Background
Awarded MSc (1977) and PhD (1989) both from Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest. After graduation started a scientific research career at the Institute of Atomic Physics (Bucharest). In 1993 promoted to Head of the Plasma Physics Laboratory (IPTRD).
Joined the Department in October 1998 as a full time Research Associate. Later promoted as Research Fellow (2000), Senior Research Fellow (2002), Senior Lecturer (2003) and Reader (2009).
Professional Affiliations
Member of the IET
Senior Member of the IEEE
External Activities
Member of the International Steering Committee of the Megagauss Series of Conferences
UK Conference Attendance Chair for the IEEE International Power Modulator and High Voltage Conference
Chairman for the IEEE UK&RI Chapter on Industrial Electronics
Chief examiner for the Engineering Council
Broad Interests and Expertise
High-energy pulsed power physics and technology
Compact and repetitive pulsed power systems
Magnetic flux-compression and applications
High-current, high-power conditioning systems
Detonics (explosives, shock waves, etc.)
Fast high-current and high-voltage sensors
2D numerical modelling of pulsed power system
Expertise
Two dimensional numerical modelling of pulsed power system
Detonics (explosives
shock waves
etc.)
Electrical Power Engineering
in particular the production
conditioning and utilisation of large pulses of energy
Electromagnetic launchers
Electromagneticaly-driven implosions and magnetic flux-compression
Explosively-driven autonomous compact pulsed power system design
Fast high-current and high-voltage sensors
High-current
high-power conditioning systems
Ion and plasma sources
Magnetic Flux Compression
Modelling and Simulation (including virtual/synthetic environments)
Pulsed electric field sterilisation
Pulsed power engineering
Sensors
Unconventional Microwave Generation
Two-dimensional numerical modelling of pulsed power system
Keywords
detonics
compact repetitive pulsed power applications
high voltage pulse generation
Compact and repetitive pulsed power applications
Electromagnetically-driven implosions and magnetic flux-compression
Unconventional microwave generators
Ultrahigh magnetic field generation: physics, modelling, diagnostics and applications
Explosively-driven autonomous compact pulsed power system design
Undergraduate
Part C
ELC006 Electromagnetics (Responsible examiner)
ELC007 Fast Transient Sensors (Responsible examiner)
Part D
ELD306 Electromagnetics (Responsible examiner)
ELD307 Fast Transient Sensors (Responsible examiner)
