CV Adrian-Alexandru SOMEȘANFebruary 2022

Adrian-Alexandru Someșan
Lect. Dr. Eng.– Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Born 28.12.1989 in Bistrița, Romania
Residence: Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 400605
email: adrian.somesan@ubbcluj.roresearcherID: G-7055-2018
BrainmapID: U-1700-032K-6439
ORCID: 0000-0002-8335-4298

Professional experience
Employing unit: Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 11Arany Janos street, 400028, Cluj-Napoca, Romania,
Feb. 2022 – present Lecturer
Course: Industrial pollutants
Laboratory: general chemistry, main inorganic products technology,
coordinative and organometallic chemistry.
Seminary: general chemistry, main inorganic products technology,
industrial pollutants, solid-state chemistry and engineering,
environment protection in chemical industry.
2018 – Feb. 2022

Assistant Professor
Laboratory: general chemistry, non-metal chemistry, main inorganic
products technology, coordinative and organometallic chemistry.
Seminary: general chemistry, main inorganic products technology,
industrial pollutants, solid-state chemistry and engineering,
environment protection in chemical industry.

Mar. 2021 – present Scientific researcher
Research in organometallic and coordination chemistry of theelements in group 14 and 15.
Mar. 2017 – present Research Assistant at Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
oct. 2016 – 2017

Associate assistant at Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Romania,

Education
Oct. 2015 – Oct. 2019

Doctor of Chemistry, Babeș-Bolyai University
Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Organometallic Chemistry, Centre of Supramolecular, Organicand Organometallic Chemistry, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Cristian SILVESTRU

Oct. 2013 – Jul. 2015

MSc in Advanced Chemistry, at Babeș-Bolyai University
Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Oct. 2009 – Jul. 2013

Chemical Engineering, at Babeș-Bolyai University,
Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Research Interests
Coordination and organometallic chemistry of group 14 elements [Sn(IV) and Pb(II)]Page 1 of 3

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Research project
Sept. 2020 – present Project manager, post-doctoral grant financed by UEFISCDI, PN-IIIP1-1.1-PD-2019-0976 – 246.950 RON
Mai 2020 – Mai 2021 Project manager, Young Researchers grant, GTC-31835, financedby Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca – 50.000 RON
Mar. 2021 – present Scientific researcher, Exploratory Research Project, PN-III-P4-IDPCE-2020-2651, financed by UEFISCDI.
Aug. 2018 – present Assistant scientific researcher, Frontier research project, PN-III- P4ID-PCCF-2016-0088, financed by UEFISCDI.
Mar. – Sept. 2017
Assistant scientific researcher, Young Teams Project, 2014, PN-IIRU-TE-2014-4-0906, financed de UEFISCDI.
2014 – 2016
Technician, Exploratory Research Project, PCCE: PN-II- ID-PCCE2011-2-0050/2011, financed by UEFISCDI.
2011 – 2014
Technician, Young Teams Project, 2011, PN-II-RU-TE-2011-3-0033.

Research stays and training•••

6 months (November 2018-Mai 2019) in Rennes, at the Institut des Sciences Chimiquesde Rennes UMR CNRS 6226, France – Supervisor Dr. Yann Sarazin
Funding: Rennes Métropole scholarship and PN-III-P4-ID-PCCF-2016-0088
4 months (April-July 2017) in Rennes, at the Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes
UMR CNRS 6226, France – Supervisor Dr. Yann Sarazin
Funding: Erasmus+ grant + BBU scholarship
Attendance to X-Ray Crystallography School, Izmir, Turkey, 1-5 September, 2014

Technical skills and competences••••••••

Expertise in the synthesis and characterisation of organometallic and coordination
compounds
Experience in operating Bruker 300, 400, 500 and 600 MHz NMR spectrometers
Member of the Romanian Chemical Society
Good command of Office Suite (Word processor, spread sheet, presentation software)
Good command of chemistry data processing and analysis software (ChemDraw,MNova, Diamond, XCalibur)
Skilled in GloveBox working, Schlenk techniques and NMR investigation
Leadership and “know-how” teaching experience gained through the daily working withyoung BSc. or Master students
Driving license: BConferences▪ Novel Homo- and Heteroleptic Pb(II) Species, GeCom CONCOORD, 19-24 May 2019,Erqui, France - poster▪ Multinuclear NMR –a useful tool in analysis of organotin(IV) compounds, Central andEastern European NMR Symposium & Central and East European Bruker Users Meeting,September, 18th – 20th, 2016, Sofia, Bulgaria. – poster▪ New Heteroleptic Tetra(aryl)tin(IV) Compounds - Intra- and Intermolecular Interactions
Study, Young Researchers' International Conference on Chemistry and ChemicalEngineering (YRICCCE I) May 12th – 14th, 2016, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. – oral presentation▪ New Mono(imino)aryltin(IV) Compounds as Potential Ligands for Transition Metals,
International Conference “Students for Students 2015” Cluj-Napoca, Romania. – oralpresentation
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▪ Organotin(IV) Compounds Containing Ligands with Donor Atoms,
International
Conference “Students for Students 2014” Cluj-Napoca, Romania. – oral presentation▪ New Hypervalent Organotin Derivatives Containing 2-(Me2NCH2)C6H4 Moieties,
International Conference “Students for Students 2013” Cluj-Napoca, Romania. – oralpresentation

Languages
Mother tongue: Romanian
Other languages: English (B2), German (A1).

Awards“Gheorghe Spacu” Award from The Romanian Academy – 2021

Scientometric indicators•••

11 scientific papers (ISI Thomson-Reuters)• Hirsch index: 5;• Citations: >40;

Publications
For a detailed list of publications see https://publons.com/researcher/1942634/adrianalexandru-somesan/

Adrian-Alexandru Someșan

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