Maria-Magdalena Zaharescu (born 1938) is a Romanian chemist, specializing in the physical chemistry of oxide systems.Dictionarul "Membrii Academiei Române 1866-2010", Editura Enciclopedică, 2010, p. 1142.
Zaharescu was a Senior Researcher and Head of Department at the Ilie Murgulescu Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Romanian Academy in Bucharest.Institute of Physical Chemistry - Research team staff http://www.icf.ro/L7.htm#staff ; retrieved on February 10, 2013Institute of Physical Chemistry - Laboratory of oxide materials science http://icf.getion.ro/ ; retrieved on February 10, 2013Second Nanoforum Report: Technology in the Candidate Countries, March 2004, page 187; ; retrieved on February 10, 2013 In 2001, she was elected a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy and became a full member in June 2015.Chemical Sciences Section of the Romanian Academy http://www.acad.ro/sectii/sectia05_chimie/chim_membri.htm; retrieved on June 23, 2015 On December 1, 2017, she was awarded a Knight of the Order of the Star of Romania.
She was one of the 100 women scientists featured in "Successful Women Ceramic and Glass Scientists and Engineers: 100 Inspirational Profiles" Madsen, Lynnette: Successful Women Ceramic and Glass Scientists and Engineers: 100 Inspirational Profiles - http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118733606.html; retrieved on March 20, 2016 by Lynnette Madsen (2016).
Scientific interests
Her scientific interests include:Jury composition for the "Women in Science" Unesco - L'Oreal Award, 3rd edition, Romania, 2012; http://www.cnr-unesco.ro/ro/Prezentare%20juriu%202012.pdf ; retrieved on February 10, 2013
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.Interview in Romanian newspaper "Curentul", Nr 159(3832), Friday, August 10, 2007; ; retrieved on February 23, 2013 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;Publications list on journalogy.net http://www.journalogy.net/PublicationList?srcType=4&desType=2&srcID=6867&desID=13384912; retrieved on February 10, 2013 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.Publications list on researchgate.com https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria_Zaharescu/; retrieved on February 10, 2013ResearchID list of publications http://www.researcherid.com/ProfileView.action?returnCode=ROUTER.Unauthorized&queryString=KG0UuZjN5WnCvwh8FIuxUg7ZefdjyMqCmGJsjQ7wrXs%253D&SrcApp=CR&Init=Yes ; retrieved on February 10, 2013List of publications ; retrieved on February 10, 2013Romanian Academy list of books for 2012; http://www.ear.ro/carti.php ; retrieved on February 10, 2013 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.Composition of the editorial board of the Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology; https://www.springer.com/materials/special+types/journal/10971?detailsPage=editorialBoard ; retrieved on February 23, 2013
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 ChemistryRomanian Chemistry Society Bulletin 1/2011, page 32; http://www.schr.org.ro/doc/Buletinul%20Societatii%20de%20Chimie%20din%20ROMANIA%20-%20Nr.%20XVIII%20-%201,2011.pdf; retrieved on February 10, 2013 2017 - Knight of the Order of the Star of Romania
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