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I. PERSONAL DATA

Name: FRENTIU
Surname: TIBERIU
Date of birth : July 6th, 1960, Teius, ROMANIA
Marital Status: married

II. GRADUATION DEGREES:

Institution

High School of Chemistry Ocna-Mures

Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Chemical Technology

Period

09.1975 – 06.1979

09.1980 –06.1985

Diploma

Diploma of school living examination

Bachelor-Chemical Engeneering in Technological Inorganic Chemistry.

Title of dissertation: Synthesis of Urea and On-line Determination of Biuret in Melted Urea by Molecular Absortion Spectrometry. Supervisor: Prof. Cordos Emil PhD

III. PhD IN CHEMISTRY: Doctoral Thesis: Analytical Spectrometry in Radiofrequency Capacitively Coupled Plasma/ Babes-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca Romania/ 1996/ Supervisor: Prof. Cordos Emil PhD.

IV. HABILITATION IN CHEMISTRY 2015 Contributions in the development of miniaturized instrumentation and advanced spectral methods using plasma sources. PhD advisor Chemistry Doctoral School

V. POSITION AND PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

Period	09.1985-09.1987	09.1987-01.1989	01.1989–09.1990	09.1990-ac.	2000-2009, 2018 - Prezent
Place	Arad	Bucharest	Cluj-Napoca	Cluj-Napoca	Cluj-Napoca
Institution	Plant for Chemical Fertilizers	Institute for Technological Engineering, Research, Design and Production for Inorganic Chemical Industry and Non-ferrous Metals	Enterprise for Analytical Instrumentation and Equipments for Research, Bucharest, Branch in Cluj - Napoca	Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj – Napoca, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department of Chemistry	National Institute for Research and Development for Optoelectronics Bucharest - Research Institute for Analitycal Instrumentation Cluj-Napoca
Position	Chemical engineer	Design engineering	Chemical engineer	2022 director of Chemical Doctoral School 2016 professor 2000 assoc. prof 1990 assistent prof.	Senior Researcher
Experience	Synthesis of complex fertilizer (NPK)	Design of plants for synthesis and chemical purification of titanium and zirconium tetraclorure	Analytical spectrometry in inductively and radiofrequency capacitively plasma	Academic activity (courses) Research activity: Analytical spectrometry using inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry; Enviromental monitoring by spectrometric methods; Chemical speciation of arsenic and heavy metales by selective extraction.	Research activity: Analytical spectrometry using inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry and mass spectrometry; study of analytical capabilities of radiofrequency capacitively coupled plasma in the analysis of enviromental samples and materials by atomic emission spectrometry; atomic fluorescence spectrometry in radiofrequency capacetively coupled plasma; development of miniaturized instrumentation with microplasma torches; multielemental analysis of bio- and non-biodegradable polymers.

VI. PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT AND POSITION: Babes Bolyai University Professor

VII. MANAGERIAL EXPERIENCE: Head of Analytical Chemistry Department 2007-2012

VIII. FOREIGN LANGUAGES: English

IX. PRESTIGE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

Member in Society of Chemestry from Romania
Member in EURACHEM
Referee for Studia Universitatis (Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj – Napoca)
Referee for Analytical Chemistry, Analyst, Chemical Papers, Talanta, Sciencia Agricola, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Sensors, Analytical Letters
Scientific expert within the national research programs CERES, CEEX, PNCDI
Romanian Academy Prize "Gheorghe Spacu", december 2019
Prized work: Development of new methods for the determination of mercury in food by combining photoinduced derivatization with detection in microplasma sources

X. EXPERTISE:

Atomic spectrometry and development of specific instrumentation based on inductively and capacitively coupled plasma sources
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Spectrometric methods for the analysis of materials, environmental and biological samples
Speciation analysis used in monitoring and control of environment and toxicology
Titular of three courses for Master Degree: Environmental Monitoring by Modern Analytical Methods, Chemical Speciation of Elements and Imaging Techniques, Control of Food

XI. MAIN RESULTS:

Design of several original spectrometric systems based on atomic emission in low- and medium power capacitively coupled plasma
Design of an original spectrometric system based on atomic fluorescence in medium power capacitively coupled plasma

Physical characterization and analytical performance of original low and medium power capacitively coupled plasma sources used in analytical spectrometry

Development of speciation methods for heavy metals in environmental samples by sequential extraction and plasma atomic emission spectrometry

Development of original methods for analysis and speciation of inorganic As in environmental samples

Development of eco-scale methods for Hg determination and speciation using photo-induced cold vapor generation capacitively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry

Studies on the pollution with heavy metals, cyanide in industrial areas using chemical speciation

Development of a spectral analysis laboratory within the Research Center for Multiple Users (BCUM) within Babes-University Cluj-Napoca with financing from World Bank

Development of an accredited laboratory for environmental analysis and toxicology

Design of miniaturized spectrometric system with capacitively coupled plasma microtorch