CURRICULUM VITAE Name COMAN Surname SIMONA MARGARETA Data and place of born: 26.07.1969, Romania Place of work: Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, B-dul Regina Elisabeta 4-12, Bucuresti 030016 e-mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.unibuc.ro/prof/coman_s_m; http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-6587-2011 Actual position: Professor, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest Degrees: 2018 Habilitation: March 2018, University of Bucharest, Doctoral School in Chemistry 1993-2001 PhD: June 2001, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry, in Chemistry, Thesis: Catalysts for enantio- and diastereoselective hydrogenation reactions, Superviser: Prof. Dr. Emilian Angelescu 1987-1992 Bachelor: June 1992, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry, Domain: Chemistry; Specialisation: Catalysis and Catalysts Carrer (Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest): 2008-prezent Full Professor 2005-2008 Associate Professor 2001-2005 Lecturer 1992-2001 Assistant Professor Experience: Catalysts syntheses (metal oxides and fluorides, mesoporous materials, supported metals, magnetic nanoparticles-based catalysts etc) Catalysis fields (Acid-base catalysis, Asymmetric catalysis, Organocatalysis, Fine chemicals and pharmaceutical intermediates, Sustainable catalytic processes) Catalytic processes (hydrogenation, oxidation, isomerisation, alkylation and acylation, C- C and C-N coupling, valorisation of biomass to biofuels and biochemicals, etc) Solid catalysts characterization by adsorption-desorption isotherms of liquid nitrogen at 77K, TG-DTA, TPD, IR spectroscopy, XRD, Dr-UV-Vis Analytical characterisation methods (ICP-OES, GC, GC-MS, HPLC, LTC, liquid 1H- and 13C-NMR). Fellowships: 2007-2008 Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, Institut für Chemie, Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Germany (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Habil. Erhard Kemnitz) 2002-2003 Postdoctoral fellowship, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Unite de Catalyse et des Materiaux Divises, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Paul Grange) 1999-2000 and Research fellowship, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (Supervisor: 2001 Prof. Pierre A. Jacobs). Publications (attached list of publications): 2 Books in Romanian Eds. 8 Chapter books in International Eds. 5 Reviews 99 Scientifical papers (90 ISI papers) 10 Key-note lectures and invited lectures in International Conferences 158 Contributions in National and International Conferences h-index/ number of citations 26 / 1524 Other relevant data: Awards “Gheorghe Spacu” Award for Chemical Science on 2010 from Romanian Academy (december 2012) Research activity Project leader of 8 national research projects financed by UEFISCDI Romanian Agengy Editorial Board 2018 - : Current Catalysis, Bentham Science Publishers, ISSN: 2211-5455 Member (online), ISSN: 2211-5447 (print) Member of Member of the Romanian Catalysis Society professional Member of the American Nano Society societies and Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry management Member of the European Management Committee COST Action councils CM0905: Organocatalysis (ORCA) Network (2010-2014) Member of the Professor Council Of the Faculty of Chemistry (2009- 2015; 2017-present) Coordinator of the “Chemistry of Advances Materials” Master direction from the Faculty of Chemistry (2011- till present) Member in The 6th Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis (APCAT), 13-17 Oct. 2013, Taipei, organizing of Taiwan (Session Chairwoman) th International 12 European Congress on Catalysis – EuropaCat-XI, Kazan, Russia, Congresses/ 30 August – 4 September, 2015 (Session Chairwoman) Session International Congress on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Engineering, Roma, Italia, 20-22 Iulie 2016 (Member of the Scientifical Comitee) Chairwoman The International Symposium on Green Chemistry (ISGC), La Rochelle, Franta, 16-19 Mai 2017 (Session Chairwoman) 14th Pannonian International Symposium on Catalysis, Starý Smokovec, 3 – 7 September, 2018, Slovacia (Session Chairwoman) .