Curriculum vitae Radu Lazău Personal information Surname(s) / First name(s) Lazău Radu-Ioan Date of birth 26.03.1980 Gender Nationality(-ies) Address Male Romanian, P-ţa Victoriei no. 2, Timişoara 300006, Romania. Telephone 0040-256-404167 Fax 0040-256-403060 E-mail radulazau@gmail.com Work experience Present occupation or position Main activities and responsibilities Assistant professor at Politehnica University of Timişoara, Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Romania Teaching and research activities in the following fields: Years within the organization 8 - Technology of ceramic and refractory products - Ceramic glazes - Technology of thermoresistant pigments - Special inorganic products - Synthesis of inorganic products with tailored properties - Ceramic, glass and inorganic binders Education and training 1.Title of qualification awarded PhD diploma Materials Engineering
Dates 2003-2007 2. Title of qualification awarded Master diploma Green Technologies Dates 2003-2004 3. Title of qualification awarded Chemical engineering diploma Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials Dates 1998-2003 Language skills (Mark 1 to 5, where 5 is the highest score) Understanding Speaking Writing English 4 4 4 Hungarian 1 1 1 Romanian 5 5 5 Specific experience related to the project Country / Date: from - to Project manager: (RON); TD CNCSIS Grant (Td), Code 42, Theme 3, Reusing the tanned leather wastes in the production of thermoresistant pigments with Cr (III) content Member of the research team: Unconventional synthesis methods of oxide compounds Elaboration of the theoretical background and applications in the synthesis of materials with tailored properties (1.500.000 RON); CEEX 51/2006 Member of the research team: Integration of knowledge and advanced processing methods into consolidation works, geotechnics and environmental engineering by cementitious liquid Romania / 2004-2006 Romania / 2006 2008 Romania / 2006 2008
systems injection (50.000 RON); CEEX 63/2006 Long term expert: Development and implementation of master programs in the field of Micro and Nanomaterials (1.829.940 RON); SOP HRD 86/1.2./S/58146 Experienced researcher: Integrated concept about depollution of waters with arsenic content, through adsorption on oxide materials, followed by immobilization of the resulted waste in vitreous matrices ; UEFISCSU grant no. 694/19.01.2009, Code 927 Romania / 2010 2013 Romania / 2010 2012 1 scientific book Romania 2009 1 laboratory guide for ceramic technology/ calculations 24 scientific papers published in peerreviewed ISI journals 59 citations, except self-citations (h index = 5) Reviewer for 3 peer-reviewed ISI journals (Chemical Engineering Journal, Dyes and Pigments and Materials Research Bulletin) Romania 2008 Romania / 2000 present Romania / 2000 present Romania / 2007 present Professional experience Organisation Position Main activities Location Date: from-to Politehnica University of Timişoara, Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering Assistant professor Teaching and research activities in the field of: technology of ceramic and refractory products; ceramic glazes; technology of Timişoara, Romania 2003 - present
thermoresistant pigments; special inorganic products; synthesis of inorganic products with tailored properties; ceramic, glass and inorganic binders. Membership in professional bodies Romanian Ceramic Society References Prof. Maria Zaharescu: Institute of Physical-Chemistry "Ilie Murgulescu", Member of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania, mzaharescu2004@yahoo.com Prof. Cornelia Pacurariu: Politehnica University of Timişoara, Romania, cornelia.pacurariu@chim.upt.ro Organisational skills and competencies - member of the organizing committee of the International Conference of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (section of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials), 27 to 29 May 2010, Timisoara. - member of the organizing committee of the 10 th conference on Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials, CONSIOLOX X, 10-12 September 2008, Timisoara. - member of the organizing committee of the 10 th edition of Timisoara Academic Days, 24-25 May 2007, Timisoara; - member of the organizing committee of the 9 th Edition of Timișoara Academic Days, 26-27 May 2005, Timișoara. - member of the Admision Committee in the Faculty of Industrial, Politehnica University of Timisoara, 2005 and 2006
Other skills and competencies Driving license - In 2009 I attended at the Seminar Phare TVET RO 2006/018 147.04.01.02.01.03.01 Instruction and Consultancy for Continous Development of IPT Area. - My PC abilities include text editors, image processing and calculation software, special software for different analysis (BET nitrogen adsorption, UV-VIS spectrometry), scientific database research, etc. - Coordination of students practice activity in different ceramic/ glass factories in Romania and Germany (at Duravit AG) - Coordinator of international student exchange within agreements with TU Freiberg, Germany and Ecole Nationale Superieure de Ceramique Industrielle Limoges, Franța B category