Bionanoelectronics

Fundamentals on bionanotehnologies.- Sensing of biomolecules.- Imaging and manipulation of biomolecules.- Biomolecular architectures.- Molecular devices.- Biocomputing.- Nanomedicine.- Bioinspired devices.

Mircea Dragoman was born in Bucharest, Romania, 1955. He received M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Polytechnical Institute, Bucharest, in 1980 and 1991, respectively. He is presently Principal Researcher I at the National Research Institute for Microtechnology, Bucharest, Romania.He was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt fellowship in 1991. He was a visiting professor at University of Duisburg (Germany), University of "Tor Vergata," Roma (Italy), Institute of Solid-State Electronics, Roma (Italy), University of Saint-Etienne (France), University of Mannheim (Germany), University of Frankfurt (Germany), University of Darmstadt (Germany), LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse (France). He was also a NATO senior Scientist (1993) and NATO invited lecturer (1995). He authored 180 papers in the area of microwaves, millimeter-waves, terahertz, RF-MEMS, MOEMS, NEMS, optical information, and quantum devices. He is coauthor of the books Advanced Optoelectronic Devices, Springer, 1999, Optical Characterization of Solids, Springer, 2002, and Quantum-Classical Analogies, Springer, 2004, Nanoelectronics. Principles and Devices, Artech House, 2009.Current interests are nanodevices, MEMS techniques applied to high frequencies, and quantum devices. He was awarded in 1999 with the Romanian Academy Prize "Gheorghe Cartianu." In 2002, together with a research team from 5 European countries, he was nominated for the Descartes Prize of the European Union for excellence in the area of European research. Daniela Dragoman was born in Raduati, Romania in 1965, obtained M.Sc. degree at the University of Bucharest, Romania in 1989, and Ph.D. degree at Limerick University, Ireland, in 1993. She was a visiting professor at the University Saint-Etienne, France in 1997 and 2000 and awarded with the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship in 1998, being a visiting professor at the University of Mannheim during 1998-1999 and 2001-2002. Presently, she is a professor at the Physics Faculty, University of Bucharest, where she