Maria Zaharescu

Her scientific interests include: • Physical chemistry of oxide systems (reactions mechanisms, thermal phase equilibria, structure-properties correlations). • Sol-gel science (sol-gel chemistry, nanostructured oxide films and powders, inorganic-organic hybrids, nanocomposites, oxide nanotubes). She introduced and developed the field of sol-gel research in Romania. • Vitreous oxide systems with special properties (thermally and chemically stable) == Education ==

She graduated from the Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry, and received her PhD from the Institute of Chemistry, both in Cluj-Napoca. == Scientific Activity ==

• More than 350 scientific papers from which over 250 published in internationally recognized ISI journals, including Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology; Journal of the European Ceramic Society; Journal of the American Ceramic Society; Journal of Materials Chemistry; Journal of Materials Science; Journal of Materials Research; Materials Chemistry and Physics; Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids; Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry; Applied Surface Science; Journal of Nanoparticle Research; Ceramics International; Thin Solid Films; Revue Roumaine de Chimie, etc. as well as 3 patents and 8 book chapters edited by the Romanian Academy and international publishers. • In 2016, Zaharescu published 1D Oxide Nanostructures Obtained by Sol-Gel and Hydrothermal Methods, as part of the SpringerBriefs series offered by the Springer Publishing Company. • International research projects in collaboration with Davis University, USA (funded by NST-USA), National Technical University of Athens, Greece (funded by NATO) and universities from Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France, Slovenia • Member of the International Society of Sol-Gel Science • Member of the American Ceramic Society – Basic Research Division • Member of the American Nano Society • Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology. == Awards ==

• 1971 - Gheorghe Spacu Award, Romanian Academy • 1982 - Scientific Merit Medal, Romania • 1983 - Scientific Order Third Degree, Romania • 2007 - Honor Award and Gheorghe Spacu Medal, Romanian Society of Chemistry • 2017 - Knight of the Order of the Star of Romania == Notes ==