About me
I am currently conducting my research activities as a Senior Scientific Researcher (CS1) / Principal Investigator at the CAMPUS Research Institute and Center for Microscopy-Microanalysis and Information Processing of the National University for Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest. I hold a bachelor (2007) and a PhD degree (2011) in Electronics, both awarded by University Politehnica Bucharest, and since 2022 I hold a Habilitation Degree in Physics, and currently act as a PhD supervisor in Physics, affiliated to the Doctoral School of Applied Sciences of Politehnica Bucharest. My main topics of research so far have focused mainly on (i) optical characterization of biological species and advanced materials using scanning laser and scanning probe microscopies, (ii) hardware (opto-mechatronics and electronics) developments and image processing techniques for high-resolution imaging at micro- and nanoscales (iii) development of automated microscopy/nanoscopy data analysis methods based on machine and deep learning. In addition to continuing work on these topics, currently I have embarked at founding a new research lab on computational and applied photonics, at the CAMPUS Research Institute of POLITEHNICA Bucharest, the first ever in Romania.
To date, I have participated in >30 Research Projects supported by national or European funding bodies. I was/am Principal Investigator/Partner Leader for over 12 grants, with a total budget > 2.7 mil EUR, including for two European collaborative projects funded under H2020 ATTRACT’s competition for breakthrough technology concepts. Among others, my scientific activities have led to the publication of >90 journal articles published/accepted in Web of Science indexed journals (~38% as first or co-corresponding author), over 30 WOS conference proceedings articles, and >20 invited talks (at conferences or international institutions). ~80% of my WOS journal articles are published in Q1/Q2 journals, including in journals with IF>10, such as PNAS (first/corresponding author), Advanced Materials, Advanced Science, Nano Today, Science Advances, Biomaterials, Small, Laser & Photonics Reviews or Journal of Advanced Research (co-corresponding author). My work attracted >1950 citations according to Google Scholar, where my current h-index is 25. Among others, I served as Grant Awarding Coordinator, Short Terms Scientific Mission Coordinator, and Work group (6) Co-Lead, in the COST Action CA19118 ESSENCE, and as ITC Conference Grants Coordinator in the COST Action CA15124 NEUBIAS. I am currently engaged as Senior Editor for IEEE Photonics Journal overseeing journal Technical Area 11: Propagation, Imaging and Spectroscopy, Associate Editor for Frontiers in Photonics, and Editorial Board Member for Scientific Data (Nature Publishing Group).
- Scanning Laser and Scanning Probe Microscopies (CSLM, TPEF, SHG, FLIM, ASNOM, AFM, MFM)
- Correlative Microscopy – Nanoscopy approaches
- Image processing, image fusion and computer vision techniques for 2D, 3D and 4D data sets collected using optical microscopy and nanoscopy techniques
- Transfer of existing image processing, image fusion and computer vision techniques developed for natural images to the realm of optical microscopy and nanoscopy
- Analysis and understanding of microscopy and nanoscopy data
- Artificial intelligence for automated data analysis
- Development of novel image metrology methods and new image quality metrics
- Biophotonics (disease diagnostics using light/tissue interactions)
- Development of novel microscopy equipment and systems
- Development of new sample characterization protocols that optimize sample visualization
- Applied physics (optoelectronics, optics, photonics, surface science)
- Biomedical engineering (tissue characterization and diseases diagnostics using combined light microscopy/nanoscopy approaches).
- Characterization and synthesis of advanced materials (biomaterials, metamaterials)
- Cellular and Molecular Biology
- Label-based and label-free virtual histopahtology.
Topics of expertise
laser scanning microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, near-field microscopy, optical nanoscopy, biophotonics, nanophotonics, applied physics, optics, biomedical engineering, micro and nano biotechnologies, advanced nanomaterials, bionanomaterials, image acquisition, image processing, computer vision, image fusion, image understanding, image analysis, computational photonics, image metrology, algorithm development and optimization, sample characterization, sample preparation.
Contact:
Dr. Stefan G. Stanciu
1st (top) Grade Scientific Researcher (CS1) / Principal Investigator
Photon-X Spectrum Lab @ CAMPUS Research Institute &
Center for Microscopy – Microanalysis and Information Processing
National University for Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest
stefan.g.stanciu [-at-] upb [-dot-] ro
General Chair of the Carpathian Biophotonics Meeting
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