Oana Corduneanu CV - Instituto Pedro Nunes

CURRICULUM VITAE
Contact Information
Name:
OANA CORDUNEANU
Born:
January 15, 1979, Turnu-Magurele, Teleorman, Romania
Institute address:
Laboratório de Electroanálise e Corrosão, Instituto Pedro
Nunes, Rua Pedro Nunes, 3030-199 Coimbra, Portugal
Telephone:
+351 239 700 943
Fax:
+351 239 700 965
E-mail:
[email protected]
Research Interests
Electroanalisys, bioelectrochemistry-biosensors
Languages
Romanian (conversation, reading, writing)
Portuguese (conversation, reading, writing)
English (conversation, reading, writing)
French (conversation, reading)
Italian (reading)
Education
1998 – 2002
Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Bucharest, Faculty of
Physics, Bucharest, Romania.
Final mark of 7.75 (seven, 75%).
The scientific research that led to the elaboration of the diploma thesis Energy
Conversion in Systems with Chlorophyll was done in the Biophysics Laboratory of the
Department of Biophysics and Medical Physics, University of Bucharest, Romania.
Diploma concluded with a final mark of 10.00 (ten).
NOTE: The marks are given from 1 to 10, the minimum of 5.00 (five) is necessary to
pass the exams at the University and the maximum mark is 10.00 (ten). The minimum
mark of 6.00 (six) is necessary to pass the Final Exam.
2002 – 2004
Master of Science in Biophysics and Medical Science, University
of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Department of Biophysics,
Bucharest, Romania.
Final mark of 9.61 (nine, 61%).
The scientific research that led to the elaboration of the dissertation thesis
Electrochemical Oxidation of Taxifolin was done in the Electrochemistry Laboratory of
the Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Portugal, with a European Union
Socrates-Erasmus grant. Dissertation concluded with a final mark of 10.00 (ten).
NOTE: A university degree of minimum four years of study is required. The marks are
given from 1 to 10, the minimum of 5.00 (five) is necessary to pass the exams at the
University and the maximum mark is 10.00 (ten).
2004 – present
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Coimbra, Department of
Biochemistry, Coimbra, Portugal.
With the SFRH/BD/18914/2004 grant from Fundação para a Ciência e a
Tecnologia. Public Key (Chave pública) J005170Z215.
Grants
March-July 2003
European Union Socrates–Erasmus grant to perform scientific
research in the Electrochemistry Laboratory from the Department
of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Portugal (5 months).
May-November 2004 Grant from the European Project “Novel Technology for
Controlling Wine Production and Quality (NovTech)”, Nº
HPRN-CT-2002-00186
2004-present
Ph.D. grant SFRH/BD/18914/2004 from the Fundação para a
Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal.
Participation in Research Projects
NovTech team member in the European Project “Novel Technology for Controlling
Wine Production and Quality": On-line electrochemical detection of anthocyanins,
Second Measuring Session with electrochemical biosensors of analytes in a controlled
model fermentation using the flow analysis system OLGA, Bochum, Germany,
November 7-21, 2004.
Research Publications
Thesis
O. Corduneanu (2002), Energy Conversion in Systems with Chlorophyll; Diploma
Thesis at Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
O. Corduneanu (2004), Electrochemical Oxidation of Taxifolin; Master Thesis at
Faculty of Physics, Department of Biophysics, University of Bucharest, Bucharest,
Romania.
Papers in Journals
Patricia Janeiro, Oana Corduneanu and Ana Maria Oliveira Brett,
Chrysin and (±)-taxifolin electrochemical oxidation mechanisms,
Electroanalysis 2005, 17, No.12, 1059-1064.
Oana Corduneanu, Patricia Janeiro and Ana Maria Oliveira Brett,
On the electrochemical oxidation of resveratrol,
Electroanalysis 2006, 18, No.8, 757-762.
Oana Corduneanu, Merrill Garnett and Ana Maria Oliveira Brett,
Anodic oxidation of alpha-lipoic acid at a glassy carbon electrode and its determination
in dietary supplements,
Analytical Letters 2007, in press.
Victor C. Diculescu, Ana Maria Chiorcea-Paquim, Oana Corduneanu and Ana Maria
Oliveira Brett,
Palladium nanoparticles and nanowires deposited electrochemically: AFM and
electrochemical characterization,
Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 2007, in press.
Conferences
P. Janeiro, O. Corduneanu, A.M. Oliveira Brett, Chrysin and (±)-Taxifolin
Electrochemical Oxidation Mechanisms, 4th Baltic Conference on Electrochemistry,
Greifswald, Germany, March 13-16, 2005.
O. Corduneanu, P. Janeiro, A.M. Oliveira Brett
Electrochemical oxidation mechanisms of resveratrol
XVIII International Symposium on Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics / 3rd Spring
Meeting Bioelectrochemistry, Coimbra, Portugal, June 19-24, 2005.
O. Corduneanu, P. Janeiro, A.M. Oliveira Brett
Anodic oxidation mechanisms of resveratrol
SPQ-Analítica’05, Coimbra, Portugal, October 27-28, 2005.
O. Corduneanu, V. C. Diculescu, A. M. Oliveira Brett.
Voltammetry of palladium containing compounds.
57th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Edinburgh, UK,
27 August-1 September, 2006.
Scientific Trainings
Workshop on Ageing, Coimbra, Portugal, October 1, 2004.
Scientific training in the European Project “Novel Technology for Controlling Wine
Production and Quality (NovTech), Nº HPRN-CT-2002-00186, Bochum, Germany,
November 7-21, 2004.