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Dr. Eng. Daniel CRISTEA (male) is a Lecturer at the Materials Science Department at Transilvania University of Brasov (UTBV), Romania. His Ph.D. thesis (2013), titled Research on the synthesis and characterization of MeOxNy system thin films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering, is the result of a collaboration program between UTBV and Minho University, Portugal. Dr. Cristea is co-author of 42 ISI-WOS papers (40 indexed, 35 in journals and 5 proceedings papers, 2 accepted articles) in peer-reviewed journals. The main journals where the papers have been published: Applied Surface Science , Vacuum, International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, Surface & Coatings Technology, Journal of Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, Romanian Journal of Physics, Coatings (MDPI),Nanomaterials (MDPI), Results in Physics, etc. His research interests include thin film research and development, mainly by Physical Vapor Deposition, surface characterization (instrumented indentation, wear and tribology, adherence of thin films to substrates, corrosion resistance, biocompatibility, photocatalysis, electrical, and optical analysis). He was a member of 8 international and national research grants. Moreover, he managed one Young Researchers grant at the Transilvania University of Brasov, one Sfera III Access Grant, and one postdoctoral scholarship, all awarded through competition. He was specialized in instrumented indentation at Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom. Dr. Cristea has worked with several types of thin films: TiC, ZrC, SiC, TiO2-Au, TiO2-Ag, TiCu, TiAl, a-C:H, LaB6, MoS2, TiB2, etc.

WOS ID: Q-7554-2019, ORCID: 0000-0002-3871-1436, Brainmap: U-1700-031Y-6023

Dr. Eng. Camelia GABOR is a lecturer at the Materials Science Department from UTBV. She obtained her Ph.D. title in 2009 after a co-tutorship program with Minho University of Braga, Portugal. With the main research interests in surface engineering, nano, bio and advanced materials, she is co-author of two books and 22 articles (12 ISI-WOS indexed papers) on topics including thin films, with a number of 102 citations and an h-index of 6. She is also a member in 3 research projects (one RIA - HORIZON 2020 and two PNIII UEFISCDI projects).

ORCID: 0000-0001-7641-1525, WOS ID: AAB-1949-2019 Brainmap: U-1700-036Z-7629

Dr. Eng. Ioana POPESCU is a Lecturer at UTBV. She has experience in characterization of materials and interpretation of research data. She is co-author of 11 papers in peer-reviewed journals (9 ISI-WOS), and was a member in 3 research grants (one international H2020-RIA, and two PNIII UEFISCDI projects). Her Ph.D. thesis (2018) is the result of collaboration programs between UTBV, and Cyprus University of Technology and Ben-Gurion University Israel.

ORCID 0000-0003-2247-3223 WOS ID U-7594-2019 BrainMap U-1900-062D-1756

Dr. Phys. Ioana-Laura VELICU is a Lecturer at Faculty of Physics, at AICU. She is co-author of 33 ISI-WOS papers; citations without self-citations: 113 (WOS); co-author of 2 patents; member of 2 national grants; manager of a grant for young researchers; Hirsch Index: 8 (WOS), 8 (Scopus), 9 (Google Scholar). She received her Ph.D. degree in Physics, in 2013. Fields of expertise: deposition of thin films; measurements for structural, topological, and magnetic properties.

ORCID: 0000-0002-7236-2495 WOS ID: C-5866-2015 Brainmap: U-1700-037K-0779

Dr. Chem. Catalin CROITORU is an Associate Professor at UTBV. He is co-author of 40 ISI-WOS papers in peer-reviewed journals; Hirsch Index = 7 (WOS), 7 (Scopus), 10 (Google Scholar). His research interests include multifunctional coatings and characterization (wettability, molecular and atomic spectroscopy and so forth). He was a member of 5 international research grants and 5 national research grants. He was project director for two national research grants financed by UEFISCDI and one international grant financed from EU funds.

ORCID:0000-0001-8505-6510 WOS ID: B-6384-2011 Brainmap: U-1700-031B-7325

Dr. Phys. Vasile TIRON is Senior Research Scientist, Faculty of Physics, AICU. He holds Ph.D. degree in Physics since 2007, with particularization in transitory phenomena in reactive magnetron sputtering system. He is co-author of 62 ISI-WOS papers and 4 patents; Hirsch Index = 9 (WOS), 10 (Scopus), 11 (Google Scholar). He has large experience in plasma assisted thin film deposition, and materials characterization: surface morphology, structural, optical and electrical properties. He was manager of 1 national research grant and member of 12 national research grants.

ORCID: 0000-0002-2803-1277 WOS ID: C-7071-2012 Brainmap: U-1700-030E-5691

Dr. Eng. Alexandru Horia MARIN is a Senior Researcher III at INRP. He published 31 ISI-WOS papers; Hirsch Index = 8 (WOS), 8 (Scopus), 8 (Google Scholar). His research interests include thin film research and development, and surface characterization (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy). He was a member of 2 international and 6 national research grants, conducting research activities on various issues related to surface chemistry.

ORCID: 0000-0002-1257-5237 WOS ID: Z-5777-2019 Brainmap: U-1700-032N-0847

This work is supported by a grant of the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research, CNCS - UEFISCDI, project number PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-1209, within PNCDI III.