Europass Curriculum Vitae Personal information First name(s) / Surname(s) Address(es) VIŞA MARIA NO.48, street CLOŞCA, 500040, BRAŞOV, ROMANIA Telephone(s) +40 368456031 Mobile: +40729109355 E-mail maria.visa@unitbv.ro; Visamro2000@Yahoo.com Nationality Romania Date of birth 09.12.1950, Fagaras Gender Female Desired employment / Occupational Professor Work experience Occupation or position held Main activities and responsibilities Name and address of employer Occupation or position held Main activities and responsibilities Name and address of employer Dates 2008 2013 2014- present Associate professor Professor I teach Chemistry, Processes of Treatment Water and Recycling Materials courses Transilvania University of Brasov, Bd. Eroilor 29, 500036, Dept. Renewable Energy Systems and Recycling, Romania, Brasov, Romania Dates 2002 2007 Teacher and manager Coordinator of the Chemical program Professional Conversion at level post university Head of institution (College of Natural Sciences Emil Racovita from Brasov) (College of Natural Sciences Emil Racovita from Brasov, Romania Dates 1974-1986 Occupation or position held Chemistry teacher, Main activities and responsibilities Name and address of employer Education and training 1972-2014 Title of qualification awarded Principal subjects/occupational skills Name and type of organisation providing education and training Teacher with degrees: Definitiv, gr. II, gr. I and head of Chemistry Department Colleges: Unirea, Dr. I Mesota and Emil Racovita from Brasov, Romania Diploma of Graduate, Diploma of Licence in Chemistry, PhD. Diploma Teacher and scientific researcher on waste materials used for waste treatment water. Specific competencies on adsorbent materials, on adsorption and photocatalysis processes, on environmental chemistry and of the technological processes applied in (waste) water treatment. Researcher management competencies Transilvania University of Brasov Faculty of Physic Chemistry University Babes Bolyai from Cluj Napoca Faculty of Chemistry Technology Transilvania University of Brasov Faculty of Materials Sciences 1
. Level in national/international classification High 2012 member in editorial board of the journals: Journal of Membrane and Separation Technology - Bioprocessing Technology, Herbert Publications - Session Chair - Conference Multi-Fuctional Materials and Structures MFMS/section, 9-12 October 2009, Qingdao China: 2007 prezent, Vice president a Societatii Romaine de Chime, Filial Brasov 2011 prezent, membru al American Nano Society. Profil public: http://members.nanosociety.us/mariavisa Personal skills and competences Mother tongue(s) Româna Rewire ISI: Journal of Hazardous Materials, Chemical Engineering Journal, Materials Science and Engineering B, Applied Surface Science, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Central European Journal of Chemistry, Desalination, Journal of Catalysis, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Environmental Technology, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Materials Science, Fuel J., Molecules, Chemosphere, Ultrasonic J. Other language(s) Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production Language B2 English C2 English C2 English C2 English C2 English Language A2 France A2 France A2 France A2 France A France (*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Social skills and competences Team spirit, Interculturale experiences between some Europen countries (Belgium, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal Turkish).I developed some Comemius projects. Organisational skills and competences Technical skills and competences 2007-2011 Vice president of Chemistry Society Romania, branch Brasov 2009 - Session Chair at MFMS Conference Qindao, China Experimental skills: synthesis of advanced materials powders with controlled properties; characterisation techniques for inorganic and composite materials. Theoretical skills: advanced materials modelling. Researcher on treatment water and wastewater treatment; Researcher on materials (new type of adsorbents fly ash, modified fly ash with TiO2, WO3, bentonite diatomite and used for waste water treatment loaded with: dye, heavy metals, surfactants. Competencies: management of integrated fundamental and experimental research for advanced materials development. Computer skills and competences Office package - very good (Knowledges about work PC. Microsoft office: word, Powerpoint, Excel.) Artistic skills and competences European Research projects Picture, Inside home Designer Manager of the project 2004 2007 SOCRATES / COMENIUS: Water: Asset in the Sustainable Development of a Joint Europe, WATER: ASSET with: Spain, Portugal, Italy, Turkey Project coordinator. I wrote, won and coordinated this project, involving 5 partners from 4 different countries. The outcomes were two books for to involve optional courses of water at high- school. Member of the management committee 2005 2008, SOCRATES COMENIUS 2.1, 226362 CP 1 2005 1 RO COMENIUS- C21, SEE EU TOOL - Sustainable Energy For High School Education - An European Training Tool, SEE EU TOOL Member of the Management Committee 2000 2003 SOCRATES / COMENIUS: Chemistry Instruction Using Information and Communication Technologies CHEMNIC Accountable for Project (Member of the Management Committee) National Funded Research Grants: 2006-2008 Romanian Research Council, Program: CNCSIS, No. A400, Increasing the conversion efficiency of solid state solar cells, Member of team 2
2007 2010, Romanian National Research Agency, Programme: PNII FOTOCOMPLEX Photocatalityc Technologies for Wastewater treatment, accountable with adsorbents materials used for wastewater treatment. 2008 2011, Romanian National Research Agency, Programme PN II, TECNANOECO New technological concepts regarding development of nanomaterials with low impact on environment, accountable with adsorbents materials used for wastewater treatment. 2013-2016, PN-II-RU-TE-2012-3-.0177, New adsorbents of zeolite type obtained from waste fly ash collected from Romanian Combined Heat and Power Plants - manager of the project. 2014-2016, PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-0726. Innovative Integrated Materials - Technology - Equipment System for simultaneous photocatalysis and adsorption applied in sustainable wastewater treatmentmanager of the project. Additional information see annexes 1.Short bio 2. List of publications ( last 5 years) 3. Contributions at conferences 4. Published books 1. Short Biography Maria Visa, female, environmental chemist, graduated in chemistry and physics at the Transylvania University of Brasov, 1972 and at University Babes -Bolyai Faculty of Chemistry Technology from Cluj Napoca, Romania 1978. She worked as teacher with degrees: II, I and coordinator of Chemistry Department. 2002-2007 she was manager at College of Natural Sciences Emil Racovita, Brasov, Romania. She was integrated in Transylvania University from 2000 as Lecturer. PhD. Diploma at Transilvania University in 2008 on waste materials used for waste treatment water. As associate professor in Chemistry and Environment Department teach Chemistry, Recycling Materials and Processes of Treatment Water courses at Transilvania University of Brasov She is coordinator of the Chemical program Professional Conversion at level post university. 2007-2011 Vice president of Chemistry Society Romania, branch Brasov. Researcher on materials zeolites, fly ash used for removal dyes, heavy metals and surfactants from waste water. She works on research with others universities from Romania (Bucharest, Cluj Napoca) and Research Institutes. 10-23 April 2011 she taught on European University of Green Chemistry IP Erasmus, de Béthune, France. Interculturale experiences between some Europen countries (Belgium, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Turkish) developed on more Comemius projects. Now she has published more than 29 papers of which papers (h index=10) published in ISI Thomson Journals, Web of Science, Sol Gel Science and Technology are ISI published in Adsorption, Catalysis Today, Applied Surface Science, Hazardous Materials and Environmental Engineering Management Journals and 5 books and got more than 8 of awards given by National Authority for Scientific Research from Romania for the highly research in new materials obtained from fly ash for adsorption of the pollutants from wastewater. She was also - Session Chair at The 3 rd International Conference MFMS 2009, the conference was held Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China and participated in many International Conferences (WOCA 2011, FOA10, the 10th International Conference on Fundamentals of Adsorption, 2010 at the Awaji Japan, 2011 Moscow, SPEA Palermo, Italia - 2008, Valentia Spania 2012, 2nd International Congress on Advanced Materials, (AM 2013), 2013, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China, 8th NANOSMAT, 2013, Granada (Spanaia), 2013 Manchester UK, The Photocatalytic and Superhydrophilic Surfaces Workshop, PSS2013, will take place on the 12 th and 13 th December in Manchester, Urban Environmental Pollution Conference, 12-15/iunie 2014, Toronto Canada, EMRS Fall Meeting 2014, 14-17/September, 2014, Warsaw, Poland. 2. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (LAST 5 YEARS) h index = 10 Papers published in ISI Thomson Journals, Web of Science 1. Visa M. Andronic L. Duta A., Fly ash-tio2 nanocomposite material for multi-pollutants wastewater treatment, J. of Environ. Manag., vol. 150 (2015) 336-343. 2. Visa M., Bogatu C., Duta A., Tungsten oxide fly ash oxide composites in adsorptionand photocatalysis, Journal of Hazardous Materials 289 (2015) 244-256 3
3. M. Vişa, A. M. Chelaru, Hydrothermally Modified Fly Ash for Heavy Metals and Dyes Removal in Advanced Wastewater Treatment, Journal Applied Surface Science, vol. 303, (2014), 14-22 4. Andronic L., Cazan C., Enesca A., Vişa M., TiO2 active carbon composites for wastewater photocatalysis, J, Sol-Gel Science and Technology, (2014) 71:396 405 5. Vişa M., Cazan C., Andronic L., Fly Ash Based Substrates for Advanced Wastewater treatment, (2014), 539-569, publicat în Sustainable Energy in the Built Environment - Steps Towards nzeb, Visa I. Ed, ISBN 978-3-319-09706-0, 6. M. Vişa, A. Duta, TiO2/fly ash novel substrate for simultaenous removal of heavy metals and surfactants, Chemical Engineering Journal, vol.223, (2013), 860-868 7. M. Vişa, A. Duta, Methyl Orange and Cadmium Simultaneous Removal Using Fly-Ash and Photo-Fenton Systems, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 244-245 (2013) 773-779 8. M. Vişa, Tailoring Fly Ash activated with Bentonite as adsorbent for Complex Wastewater treatment, Journal Applied Surface Science, volume: 263 (2012), pages: 753-762 9. M. Vişa, L. Isac, A. Duta, Fly ash adsorbents for multi-cation wastewater treatment, Journal Applied Surface Science, Volume: 258 (2012), Pages: 6345-6352 10. M. Vişa, L. Andronic, D. Lucaci, A. Duta, Concurrent dyes adsorption and photo-degradation on fly ash based substrates, J. Adsorption, Vol.17, Issue 1 (2011), 101-108 11. D. Lucaci, M. Vişa, A. Duţă, Wood waste for Cu 2+ removal from wastewater a comparative study, Conference: International Conference on Analytical and Nanoanalytical Methods for Biomedical and Environmental Sciences (IC-ANMBES) Brasov, Romania 2010 Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, vol. 10(2) (2011) 169-174 12. D. Lucaci, M. Vişa, A.Duţă, Cooper removal on wood - fly ash substrates - thermodinamic study, Revue Roumane de Chime, vol. 56, (2011), 1067-1074 13. M. Coşniţă, C. Cazan, M. Vişa, A.Duţă, Product development using composites from recycled wood plastics and rubber, 1st International Conference on Quality and Innovation in Engineering and Management (QIEM), Cluj Napoca, ROMANIA, 2011, Quality and Innovation in Engineering and Management, (2011), 253-256 14. M. Vişa, F. Pricop and A. Duta, Sustainable treatment of wastewaters resulted in the textile finishing industry, Journal. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, (2011), 13, 855-861 15. M. Vişa, M. Nacu, Comparative heavy metals and dyes removal efficiency on fly ash and wood ash, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, vol 10(9), (2011), 1407-1414 16. L. Andronic, D., Andrasi, A. Enesca, M. Vişa, A. Duta, The influence of titanium dioxide phase composition on dyes photocatalysis, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 58 (1), (2011), 201-208 17. D. Lucaci, M. Vişa; A.Duţă; Second raw materials for Cu 2+ removal from wastewater - a comparative study; Environmental Engineering And Management Journal., 10 (2), (2011), 169-174; 18. A. Duta, M. Vişa, D. Lucaci; Industrial Wastewater Treatment Using Fly Ash, Trends in the Development of Machinery and Associated Technology, (2011), In Press; 19. M. Vişa, C. Bogatu, A.Duta, Simultaneous adsorption of dyes and heavy metals from multicomponent solutions using fly ash, Journal Applied Surface Science, 256, (2010), 5486 5491. 20. M. Vişa, A. Duţă, Adsorption behavior of Cd 2+ and Cu 2+ on a mixture fly ash:tio2, Rev. Roum. Chim, (2010), 55 (3), 167-173. 21. M. Vişa, A. Duta, Tungsten oxide and fly ash mixtures for single step wastewater treatment process, J. of Optoelectronics and Advances Materials, ISSN 1454-4164, (2010), 12, (2), 406-410. 4
22. M. Vişa, R. A., Carcel, L. Andronic, A. Duta, Advanced treatment of wastewater with methyl orange and heavy metals on TiO2, fly ash and their mixtures, Catalysis Today, 144, (2009), 1-2, 137-142 23. M. Vişa, L. Andronic, A. Duta, Photocatalytic Properties of Titania - Fly Ash Thin Films, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal (2009), 8, (4), 633-638. 24. M. Vişa, A. Duta, Enhanced Heavy Metal Adsorption on Dye-Modified Fly Ash, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal (2009),8, (4), 803-808. 25. L. Andronic, B. Hristache, A. Enesca, M. Vişa, A. Duta, Studies On Titanium Oxide Catalyst Doped With Heavy Metals (Cadmium, Copper And Nickel), Environmental Engineering And Management Journal, (2009), 8, (4), 747-751. 26. C., Vladuta, L. Andronic, M. Vişa, A. Duta, Ceramic interface properties evaluation based on contact angle measurement, Surface & Coatings Technology 202 (11):2448-2452, (2008), 0257-8972. 27. M. Vişa, A. Duta, Advanced Cd 2+ removal on dispersed TiO2-fly ash, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 7 (4):373-378 (2008) ISSN 1582-9596. 28. M., Vişa, A. Duta, Cadmium and Nickel Removal from Waste Water using Modified Fly ash: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Study, Scientific Study & Research, vol. IX (1), pag. 73-82 (2008), ISSN 1582-540X 29. Anca Duta, Maria Visa, Simultaneous removal of two industrial dyes by adsorption and photocatalysis on a fly-ash TiO2 composite, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 306 (2015) 21-30. 3. CONTRIBUTIONS AT CONFERENCES 3.1 Paper published in ISI Proceedings, ISI Thomson, Web of Science 1. A. Duta, M Vişa,; Manolache, SA; Nanu, M, Anatase (TiO2) thin layers for solar energy conversion, Proceedings of the 11th international conference on optimization of electrical and electronic equipment, vol. ii a & b.461-466, 2008 3.2. Other contributions to conferences (selection) 1. M. Vişa, A. Duta, New Composites Obtained by freundlich conditions for Advanced Wastewaters Process, The Photocatalytic and Superhydrophilic Surfaces Workshop, PSS2013, (2013), Manchester. 2. M. Vişa, L. Andronic, A. Duta, Nanoclusters obtained by modified fly ash with organic additive and the adsorption performance in removing the pollutants from complex wastewater, 8th International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials, (2013), Granada, Spania, 3. M. Vişa, Sustainable Treatment of Industrial Wastewaters with Complex Composition, 2nd International Congress on Advanced Materials, (AM 2013), 14-20 Mai 2013, Zhenjiang, China 4. M.,Vişa M., Nacu, R. Carcel, Fly ash substrates for complex wastewater treatment, WOCA Conference, (2011), Denver, Colorado, in Library, http:www.flyash.info/ 5. M., Vişa, A., Duta, Heavy metals removal on dye modified fly ash substrates, WOCA Conference, (2011), Denver, Colorado, in Library http:www.flyash.info/ 6. M. Vişa, L. Isac, A. Duta, Fly Ash - Activated Carbon Powder Composites for Dyes and Heavy Metals Removal, Advanced Materials Research Vols. 79-82 (2009) pp 243-246 7. M. Vişa, A. Enesca, A. Duta, Simultaneous Adsorption of Methyl Orange and Heavy Metals from Solution Using Fly Ash, Advanced Materials Research Vols. 79-82 (2009) pp 247-250 8. M. Vişa, A. Duta, Adsorption Mechanisms Of Heavy Metals, AIChE Conference, Salt Lake City, format CD, (2007), - Scopus. 5
9. M. Vişa, L. Isac, Studies of the wastewater adsorption on zeolite structures synthesized from waste fly ash, Moscow Conference October 2011, 10. M. Vişa, L. Andronic, A. Duta, Adsorption mechanisms of heavy metals and surfactants on fly ash with modified surface change, Moscow Conference October 2011 11. M.Vişa, A. Duţă, Cadmium and nickel removal from waste water using modified fly ash: thermodynamic and kinetic study, Scientific Study & Research,Vol. IX (1),73-82 (2008), ISSN 1582-540X 12. Duţă Anca, Vişa Ion, Jaliu Codruţa, Vişa Maria, Perniu Dana, Promoting renewable energy systems at highschool level, Eurosun Conference (CD Based), Lisabona, Portugalia, (2008). ISBN: 978-1-61782-228-5 13. Vişa Ion, Perniu Dana, Jaliu Codruţa, Vişa Maria, Duta Anca, European Training In-Service Tool On Sustainable Energy, European Conference on Photovoltaics, 23 EUPVSEC Proceedings (CD based), Valencia, Spania, Septembrie (2008) 14. Duţă Anca, Vişa Maria, Manolache Simona Ana, Nanu Marius, Anatase (Tio2) Thin Layers For Solar Energy Conversion, Poceedings of the 11TH International Conference on Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment, vol. II A, B pag. 461-466 (2008) 15. Vişa Maria, Duţă Anca, A Comparative Study Of Cd 2+ Removal Using Different Types Of Fly Ashes, International Conference on Materials Science and Engineering Braşov, Romania, BRAMAT, Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov, CD, (2007) 16. Vişa Maria, Duţă Anca, Fy Ash - A Waste Used For Reducing Environmental Pollution, The 31 st Annual Congress of the American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Pro-Active Partnership in Creativity for the Next Generation, Presses Internationales Polytechnique, ISBN: 978-2-553-01412-3, pp. 698-701, (2007) 17. Perniu Dana, Duţă Anca, Vişa Ion, Vişa Maria, Training Line For Sustainable Development In The Transilvania University Of Braşov, Romania, Ecological Chemistry, Latest Advances, Book of Proceedings, Third International Conference, Chişinau, Modova, ISBN: 9975-62-134-1, pag. 715-720, (2005) 18. Vişa Maria, Expanding Education on Sustainable Development at High School Level via Comenius Projects, Conference on Sustainable Energy, CSE`05, Braşov, Proceedings, ISBN: 973-635 539-X, format CD, (2005) 19 Vişa Maria, Duţă Anca, Waste Water Treatment For Cadmium Removal by Using Flying Ashes, Conference on Sustainable Energy, CSE`05, Braşov, Romania Proceedings, ISBN: 973-635 539-X, format CD, (2005) 3.3. The articles published at romanian journals CNCSIS - B/B +. 1. Vişa Maria, Duţă Anca, Removal cadmium and cooper from aqueous solution by adsorption onto treated fly ash collected from CET-Braşov, Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, p. 293-298, ISSN(2065-2119) 2. Vişa Maria, Duţă Anca, Heavy metals from multicomponents cation solution using alkaline activated fly ash, Bulletin of the Transilvania Universityof Braşov, Vol.14(49), Series A, p. 205-210, 2007 4. PUBLISHED BOOKS 1. Maria VIŞA, Procese de Tratare a Apei- Îndrumar de Laborator, ISBN, Editura Universitatea Transilvania, Braşov, 978-606-19-0353-5, (2014). 2. Maria VIŞA, C. Drăghici, L. Dumitrescu, I. Nicolae, S. Paţachia, D. Perniu, Tehnologiile and Endviroment Protection, ISBN 978-606-5115-210-6, (2012). 3. Ion Vişa, Anca Duţă, Sustainable Energy, Cap. 4.2. (WASTE)WATER TREATMENT, outcome of the project 226362-CP-1-2005-1-RO-COMENIUS C21- SEE-TOOL, Ed. Univ. Transilvania, Braşov, (2008). 6
4. Maria Vişa, Vittorio Zanetti, Angela Pereira, Emine Eşturk, Miquel A. Sancho, Clean Water An Invaluable Asset, Ed. Univ. Transilvania, Braşov, ISBN:978-973-598-031-3, (2007). 5. Maria Vişa, Vittorio Zanetti, Angela Pereira, Miquel A. Sancho, Emine Eşturk, Glossary on water propertiees and pollution, Ed.Univ. Transilvania Braşov, ISBN:978-973-635-989-7 (2007). 6. Vassiliki Spiliotopoulou-Papantoniou, Aurelia Moraru, Maria Vişa, Integration of software into chemistry courses (learning and teaching chemistry in secondary schools in the society of information), Ed. Univ.Transilvania Braşov, ISBN: 973-635-047-9, (2002). Prof. univ. dr. Maria Vişa 7