CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DATA
NAME : Madalina Olimpia VLAD
ADDRESS :
(office)
National
Institute of Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics,
Plasma and
Fusion Laboratory,
Association
EURATOM-MEdC Romania
P.O.Box MG-36, Magurele, Bucharest 76900, Romania
Phone: (40) 21
457 45 60
Fax: (40) 21
457 44 90
E-mail: madi@ifin.nipne.ro
NATIONALITY: Romanian
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PhD: Institute of Atomic Physics,
Bucharest
Title - "Theoretical and
numerical studies of transport processes in plasmas"
Supervision - Prof. Ioan-Iovit
Popescu, Member of the Romanian Academy
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Faculty of Physics, University of
Bucharest (1972-1977);
Degree in nuclear physics with a grade
point average over 5 years of 98%.
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Since
1978, I have a permanent position as researcher in the National Institute of
Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics,
Plasma and Fusion Laboratory
- 1990
- degree Senior Researcher III
- 1993 - degree
Senior Researcher II
- 1999 – degree
Senior Researcher I
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Since
1994, for various periods that add to more than 5 years, the „Département de
Recherche sur la Fusion Controlée”, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, France,
has employed me.
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1998-2000,
co-director of the NATO Linkage Grant CRG.LG 971484,
“Statistical Physics for anomalous transport in plasmas”,
collaboration between groups from DRFC-Cadarache
(France), Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) and our institute.
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2000-2002,
co-director of the NATO Linkage Grant PTS CLG 977 397,
“Mathematical Physics for anomalous transport in plasmas
and fluids”,
collaboration between groups from DRFC-Cadarache
(France), Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), Craiova University and our
institute.
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In
2003 (January-June) I was invited professor at the National Institute for
Fusion Science, Toki, Japan
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In the
period October 2004 to March 2005, I was invited professor at Kyushu
University, Japan.
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Since
2000, I am referee at several scientific journals (Physical Review Letters,
Physical Review E, Physics of Plasmas, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion,
Nuclear Fusion).
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2004-2009
member of Scientific Commetee of the European Fusion Theory Conference
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2006-2009: Director of the Project “Turbulence
and quasi-coherent structures in fluids and space plasmas”.
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2007-2008: temporary position for foreigner
scientists as Director of Research at CNRS,
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Research in theoretical and
experimental plasma focus (1978-1986):
(hybrid model for the description of dense plasmas,
experimental measurements especially concerning the neutron flux emitted by
deuterium plasmas, development of a new method for obtaining the time resolved
energy spectrum for the neutrons emitted by deuterium plasma focus, etc.)
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Studies of inverse problems
(1980-1985):
(two dimensional tomography, numerical methods and codes
for solving ill-posed problems in the sense of Hadamard, especially for
Fredholm type, first kind integral equations)
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Numerical simulations of tokamak
plasma evolution (1983-1989):
[development of a one dimensional tokamak
transport code with separate modules for impurities and neutral atoms and for
additional heating (lower hybrid, electron cyclotron) and numerical studies]
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Fluid dynamics numerical simulations
(1988-1990):
(code
for the study of thin molten layers)
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Fluid representation of quantum
mechanics (1990-1992):
(methods of fluid dynamics applied to the quantum potential
representation of quantum mechanics)
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Theoretical studies of the turbulence
in tokamak plasma (since 1988):
(method for the theoretical study of plasma turbulence
based on the functional integration on the space of particle trajectories,
studies of drift turbulence, studies of the transport in electrostatic and
magnetic turbulence, etc.)
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The present research domain is plasma turbulence, structure
generation and statistical physics of
anomalous transport in plasmas
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We have
obtained important results in transport studies based on test particle
evolution in turbulent stochastic field by developing a new approach that can
describe the effect of particle trapping in the structure of these fields. We
have also studied the statistics of test particles trajectories and the
diffusion induced by Lorenz force in stochastic fields.
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We have
studied coherent structures in turbulent plasmas using functional integration
methods. In particular we have developed models for the zonal flow in tokamak
plasmas and for plasma rotation. We have developed analytical methods for
determining the statistical properties of coherent vortical structures
interacting with turbulence in plasmas. We have also developed a field
theoretical approach for determining the equations that describe the asymptotic
stationary states of 2-dimensional ideal fluids, guiding center plasmas and
planetary atmosphere.
PUBLICATION
SUMMARY:
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Articles in ISI journals : 52
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Articles in non-ISI journals:
16
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Papers presented at
international conference and in conference proceedings: 98
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Electronic preprint arXiv.org: 22
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Chapters in books: 3
Collaborations:
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Institute
of Plasma Physics from Prague (1979-1990)
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Institute
of Atomic Energy "I.V.Kurchatov", Moscow (1986-1990)
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Commissariat
a l’Energie Atomique - Cadarache, France (1992-prezent)
(A cooperation contract between our institute and the
Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique was signed in 1997 and extended in 1999.
Since 2000 this collaboration continues in the frame of EURATOM)
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Université
Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (1992-prezent)
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ENEA-Frascati,
Italy (2004- prezent)
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Université
de Provence, Marseille, France (2005-prezent)
Research
work in foreign institutes:
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Commissariat
a l’Energie Atomique - Cadarache, France (Sept. 1992-February 1993, 6 months)
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FOM
Institute of Plasma Physics, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands (Mars-May 1993, 3
months)
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Université
Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (October-December 1993, 3 months)
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Commissariat
a l’Energie Atomique - Cadarache, France (Mars-August 1994, 6 months)
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Université
Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (Septeber-October 1994, 2 months)
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Commissariat
a l’Energie Atomique - Cadarache, France (June 1995 – June 1996, 12 months)
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Université
Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (Mars-April 1997, 2 months)
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Commissariat
a l’Energie Atomique - Cadarache, France (September-December 1997, 4 months)
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Commissariat
a l’Energie Atomique - Cadarache, France (April-September 1998, 6 months)
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Commissariat
a l’Energie Atomique - Cadarache, France (February-June 1999, 5 months)
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Commissariat
a l’Energie Atomique - Cadarache, France (March-September 2000, 6 months)
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Commissariat
a l’Energie Atomique - Cadarache, France (February-July 2001, 6 months)
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Université
Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (November 2001, 1 month)
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Commissariat
a l’Energie Atomique - Cadarache, France (February-August 2002, 6 months)
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National
Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Japan (January-June 2003, 5 months)
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Commissariat
a l’Energie Atomique - Cadarache, France (September-October 2003, 2 months)
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ENEA-Frascati,
Italy (May-June 2004, 1.5 months)
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Kyushu
University, Japan (October 2004 – March 2005, 6 months)
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Université
de Provence, Marseille, France (May-June 2005, 1.5 months)
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ENEA-Frascati,
Italy (November 2005, 1 month)
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Université
de Provence, Marseille, France (March 2006, 1 months)
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Culham
Science Centre – JET, Abingdon, UK (May-June 2006, 1.5 months)
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Culham
Science Centre – JET, Abingdon, UK (January 2007, 1 month)
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Université de Provence,
Marseille, France (May-June 2007, 2 months)
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Universite de Provence,
Marseille, France (October 2007 – April 2008, 7 months)