Mircea D. Gheorghiu

Department of Chemistry.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4-449

77 Massachusetts Av., Cambridge, MA  02139-4307, U.S.A.

(617) 258-6848

e-mail: mircea@mit.edu

Citizenship:  US citizen

Innovative and Creative contribution to the dynamics of Education in chemistry (lectures and experimental) based on a sound understanding of the chemical educational policy across the educational realm and in strong conections with related professional areas.  Experience in designing and conducting multistep synthesis, analyzing, documenting and finalizing results.  Research interests: green chemistry, ionic liquids, catalytic degenerate isomerization of aromatic hydrocarbons, ketene chemistry, stereochemistry of cycloaddition reactions, small rings, polycyclic hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, synthesis of labeled compounds (²H, ¹³C), heterocyclic compounds, molecular mechanics, ab initio and DFT calculations.  Solid knowledge of organic chemistry laboratory and instrumental techniques (multinuclear NMR, GC/MS, UV, FT-IR).

EDUCATION

1964   M.S.     Organic Chemistry, Polytechnic Institute, Bucharest , Romania

1975   PhD      Organic Chemistry, Polytechnic Institute, Bucharest , Romania

EMPLOYMENT

1995 - present   Director of the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratories Chemistry Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.

1994-1995                   Lecturer, Rice University , Houston , TX , U.S.A.

1993                      Summer teaching at University of Toronto, Toronto , Canada

1991 – 1994                Professor of Organic Chemistry, Polytechnic Institute, Bucharest , Romania

1991- 1992            Undersecretary of State for Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Science, Bucharest, Romania

1990 - 1991                 General Director for Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Science, Bucharest, Romania

1990 - 1991                 Associate Professor, Polytechnic Institute, Bucharest, Romania

1975 - 1990                 Assistant Professor, Polytechnic Institute, Bucharest, Romania

1964 - 1975                 Instructor, Polytechnic Institute, Bucharest, Romania

1967 - 1968                 Research Associate Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

AWARDS and HONORS

1977    "Gh. Spacu" Award for Chemistry, Romanian Academy of Sciences, once in a lifetime award

1984    Editorial Board, Revue Roumaine de Chimie

1985    Fellow, New York Academy of Sciences

1990    Exchange Visitor, National Academy of Sciences, USA

1990    Member of the Romanian Government Consultative Board for Applied Science

1991    Visiting Professor, University of Nevada at Reno(with Prof. L. T. Scott), Reno, Nevada, President of the Romanian Chapter of the International Isotope Society)

            Editorial Board, Revista de Chimie, Bucharest, Romania

            Exchange Visitor, British Council, U.K.

1992    Contact Person for Romania ; Commission of the European Communities
            Expert for Projects Evaluation, Directorate General XII and XIII Commission of the European Communities

Visiting Professor, University of Nevada at Reno(with Prof. L. T. Scott), Reno, Nevada

1993    Visiting Professor, University of Nevada at Reno(with Prof. L. T. Scott), Reno, Nevada
NATO Collaborative Research Grant International Scientific Exchange Award

with Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

(Prof. T. T. Tidwell,  University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada).

1994    Visiting Professor, Boston College (with Prof. L. T. Scott), Chestnut Hill, MA, U.S.A.

2001, 2002      Visiting Professor, Universite du Littoral, Dunkerque, France

2005 Member of The New England Advisory Group on R&D Capabilities in Romania

2007    The Honorary Diploma and the “Nenitzescu” medal of the Romanian Chemistry Society.

LECTURES

1990                University of Heidelberg, Germany.

                        University of Nevada at Reno, Reno, Nevada.

                        University of California at Irvine, California.

                        Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

                        Beilstein Institute, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

                        University of Tel Aviv, Israel.

                        Technion Haifa, Israel.

                        Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel.

                        Bar Ilan University, Israel.

                        The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

1991                Institute of Organic Chemistry, Madrid, Spain.

                        University of Toronto, Canada.

1992                Universite Aix-Marseille III, Marseille, France.

                        Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai, China.

1993                Tohwa University, Fukuoka, Japan

1994                Biochem Therapeutic, Laval, Quebec, Canada

                        Ricerca, Inc., Painesville, Ohio

                        Rice University, Houston, TX

                        208th ACS National Meeting, Washington D.C.                       

                        24th Northeast ACS Regional Meeting, Burlington, Vermont

2000, 2005      International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu , Hawaii

2001, 2002      Universite du Littoral, Dunkerque, France

2003, 2006      University “Babes-Bolyai” Cluj-Napoca, Romania

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

                                    American Chemical Society (1985)

                                    International Isotope Society (1991, USA).

PUBLICATIONS

More than 100 papers published in refereed journals from Romania, USA, Germany, UK, Holland, Israel

Over 100 conferences in Romania, USA, Russia, Italy, Japan, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Spain, Israel, Canada, France, China.

Book on Computers in Chemistry, Bucharest, Romania, 1972.

1 patent (pharmaceutical product)

TEACHING INTERESTS

                                                Organic Chemistry

                                                Physical Organic Chemistry

                                                General Chemistry

                                                Structure Elucidation

                                                Instrumental Analysis

LANGUAGES

                                                Fluent in English, Romanian,

                                                Hungarian (good)

                                                German, French, Russian (fair)