Daniel Andreescu

Associate Professor / Instrumentation Manager
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Biography

Daniel Andreescu is Instrumentation Manager and Assistant Professor of Spectroscopy / Instrumental Laboratory at Clarkson. He received a PhD in Chemistry, from the University of Bucharest, Romania in 2002. Between 1996 and 2001 he was researcher and Deputy-Head of the Air Pollution Control Laboratory at the National Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology – INCD ECOIND, Bucharest, and from 2001 to 2003 he led the biosensors department at the International Center of Biodynamics, Romania.  In 2003 he moved to the US as a postdoctoral/research associate in the group of Prof. Dan V. Goia at Clarkson University working on projects related to material chemistry with a focus on synthesis and characterization of ultra-fine and nanosize metallic and metal-composite particles. He joined the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Science at Clarkson in 2008 as the Instrumentation Manager, overseeing the operation of the department’s core instrumentation facility and providing training for research and teaching personnel on the use of HPLC, GC, GC-MS, UV-VIS spectrometers, fluorimeters, multi-well plate readers, atomic adsorption and NMR spectrometers. In addition, he teaches the Spectroscopy and Instrumental Laboratories and is continuing his research in the field of advanced materials with sensing and environmental applications.

Education Background

Materials Chemistry Post Doctoral Associate - 2003 Clarkson University
Analytical Chemistry Ph.D. - 2002 University of Bucharest, Romania
Environmental Quality Control M.S. - 1996 University of Bucharest, Romania
Chemistry B.S. - 1995 University of Bucharest, Romania

Experience

Instrumentation Manager / Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Science Clarkson University, 2008 - present
Postdoctoral / Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Science, Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP) Clarkson University, 2003 - 2008
Visiting Researcher, Department of Chemistry, State University of New York (SUNY) Binghamton, 2003
Research Scientist International Center of Biodynamics – Bucharest, Romania, 2001 - 2003
Analytical Chemist / Deputy-Head of Air Pollution Control Laboratory National Institute for Industrial Ecology (ECOIND) – Bucharest, Romania, 1996 - 2001

Courses Taught

  • CM322 - Spectroscopy Lab
  • CM300/CM500 - Instrumental Lab
  • CM 221 - Spectroscopy

Research Interests

  • Analytical methods for qualitative and quantitative investigations of nanoparticles
  • Synthesis and characterization of ultra-fine and nano-size particles
  • Interactions of nanoparticles with organic and inorganic pollutants; fate, transformation and toxicity of nanoparticles in the environment
  • Single-particle electrochemistry

Awards

Doctoral Scholarship: University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry, Romania, 1997–2002

Patents

Publications

  • A. Othman, D. Andreescu, D.P. Karunaratne, S. V. Babu, S. Andreescu., Functionalized Paper-based Platform for Rapid Capture and Detection of CeO2 nanoparticles, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9(14), 2017, 12893-12905
  • A. Hayat, D. Andreescu, G. Bulbul, S. Andreescu, Redox reactivity of cerium oxide nanoparticles against dopamine J. Colloid Interface Sci., 418, 2014, 240 – 245
  • D. Andreescu, G. Bulbul, R.E. Özel, A. Hayat, N. Sardesai, S. Andreescu, Applications and implications of nanoceria reactivity: measurement tools and environmental impact, Environ. Sci.: Nano, 1, 2014, 445–458
  • N. P. Sardesai, D. Andreescu, S. Andreescu, Electroanalytical evaluation of antioxidant activity of cerium oxide nanoparticles by nanoparticle collisions at microelectrodes, J. Am Chem. Soc.,  135, 2013, 16770-16773
  • E. Sharpe, T. Fresco, D. Andreescu, S. Andreescu, Portable nanoparticle based technology for rapid detection of food antioxidants (NanoCerac), Analyst, 138(1), 2013, 249-262
  • M. Ornatska, E. Sharpe, D. Andreescu, S. Andreescu, Ceria nanoparticles as colorimetric probes in paper-based bioassays, Anal. Chem. 83(11), 2011, 4273–4280
  • C. Ispas, D. Andreescu, A. Patel, D. Goia, S. Andreescu, K. Wallace, Toxicity and developmental defects of different sizes and shape nickel nanoparticles in zebrafish, Environ. Sci. Technol. 43, 2009, 6349–6356
  • A. Jitianu, M.S. Kim, D. Andreescu. D.V. Goia. A simple preparative route to highly stable dispersions of uniform silver nanoparticles, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 9(3), 2009, 1891-1896
  • D. Andreescu, C. Eastman, K. Balantrapu, D. V. Goia. A simple route for manufacturing highly dispersed silver nanoparticles, J. Mater. Res., 22(9), 2007, 2488 – 2496
  • D. V. Goia, D. Andreescu, S. Andreescu. Integration of nanomaterials into the undergraduate chemistry curriculum: Synthesis and characterization of gold nanoparticles, Chem. Educator, 12(4), 2007, 256-259
  • D. Andreescu, E. Matijevic, D. V. Goia. Formation of uniform colloidal ceria in polyol, Colloids Surf., A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 291, 2006, 93–100.
  • D. Andreescu, T. K. Sau, D. V. Goia. Stabilizer – free nanosized gold sols, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 298, 2006, 742 – 751.
  • D. Andreescu, O. A. Sadik. Synthesis of polyoxydianiline membranes onto gold electrodes. An electrochemical study, J. Electrochem. Soc., 152(10), 2005, E299 – E307.
  • D. Andreescu, A. K. Wanekaya, O. A. Sadik, J. Wang. Nanostructured polyamic acid membranes as novel electrode materials, Langmuir, 21, 2005, 6891 – 6899.
  • S. Andreescu, D. Andreescu, O.A. Sadik. A new electrocatalytic mechanism for the oxidation of phenols at platinum electrodes, Electrochem. Commun. 5(8), 2003, 681 - 688.
  • O. A. Sadik, H. Xu, E. Gheorghiu, D. Andreescu, C. Balut, M. Gheorghiu, D. Bratu. Differential impedance spectroscopy for monitoring protein immobilization and antibody – antigen reactions, Anal. Chem., 74, 2002, 3142 – 3150.

Contact

Email: dandrees@clarkson.edu

Office Phone Number: 315/268-7990

Office Location: 221 Science Center

Clarkson Box Number: CU Box 5810