Biography:
Gabriela Carja is Professor of Physical Chemistry in the Department of Chemical Engineering of Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi” of Iasi and received her Ph.D. in industrial catalysis in 1999. She was UNESCO research Fellow at Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan in 2000 and did a postdoctoral stage at Institute Superior Technique of Lisbon, Portugal. She was awarded the medal of Tokyo Institute of Technology and received the Romanian Academy award in 2009. She was DC Rapporteur at European Cooperation in Science and Technology Commission. Dr Carja co-authored over 130 scientific publications. Her focus is on the fabrication of novel nanoarchitectonics for catalysis targeting new energy production and environmental remediation.
Title : Synergistic behavior between the nanounits of gold nanoparticles/2-D matrix of layered double hydroxides heterostructures for facilitating plasmonic catalysis