{"id":2595,"date":"2020-04-16T17:54:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T17:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/?page_id=2595"},"modified":"2020-04-17T15:55:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T15:55:36","slug":"carmen-mihaela-popescu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/carmen-mihaela-popescu\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Carmen-Mihaela Popescu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/carmen-mihaela-popescu-1933b012\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> \/ <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"AcademiaEdu (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/icmpp.academia.edu\/CMPopescu\" target=\"_blank\">AcademiaEdu<\/a> \/ <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"ResearchGate (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Carmen-Mihaela_Popescu\" target=\"_blank\">ResearchGate<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Associate researcher in the Centre for Wood Science and Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Carmen-Mihaela Popescu is a senior scientific researcher at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icmpp.ro\/ro\/\" target=\"_blank\">Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry<\/a>, in Iasi, Romania.  She is also a JSPS fellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/04\/CMP1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2597\" width=\"194\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/04\/CMP1.jpg 320w, https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/04\/CMP1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/04\/CMP1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Her scientific interests and experience include<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thermal and chemical modification of wood; degradation processes affecting historic wood, the effect of different degradative factors (fungi, temperature, humidity and UV light) and the degradation\/ageing mechanisms involved in wood degradation; formulations with superhydrophobic and antibacterial properties for wood, wood based products and other organic substrate protection; cellulose nanocrystals and silica based nano-composites; Pickering emulsion polymerization. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Work experience: <\/strong><br> 01.02.2019 \u2013 present, scientific researcher II (eqv: associate professor), Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Romanian Academy <br> 01.05.2018 \u2013 28.02.2019 \u2013 invited professor, JSPS Invitational fellowship FY2018, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan <br> 29.07.2015 \u2013 present, associate researcher, Centre for Wood Science and Technology, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK <br> 01.04.2015 \u2013 31.01.2019, scientific researcher III (eqv: assistant professor), Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Romanian Academy <br> 01.08.2011 \u2013 31.03.2015, scientific researcher, Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Romanian Academy <br> 01.11.2005 \u2013 31.07.2011, research assistant, Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Romanian Academy <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Experience in experimental techniques: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>mid (FT-IR) and near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and chemometric techniques, <\/li><li>two dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2D-COS), <\/li><li>X-ray diffraction, <\/li><li>solid state 13C CP\/MAS NMR spectroscopy, <\/li><li>optical and electronic microscopy; <\/li><li>thermal analysis methods (TG-DTG, DSC), <\/li><li>dynamic water vapour sorption (DVS), <\/li><li>non-destructive ultrasonic time-of-flight measurements <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Editorial member of journals: <\/strong><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Wood Material Science and Engineering  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/loi\/swoo20\" target=\"_blank\">Wood Material Science and Engineering <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Scientific Society Member: <\/strong><br>2016 \u2013 present : EPNOE Junior <br>2016 \u2013 present: ASRO\/ CT 118 <br>2018 \u2013 present: SWST (International Society of Wood Science and Technology) <br>2018 \u2013 present: MoDeSt Society (Modification, Degradation and Stabilisation of Polymers)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Scientific results (as of April 2020): <\/strong><br>Published works: 53 in journals (44 ISI journal, 10 other journals); chapters in books: 8; proceedings: 26; keynotes\/conferences\/lectures\/invited lecturer: 13; communications: oral 69; posters 68; scientific research projects \u2013 member: 9; COST Actions \u2013 member: 16 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ResearcherID: B-7350-2011 <br>ORCID: 16231227400 <br>Scopus ID: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"http:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5740-524X (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5740-524X\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5740-524X<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>LinkedIn \/ AcademiaEdu \/ ResearchGate Associate researcher in the Centre for Wood Science and Technology. 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