) Complexes with Organophosphorus Ligands” |
| Professional experience | |
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| 2020 - present |
Project-manager Project funded by the Romanian Ministry of Education (UEFISCDI), PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-1342 |
| 2017 - present |
Lecturer |
| 2012 - present |
Crystallographer, National Centre for X-Ray Diffractometry (NCXRD) |
| 2006 - present |
Research assistant Main activities and responsibilities Synthesis and characterization of organochalcogen (S, Se, Te) compounds and their group 10, 11, 12 or 14 metal complexes Operator of Bruker NMR spectrometers (300, 400, 500 MHz) Crystallographer at National Centre for X-Ray Diffractometry |
| Research stays and Training | |
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| 1 Dec. 2018 - 15 Mar. 2019 |
ISQCH (CSIC-University of Zaragoza, Spania) |
| 1 Sept. 2018 - 30 Nov. 2018 |
Short Term Scientific Missions ISQCH (CSIC-University of Zaragoza, Spania) |
| 1 May - 7 Jun. 2015 1 Oct. - 1 Dec. 2014 15 Sep. - 15 Nov. 2013 |
3 secondments at the Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (UMR 6226, Rennes, France). Coordination chemistry of organochalcogenolates (RS−, RSe−, RS∧O− and RSe∧O−) with group 12 (Zn, Cd, Hg) and 14 (Ge, Sn, Pb) elements |
| 27 - 29 Aug. 2012 |
Training, Bruker AXS, Karlsruhe, Germany. SMART APEX Single crystal X-ray diffractometer user training |
| 1 Feb. - 30 Sep. 2010 |
Universita degli Studi di Cagliari, Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica ed Analitica; Cagliari, Italy. POSDRU programme scholarship - Doctoral studies: Science towards society - Synthesis of N,S-donor organic compounds able to act as multidentate ligands for metal ions |
| 15 Feb. - 15 Jul. 2008 |
Research stay, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon, Departamento de Quimica Inorganica, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain. ERASMUS/SOCRATES fellowship - Gold and silver complexes with metal-selenium bonds of methyldiphenylphosphane selenide: a solid state and solution investigation |
| Awards | |
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| 2023-2024 | Awarded with L'ORÉAL-UNESCO For Women In Science Fellowship, Romania National Program 2023 |
| June 2019 | Awarded with the Prize of the Romanian Chemical Society |
| 2019 | Advanced Fellowship „Gheorghe Spacu” – awarded by STAR UBB institute |
| 2011 | Award from the Babes-Bolyai University for very good results during the PhD POSDRU program Doctoral studies: through science towards society, project POSDRU/6/1.5/S/3 |
| Publications |
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| For an updated article list visit the ResearcherID C-1264-2012. |