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PERSONAL INFORMATION

LUCIANA-ELENA BOSTAN

Name

Address AP. 34, WHITE CROFT WORKS, 69 FURNACE HILL, SHEFFIELD, S3 7AH, UK

Telephone 004***********

E-mail acb45w@r.postjobfree.com

Nationality ROMANIAN

Date and place of birth 23 OCTOBER 1981, PIATRA-NEAMT, ROMANIA

CORE COMPETENCIES

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH

TISSUE ENGINEERING

PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISATION OF POLYMERS

MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION OF POLYMERS AT MACRO AND NANO SCALE

BIOENGINEER, BIOMECHANICS, POLYMERS, BIOMATERIALS, TISSUE ENGINEERING, TRIBOLOGY

KEYWORD

EDUCATION ET FORMATION

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT (PDRA), UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, KROTO RESEARCH

INSTITUTE, UK

June 2012 – Present

EUROPEAN COMMISSION (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IAPP/286174)

GRANT FRAMEWORK OF THE

(until July 2014)

PROJECT: UNDERSTANDING INTERACTIONS OF HUMAN TISSUE WITH MEDICAL DEVICES

PHD DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY AND BIOMECHANICS, DOCTORATE IN CO-DIRECTION BETWEEN «GH. ASACHI»

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI, FACULTY OF CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DOMAIN –

CHEMICAL, ROMANIA, AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCES OF LYON (INSA), FRANCE,

October 2007 – February 2011

DOMAIN-BIOMECHANICAL

DISSERTATION TITLE: “POLYMERIC MATERIALS WITH CONTROLLED HYDROPHILIC CHARACTER WITH

APPLICATION IN ARTICULAR CARTILAGE TISSUE ENGINEERING”

ADVISORS: YVES BERTHIER, MARCEL IONEL POPA, ANA-MARIA TRUNFIO-SFARGHIU, LILIANA

VERESTIUC, FLORIN MUNTEANU

January 2009 - February 2010 INTERNSHIP AT INSA OF LYON, MECHANICS OF CONTACTS AND STRUCTURES LABORATORY, TRIBOLOGY

AND MECHANICS OF INTERFACES EQUIP, FINANCED PAR EMBASSY OF FRANCE IN ROMANIA (PROGRAMME

DOCTORATE IN CO-DIRECTION)

« GR. T. POPA » UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF IASI, FACULTY OF MEDICAL BIOENGINEERING,

LICENTIATE IN MEDICAL BIOENGINEERING, PROFILE- MEDICINE; SPECIALISATION –BIOMATERIALS AND

PROSTHETICS TECHNOLOGY, OBTAINED MARK: 9.62/10 – SEPTEMBER 2007, 3TH / 69 STUDENTS

PROJECT OF STUDY «CHARACTERISTIC STUDIES OF THE TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF P(HEMA)

October 2001 – September 2007

» ADVISORS: PROF.DR.ING. FLORIN MUNTEANU, MC.DC.ING LILIANA VERESTIUC, 10/10

HIGH SCHOOL «CALISTRAT HOGAS» - PIATRA-NEAMT, BACHELOR EXAM: 9.11/10, JULIET

THEORETICAL

September 1997 – June 2001 2001; 10TH /100 STUDENTS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TRAINING IN BIOMATERIALS AND TISSUE ENGINEERING LABORATORY

PRACTICAL TRAINING IN USE OF TRIBOMETER

PRACTICAL TRAINING IN USE OF TENSILE TEST MACHINE

Trainings

PRACTICAL TRAINING IN USE OF DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS

(from june 2012 – January 2014)

PRACTICAL TRAINING IN USE OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

PRACTICAL TRAINING IN USE OF CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE

INTERNSHIP MOBILITY «SOCRATES-ERASMUS» AT LAMCOS, INSA OF LYON, FRANCE; ADVISORS: YVES

BERTHIER, ANA-MARIA TRUNFIO-SFARGHIU

• January 2006 – July 2006

PROJECT: “CONTRIBUTION TO A MATERIAL MODEL OF ARTICULAR CARTILAGE. CHOICE.

EX-VIVO MECHANICAL PROPERTIES MEASUREMENTS " (ECTS MARK:B)

Summer Internship at Stomatology Cabinet «Viadent (Marius Vatamanu)» - Iasi, Cements and

• July 2006 – August 2006

dental prostheses

Summer Internship at Recuperation Hospital – Iasi, Clinique of Functionally Exploration–

• July 2005 – August 2005

Participations at functionally investigation (pulmonary, cardio-vascular system)

Summer Internship at Municipal Hospital – Piatra-Neamt, Orthopaedic Clinique - Participations at

• July 2004 – August 2004

chirurgical interventions

• July 2003 – August 2003 Summer Internship at «Sf.Spiridon» Hospital – Iasi, EKG, Realisation of EKG

• July 2002 – August 2002 Summer Internship at Municipal Hospital – Piatra-Neamt, Medicals biochemical investigations

laboratories. Realisation of medical test

Award Travel award” obtained at 6th International Workshop for Musculoskeletal and Neuronal

Interactions” Congress (8-11 Mai 2008, Cologne, Germany).

Award Rudolfs Cimdins Travel award” obtained at 22nd European Conference

on Biomaterials, The annual conference of the European Societ y for Biomaterials” Congress ( 7-11

AWARDS AND BOURSES September 2009, Lausanne, Suisse).

Bourse of France in Romania Embassy programme ‘Doctorate in co-direction’(January

2009-february 2010)

Creativity Course in the programme de Bono Thinking”, Iaşi (June 2004)

OHERS English language courses in BREDEX Programme, Course of English language organised by British

Educational Exchange (August 2008)

Capacity to live and work in multicultural environments

Capacity of integration in different team work

SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Capacity to concentrate and work in conditions of fatigue and prolonged stress

Schedule work

Experience working in a chemistry laboratory, biology or biochemistry

PC: Windows Office, AutoCAD, Algor, Internet

Working in a research team

DRIVE LICENCE Drive licence (cat. B) from April 2007

PUBLICATIONS:

SUBMITTED IN ISI PAPERS

1. Y. Margaron, L. Bostan, J.-Y. Exposito, M. Malbouyres, A.-M. Trunfio-Sfarghiu, Y. Berthier, C. Lethias,

Tenascin-X increases the stiffness of collagen gels without affecting fibrillogenesis, Biophysical Chemistry (2010),

147:87–91.

2. L. Bostan, F. Munteanu, M. I. Popa, L. Vereştiuc, Preliminary Studies on Fatigue Analysis of Hydrogels

Based on p(HEMA), Revista de Chimie (Bucharest) 61 (2010), 12 : 1235-1238.

3. L.Bostan, A-M. Trunfio-Sfarghiu, L.Vereştiuc, M.I.Popa, F. Munteanu, Y.Berthier, Macro and nano-tribological

characterisation of a new HEMA hydrogel for articular cartilage replacement, Computer Methods in Biomechanics

and Biomedical Engineering, Volume 13, Supplement 1, (Septe mber 2010), ISSN: 1025-5842, 33-35, DOI:

10.1080/10255842.2010.491945.

4. L.Bostan, A.-M. Trunfio-Sfarghiu, L.Vereştiuc, M.I.Popa, F. Munteanu, J.-P.Rieu, Y.Berthier, Mechanical and

tribological properties of poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogels for articular cartilage substitute, Tribology

International, TRIBINT-D-10-00484 – accepted july 2011.

SUBMITTED IN OTHERS JOURNLS

1. O.Novac, N. Aelenei, N.Popa, L. Bostan, M.I.Popa, “Kinetics of polyphenol delivery from nanostructurated

systems”, International Conference Applied Sciences – Chemistry and Engineering Chemistry: CISA – 2008,

p.46-51, ISBN 978-***-****-86-6.

2. O. Novac, N. Popa, L. Bostan, L. Profire, M.I. Popa, “Natural polymers/theophylline nanostructured systems”,

International Symposium of Applied Sciences, Bacău, 4-6 aprilie, 2008.

3. L.Bostan, M.I.Popa, L.Vereştiuc, F. Munteanu, P(HEMA) – Application dans l’ingenieirie tissulaire du cartilage

articulaire, Scientific Study and Research, 2008, Vol. VII (4), p. 445 -451

4. L. Bostan, A.-M. Trunfio-Sfarghiu, L. Vereştiuc, M.I. Popa, Yves Berthier, Tribological behaviuor of hydrogels

based on p(HEMA), Buletinul Institutului Politehnic din Iași, Tomul LVII (LXI), Fasc. 1, 2011, p.1 -9.

TALKS AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

(DURING PDRA)

1. 5th International Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues, 8 Dec 2013 -12 Dec 2013, Sitges, Spain.

2. UNITISS Project Review Meeting, Philips – The University of Sheffield – West Pomeranian, 5th December

2013 – 6th December 2013, West Pomerian ZUT, Szcecin, Poland.

3. 9th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, 3 Sep 2013 -5 Sep 2013, University of

Cardiff, UK

4. UNITISS Year 1 Project Review Meeting, Philips – The University of Sheffield – West Pomeranian, 25 March

2013 – 26 March 2013, University of Technology Kroto Research Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

5. Philips – The University Of Sheffield – West Pomerian University of Technology UNITISS Project Marie Curie

Student and Post-doc Mini-Conference, 13 Nov 2012 – 4th Nov12, High Tech Campus, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

TALKS AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

(DURING PHD STUDIES)

1. L.Bostan, L. Vereştiuc, F. Munteanu, M. I. Popa, Studii asupra caracteristicilor tribologice ale poli(hidroxietil

metacrilat), Zilele Facultăţii de Inginerie Chimică şi Protecţia Mediului IV, 15 -16 november 2007, ISSN:

191*-****-****, Iaşi, România

2. O. Novac, N. Popa, L. Bostan, L. Profire, M. I. Popa, “Natural Polymers/Theophylline Nanostructured Systems”,

International Conference of Applied Sciences, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CISA -2008, 4-6 aprilie, 2008,

Slănic Moldova, Bacău, România.

3. O.Novac, N. Aelenei, N.Popa, L. Bostan, M.I.Popa, “Kinetics of polyphenol delivery from nanostructurated

systems”, International Conference Applied Sciences – Chemistry and Engineering Chemistry: CISA – 2008,

CISA-2008, 4-6 aprilie, 2008, Slănic Moldova, Bacău, România.

4. L.Bostan, L.Vereştiuc, M.I.Popa, Model al cartilajului articular - Hidrogel pe baza de p(HEMA), Polimeri

hidrosolubili pentru aplicatii avansate, Curs pentru tinerii cercetători, 15 – 17 aprilie 2008, Iaşi, România.

5. L. Bostan, M. I. Popa, F. Munteanu, L. Vereştiuc, Hzdrogels base don poly(HEMA) with application in tissue

engineering of cartilage, 6th International Workshop for Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions, 8 -11 May

2008, Kardinal Schulte Haus, Bergisch Gladbach, Cologne, Germany.

6. L. Bostan, M. I. Popa, L. Vereştiuc, P(HEMA) – application dans l’ingénierie tissulaire du cartilage articulaire,

aV-a Ediţie a Colocviului Franco-Român de Chimie Aplicată, COFrRoCA – 2008, 25-29 iunie 2008, Universitatea

din Bacău, România.

7. L.Bostan, M. I. Popa, L.Vereştiuc, C.Ibănescu, M. Danu, G. Lisa, Hydrogels based on p(HEMA) with application

in tissue engineering of articular cartilage, 3rd International Conference on Biomaterials and Medical Devices

(BiomMedD'2008), November 13-16th, 2008, Bucharest, Romania.

8. L.Bostan, M. I. Popa, L.Vereştiuc, C.Ibănescu, M. Danu, G. Lisa, Tribological analysisof hydrogels based on

p(HEMA). Posibility of using as articular surfaces in hip prothesys, 3rd International Conference on Biomaterials

and Medical Devices (BiomMedD'2008), November 13 -16th, 2008, Bucharest, Romania.

9. L.Bostan, M. I. Popa, L.Vereştiuc, C.Ibănescu, M. Danu, G. Lisa, Perspective în obţinerea unui material de

substituţie al cartilajului articular, Zilele Facultăţii de Inginerie Chimică şi Protecţia Mediului V, 19 -21 noiembrie

2008, Iaşi, România.

10. L. Bostan, A –M. Trunfio-Sfarghiu, Y. Berthier, M.I. Popa, F.Munteanu, L.Vereştiuc, Synthesis and

biomechanical characterisation of hydrogels based on p(HEMA) with applications in articular cartilage

substitution, 22nd European Conference on Biomaterials, The annual conference of the European Society for

Biomaterials, September 7-11, 2009, Lausanne, Switzerland.

11. L. Bostan, A –M. Trunfio-Sfarghiu, L.Vereştiuc, M.I. Popa, F.Munteanu, Y. Berthier,

Macro and nano-tribological characterisation of a new HEMA hydrogel for articular cartilage replacement, 35čme

congrčs annuel de la Société de Biomécanique, 25 -27 Aout 2010, Le Mans, France.

12. L.Bostan, A-M. Trunfio-Sfarghiu, L.Vereştiuc, M.I.Popa, F. Munteanu, Y.Berthier, Analyse of mechanical

and tribological properties of polymers with controlled hydrophilic character for articular cartilage substitute, 37th

Leeds-Lyon Szmposium on Tribology, Tuesday 7th - Friday 10th September 2010, Leeds, UK.

13. L.Bostan, A-M. Trunfio-Sfarghiu, L.Vereştiuc, M.I.Popa, F. Munteanu, Y.Berthier, Tribological behavior of

hydrogels based on p(HEMA), The 11th International Conference on Tribology, 4 – 7 noiembrie 2010, Iaşi,

România.

WORKSHOPS

1. Tribology & Mechanical Testing Workshop (Bruker) – 22 May 2013, Sheffield

2. University of Sheffield – 2013 Medical Devices and Healthcare Technologies Industry Open Day – 14 June 2013

(Clinical Engineering tour/workshop)

3. S1774- Touch and feely: the tribology of Skin Workshop – 26 June 2013, Sheffield

4. Tribology Workshop – 24 July 2013, Mappin Hall, Mappin Building, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

5. Shimadzu exhibition - University of Sheffield at the Turner Museum of Glass, Wednesday 11th September,

10.00am-3.00pm.

6. Introduction, Demo and Hands-on Workshop 3D Image Visualization, Analysis and Meshing with Simpleware,

Thursday, September 19, 2013, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm, Room MAPP-LT12, Mappin Building, Sheffield University,

Sheffield, UK.

7. INSIGNEO Senior Seminar: Integrative modeling of Cardiovascular Physiology, Monday 14 October 2013,

University of Sheffield, UK.

PATENT – Submitted in March 2011 at CNRS Lyon, France.

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