Curriculum Vitae

Name	Ursescu
First name	Daniel
Date of birth	The 21st of January 1976
Place of birth	Piatra Neamt, Romania

Profession	Physicist
Actual position	Researcher in laser physics
Professional address	National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics Atomistilor 409, Magurele 077125, Romania
	Atomistilor 409, Magurele 077125, Romania Phone/Fax: (+40) 21 457 5066 or (+40) 21 457 4491 int. 2082 E-mail: daniel.ursescu_at_inflpr.ro web: http://ssll.inflpr.ro/

Education:

01/2002–02/2006	Doctoral studies at Johannes Gutenberg Universit¨at Mainz and GSIDarmstadt, Germany. Graduation work: “Grazing Incidence Pumped Zr X-Ray Laser for Li-like Ions Spectroscopy” obtained grade very good (A).
5-15.07.2003	37th international summer school of quantum electronics: Atoms and Plasmas in Super-intense Laser Fields, Erice-Sicily, Italy
25-27.03.2002	International summer school: New X-ray Science; X-ray Investigation of Fast and Ultrafast Processes; DESY, Hamburg, Germany
09/1999–07/2000	Master of science studies at Bucharest University, Faculty of Physics. Graduation work: “Metal Matrix Composites Laser Cladding on Aluminium”
09/1994–07/1999	Physics studies at Bucharest University, Faculty of Physics; Speciality: Optotechnics and technology with lasers, plasma and radiation. Graduation work “Langmuir Probes Measurement in the Reflex Plasma Reactor”; General mark 9.42 (10 is maximum)
09/1990–07/1994	High school “Petru Rares”, Piatra Neamt¸ (profile math and physics)

Scientific activity

01/2002–03/2007	GSI-Darmstadt, Germany Job description: High power laser and x-ray laser development, laser synchronization with ion beam Responsibilities: Development of X-ray lasers at 13.9 nm, 14.7 nm and 22.02 nm; EBIT experiments; Laser produced plasmas experiments and theory; Improving the optical stretcher-compressor design for the PHELIX laser; Synchronization of PHELIX laser with the ion accelerator facility; Data acquisition and analysis.
11/2000–12/2001	Uni-Duesseldorf, Germany Job description: Optical clocks, metrology and standards development Responsibilities: Development of a mixed system: cryogenic-vacuum-optical resonators for precise tests of the relativity theory
02/2000–06/2000	IREPA Laser - ENSAIS Strasbourg, France Job description: Laser cladding research Responsibilities: Metal matrix composites cladding on aluminium alloys. Improve the surface structure for wear resistance.
04/1999–09/2000	National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania Job description: Plasma physics research Responsibilities: UV radiation production with low temperature excimer plasmas.

Skills:

Computer knowledge	Windows and Linux OS, MS Office, Mathematica, Optica, image processing software, Maple, Origin, etc.
Foreign languages	English, German, French