TEAM

PROJECT MANAGER

Dr. Nicoleta Elena DINA

National Institute for R & D of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies

Dr. Nicoleta Elena DINA received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics (2008) and the Specialization in Biomedical Physics (2010) from Babeş-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania). She has completed her Ph.D. (2013) at Babeş-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) in Physics. She completed a six months internship (September 2012-February 2013) at Technische Universität München (TUM), München, Germany, where she contributed at the optimization of the single-cell SERS-based detection methodology of uropathogens. Since 2015 she is working at the National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies (INCDTIM), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, now as Scientific Researcher CS II. Her research main interest is using SERS in real-life applications.

In addition to the experience gained in experimental techniques based on SERS and analytical chemistry for optimization of the detection and identification of most relevant pathogens, both prokaryotic (bacteria) and eukaryotic (fungi), progress in spectral data analysis was achieved by employing different classical unsupervised multivariate statistical analysis such as principal component (PCA), linear discriminant analysis (LDA) and hierarchical component analysis (HCA).

MENTOR

Prof. Habil. Dr. Costel SÂRBU

Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering