CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Radu Alexandru Gherghescu

Last name: Gherghescu
First, middle name: Radu Alexandru
Born: May 03, 1958 in Bucharest, Romania
Position: Senior Researcher, PhD
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Phone: (0040 21) 404 2390

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Horia Hulubei National Academy Prize - 2003, for the group of articles: Two center shell model and its applications to binary processes.

Referee for : Physical Review C, Journal of Physics G, International Journal of Modern Physics E

Fields of research:

1992 - PhD in nuclear physics, Institute of Atomic Physics - Bucharest. Thesis title: Shell and pairing effects for a large range of mass asymmetry in fission.
Supervisor: Prof. Marin Ivascu.

•  Fission and fusion nuclear reactions.
• Synthesis and decay of superheavy elements.
• Two center nuclear shell model.
• Three center nuclear shell model

Scientific collaborations:

1995 - present: Institut für Theoretische Physik (ITP) and Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany - Synthesis reactions of heavy and superheavy nuclei, c/o Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.mult. Walter Greiner.
2004: Advanced Science Research Center of the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai, Ibaraki, c/o Dr. Yuichiro Nagame - Sub-barrier fusion reactions for synthesis of superheavy nuclei.
2003 - present: CENBG, Bordeaux, France, Deformation dependence of potential barriers, c/o Prof. Nicolas Carjan
1999 - 2002: SUBATECH - Physique Theorique, Université de Nantes, France, Influence of rotation in fusion reactions, c/o Prof. Guy Royer.
2000 - Senior Postdoc, Lousiana State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, c/o Prof. Jerry P. Draayer - Solitons as emitted nuclear clusters.
1998: GSI, Darmstadt, Germany, c/o Prof. Gottfried Münzenberg and Prof. Sigurd Hofmann - Possible quasi-symmetric fusion valleys for  Z=120 and  Z=122;
1997: PostDoc DAAD at Institute für Theoretische Physik - Frankfurt am Main. Subject: Decay modes of superheavy nuclei within two center shell model.
1995 - 1996: Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies (SINS), University of Warsaw, Poland, c/o Prof. Adam Sobiczewski - Nonaxial shapes of superheavy elements within Woods-Saxon shell model.
1994-1995: PostDoc Volkswagen, granted by The Konferenz der Deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften, Mainz, at ITP - Shell effects and competition between alpha decay and symmetric fission of ²⁶⁴Fm.