Elena Rodica IONESCU LEBRUN

Experience

• Since Apr 2018, University of Technology of Troyes, Associate Professor
• Apr 2014 - Mar 2015, Research manager of a Proof-of Concept (POC) Grant-NRF-POC 002-026 supported by the Singapore National Research, Nanyang Technological University, School of Materials Science and Engineering (international CREATE-NTU-HUJ-BGU program)
• Nov 2008 - Mar 2018, University of Technology of Troyes, Assistant Professor.
• Feb 2008 - Oct 2008, National Nanotechnology Laboratory, Lecce, Italy, CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) Reseacher
• Jan 2007 - Jan 2008, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble, DCM, UMR CNRS 5250, Postdoctoral fellow
• Jan 2006 - Dec 2006, Institut des Sciences Analytiques, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Postdoctoral fellow (Contrat Européen ELISHA)
• Oct 2004 - Sept 2005, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble, LEOPR, UMR CNRS 5630, Postdoctoral fellow (Chateaubriand Fellowship)

Education
 

• 2009 Habilitation to direct research (HDR), University of Technology of Compiègne, France
• 2007 PhD in Chemistry (Biosensors in medicine), University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry, Romania
• 2004 PhD in Biotechnology (Protease nano-lithography), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Israel
• 1997 Master in Applied Enzymology, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry, Romania

Teaching Activities

• CM10  - Physico-Chimie appliquée en Ingénierie
• EV01   - Bases scientifiques de l'environnement
• NT01   -  Nanotechnologies and Industry
• PC12   -  Physico-chimie de la matière
• TPC01 - Techniques d'analyse physico-chimiques

Main research topics

• Plasmonic biosensors
• Biofunctionalization of nanomaterials
• Bioluminenescence and chemiluminescence in environmental safety

1. Robust SERS platforms based on annealed gold nanostructures formed on ultrafine glass substrates for various (bio)applications. Zhou, L., Poggesi, S., Bariani, G.C., Mittapalli, R., Adam, P.M., Manzano, M., Ionescu, R.E. Biosensors 9(2), 53 (2019).  https://doi.org/10.3390/bios9020053
2. Biosensor platforms for rapid detection of E. coli bacteria. Ionescu, R.E.  book chapter in Recent advances on Physiology, Pathogenesis and Biotechnological Applications:  https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/54261 (2017).
3. Electrochemical lateral flow immunosensor for detection and quantification of dengue NS1 protein Sinawang, P.D., Rai, V., Ionescu, R.E., Marks, R.S. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 77, 400–408 (2016).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2015.09.048
4. A lower limit of detection for atrazine was obtained using bioluminescent reporter bacteria via a lower incubation temperature. Jia, K., Eltzov, E., Toury, T., Marks, R.S., Ionescu, R.E. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 84, 221–226 (2012).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.07.009

Misc :

Publons : https://publons.com/researcher/2349690/rodica-elena-ionescu/
Scopus : https://www-scopus-com.insis.bib.cnrs.fr/authid/detail.uri?origin=resultslist&authorId=9845073900&zone=
Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=UUXflSMAAAAJ&hl=fr
ResearchGate : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rodica_Ionescu