Prof. Marian Vladescu

Dr. Marian Vladescu is Associate Professor / Reader at “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, currently Head of Department of ElectronicTechnology and Reliability, and Research Scientist at Optoelectronics Research Center, his area of expertise being in optoelectronics (devices, circuits and sensors). He received B.Sc. & M.Sc. degrees in applied electronics from “Politehnica” University of Bucharest and Ph.D. degree in optoelectronics, with Cum Laude grade, from the same university. He has more than 35 years of experience in electronic design, working 3 years in R&D for laser telemetry, 6 years in R&D for power supplies, 9 years in implementing digital communication technologies (SDH, ATM, xDSL, GPON), 5 years in R&D for biometric systems, and more than 5 years in R&D for omnidirectional vision systems. He has been Invited Lecturer at “Politehnica” University of Bucharest for 21 years, then Senior Lecturer for 5 years, and he authored more than 50 scientific papers (author or co-author). He is holding a patent (as co-author), invention that received the silver medal at International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva. He coordinates two laboratories at the "Research Center for Advanced Materials, Products and Processes" at University Politehnica of Bucharest, Lab #1: Optoelectronics, Dielectric and Piezoelectric Materials and Lab #2: SAW microsensors and Components and Systems for Optical Communications (including Quantum Technologies).