1989 - 1994 University of Bucharest,
Romania: Diploma degree in Physics. Finished third in my class of 300 students with a GPA of 9.98/10.
Academic Activity:
Spring 1995 - present, The Pennsylvania State University: Research
Assistant of Prof. Milton
W. Cole.
Summer 1998, The Pennsylvania State University: Lecturer for the
non-calculus based physics course for non-science majors.
1997 - 98, The Pennsylvania State University:Organizer of a Center
for Materials Physics weekly seminar series.
Fall 1994 - Fall 1998, The Pennsylvania State University: Teaching
Assistant for introductory physics courses (laboratory or recitation sections,
lecture demonstrations).
1993 - 1994, University of Bucharest: Research on the dichroic properties
in photoelectron diffraction.
Special Skills:
Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics simulations, Density Functional method
David Duncan Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University, 1998-99.
2.
Graduate Student Travel Award from the Division of Chemical Physics for
the APS March Meeting 1998.
3.
National Award of Merit 1990-92, 1993-94.
4.
Scholarship of the First Degree 1990-94.
Publications:
1.
S. M. Gatica, G. Stan, M. M. Calbi, and M. W. Cole, ``Axial phase of quantum fluids in
nanotubes'', to be submitted to J. Low Temp. Phys.
2.
S. Curtarolo, G. Stan, M.
J. Bojan, M. W. Cole and W. A. Steele,
``Threshold criterion for wetting at the triple point'', to be submitted
to Phys. Rev. E.
P. Budau, G. Stan, ``Circular and Linear Dichroisms in Photoelectron Diffraction'',
Surf. Sci. 331-333, 1213 (1995).
Presentations:
1.
Contributed talk at the Centennial Meeting of the APS, 20-26 March, 1999,
Atlanta: G. Stan, S. M. Gatica, M. M. Calbi, Q. Wang, K. Johnson, S. Curtarolo,
M. J. Bojan, M. W. Cole, W. A. Steele, ``One-dimensional phases in carbon
nanotubes''.
2.
Contributed talk at the 72nd ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium,
21-24 June, 1998, University Park: G. Stan, M. J. Bojan, M. W. Cole, W.
A. Steele, ``Computer Simulations of Rare Gases on Alkali-Earth Metals''.
3.
Contributed talk at the 1998 March Meeting of the APS, 16-20 March, 1998,
Los Angeles: G. Stan, M. J. Bojan, W. A. Steele, M. W. Cole, ``Computer
Simulations of Wetting Transitions of Ne on Alkali Metals''.
4.
Center for Materials Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, December
9, 1997: G. Stan, ``Adsorption in Carbon Nanotubes''.
5.
Contributed talk at the 1997 March Meeting of the APS, 17-21 March, 1997,
Kansas City, MO: G. Stan, M. W. Cole, ``Quasi-One Dimensional Fluids in
Nanotubes''.
6.
Contributed talk at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics
of the APS, November 24-26, 1996, Syracuse: G. Stan, M. W. Cole, R. S.
Sinkovits, ``Adsorption of Quantum Fluids in Nanopores and on Fullerite
Surfaces''.
7.
Contributed talk at the Scientific Session for the 300th Anniversary of
the University of Bucharest, June 4, 1994: G. Stan, P. Budau, ``Circular
and Linear Dichroisms in Photoelectron Diffraction''.