Assoc. Prof. Michaela Ponta  Date of birth: January 1, 1957  Place of birth:  Oradea, ROMANIA  Nationality:  Romanian  Marital status:  Married  Number of children:1 (one)  Correspondence address:  Babes-Bolyai University      Telephone (work):  0040-264-193833   Chemistry Department         FAX:   0040-64-190818   RO-3400  Cluj-Napoca  ROMANIA
University Education	1976-1980  Undergraduate student at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering  1980  Degree in Chemistry  1980-1981  Master Program in Inorganic Chemistry at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering  1981  MSc degree in Inorganic Chemistry  1992-1998 Doctoral program in Analytical Chemistry at Babes-Bolyai-University Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering  1999  Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry  PhD Thesis title:  Determination of several trace elements in biological and environmental samples by emission spectrometry in low power plasma sources.
Positions	Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Cluj-Napoca  Department for Analytical Chemistry  2004 – present Assoc. Prof. 1996 -2004 - Lecturer  1990-1996 - Teaching Assistant  Institute for Scientific Instruments, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca Branch  1985-1990, Chemist  Heavy Machine Plant, Cluj-Napoca 1984-1985 Chemist  Institute for Research and Production of Semiconductors Bucharest 1981-1984 Chemist
Foreign Languages Known	French, English, German
Research Interests	Atomic absorption and atomic emission spectrometry, UV-VIS molecular spectrophotometry, chemical speciation, validation of analysis methods, environmental monitoring, analytical instrumentation.
Publications	Books  Published research articles in scientific papers and proceedings  International conference proceedings  National conference proceedings  Scientific communications at international and national symposia International symposia
Teaching Experience	Courses Analytical chemistry, Instrumental Analysis, Instrumentation and analysis in clinical laboratory, Environmental legislation and demands for accrediting environmental analysis laboratory
Research Experience	Member in research teams for international and national research projects within Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
International Projects	INCO - COPERNICUS "Exposure to Arsenic and Cancer Risk in Central and East Europe" (EXPASCAN), co-ordinated by the Imperial College Consultants Ltd. England, 1998-2001  INCO - COPERNICUS "Investigation of the Risk of Cyanide in Gold Leaching on Health and Environment in Central Asia and Central Europe" IRCYL, co-ordinated by the Medical Institute for Environmental Hygiene, Duesseldorf, Germany, 2000-2003
National  Projects	1995. Design and analytical studies of microwave plasma sources. Design and test of experimental models for the microwave generator and capacitive microwave plasma torch. Grant 268 CNCSIS, Contract no. 4010/1995 (member of the team).   1997-1999. Regional laboratory for spectroscopic and electrochemical analysis. World Bank financial support, Contract no.  46174, CNFIS 10/1997 (member of the team).  . 1998. Computer network for the instrumental analysis laboratory for the interactive teaching and learning of modern methods in analytical chemistry. World Bank financial support, CNFIS 110/1998 (member of the team).  1998-2000. Arsenic speciation methods for risk assessment, using plasma sources. Grant 49 CNCIS, Contract no. 16/1998. (member of the team).    1998-2000 Atomic fluorescence using capacitively coupled plasma as atomization source. Contract no. 16/1998, Theme 39, CNCSU 200 (member of the team).   1998-2000. Charge-transfer photodiode array detector for analytical applications) Theme no. 22, CNCSIS 54 (member of the team).   2001-2003. Risk assessment on health and environment due to the cyanide resulted from leaching in Central Asia and Central Europe. CORINT Project ICA2-CT-2000-10036 IRCYL (member of the team) 2003-2005. Speciation of pollutants in non-ferrous metallurgical industrial areas affected by technological accidents. Theme no. 1694, CNCSIS (member of the team). 2003-2005. Dynamic of inorganic arsenic species in soil and groundwater. Case study in the Baia Mare region.  Theme no. 1795, CNCSIS (member of the team). 2005-2008 Intelligent system to detect food quality using innovative techniques based on chemical sensors (SISAL). AGRAL Program. Contract no. 9/03.10.2005. (member of the team).   2005-2008. Cancer risk for population chronically exposed to heavy metals (RISCANMET). CEEX Program. Contract no. 639/3.10.2005. (Project responsible).  2006–2008. Establishing a combined chemical-ecotoxicological for determining the degree of toxicity of solid residues in order to comply with European regulations (ECOTOX). CEEX Project. Contract no. 278/2006 (member of the team) 2007-2009. Optoelectronic equipment and innovative method of high precision and sensitivity based on fluorescence spectrometry for environment control (FLUOROSPEC). PNCDI Program. Contract no. 71019/2007 (member of the team). 2012-2015   1995. Design and analytical studies of microwave plasma sources. Design and test of experimental models for the microwave generator and capacitive microwave plasma torch. Grant 268 CNCSIS, Contract no. 4010/1995 (member of the team).   1997-1999. Regional laboratory for spectroscopic and electrochemical analysis. World Bank financial support, Contract no.  46174, CNFIS 10/1997 (member of the team).  . 1998. Computer network for the instrumental analysis laboratory for the interactive teaching and learning of modern methods in analytical chemistry. World Bank financial support, CNFIS 110/1998 (member of the team).  1998-2000. Arsenic speciation methods for risk assessment, using plasma sources. Grant 49 CNCIS, Contract no. 16/1998. (member of the team).    1998-2000 Atomic fluorescence using capacitively coupled plasma as atomization source. Contract no. 16/1998, Theme 39, CNCSU 200 (member of the team).   1998-2000. Charge-transfer photodiode array detector for analytical applications) Theme no. 22, CNCSIS 54 (member of the team).   2001-2003. Risk assessment on health and environment due to the cyanide resulted from leaching in Central Asia and Central Europe. CORINT Project ICA2-CT-2000-10036 IRCYL (member of the team) 2003-2005. Speciation of pollutants in non-ferrous metallurgical industrial areas affected by technological accidents. Theme no. 1694, CNCSIS (member of the team). 2003-2005. Dynamic of inorganic arsenic species in soil and groundwater. Case study in the Baia Mare region.  Theme no. 1795, CNCSIS (member of the team). 2005-2008 Intelligent system to detect food quality using innovative techniques based on chemical sensors (SISAL). AGRAL Program. Contract no. 9/03.10.2005. (member of the team).   2005-2008. Cancer risk for population chronically exposed to heavy metals (RISCANMET). CEEX Program. Contract no. 639/3.10.2005. (Project responsible).  2006–2008. Establishing a combined chemical-ecotoxicological for determining the degree of toxicity of solid residues in order to comply with European regulations (ECOTOX). CEEX Project. Contract no. 278/2006 (member of the team) 2007-2009. Optoelectronic equipment and innovative method of high precision and sensitivity based on fluorescence spectrometry for environment control (FLUOROSPEC). PNCDI Program. Contract no. 71019/2007 (member of the team). 2012-2015 Miniaturized equipment with capacitively coupled plasma torch and analytical technologies for simultaneous multielemental determination used in environmental  and food control (MICROCCP) Project number PN-II-PT-PCCA-2011-3.2-0219. Contract no. 176/2012 2016-2017 Analytical eco-scale methods for the determination and speciation of Hg by UV photo-induced derivatization and detection using a full-miniaturized experimental spectrometric system (ECOSPEC) Contract nr. PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2016-0135
Laboratory  Skills	Applications of low and medium power plasmas in heavy metals determination in liquid samples Elaboration of modern methods for heavy metals determination in biologic and environmental samples  Arsenic speciation as arsenate and arsenite in soil samples by sequential or selective extraction in water and hydrochloric acid, followed by hydride generation and detection by atomic absorption spectrometry (FIA-HG-AAS)  Validation of analysis methods Environmental monitoring using spectrometric methods