Personal Information
- Email: anca dot mazare [at] gmail dot com, anca dot mazare [at] fau dot de
- FAU research profile: Anca Valentina Mazare
- ORCID: 0000-0002-4836-946X
- Google Scholar: Anca Mazare
- ResearchGate: /Anca_Mazare
- ResearcherID: AAM-9456-2021
Short Profile
Materials scientist specializing in oxide-based catalytic materials, nanostructured thin films, and single-atom/dual-atom catalysts. The research integrates materials synthesis with advanced spectroscopy to reveal structure-function relationships in heterogeneous and light-driven catalytic systems, biomedical interfaces, and functional coatings. The academic record also documents recurring teaching, supervision, international appointments and collaborations, funding activity, peer review, patents, awards, and institutional service.
Work Experience
- Since May 2022: Habilitation candidate - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, "Oxide nanostructures and their modification for tailor-made material interactions". Committee: Prof. P. Schmuki, Prof. T. Djenizian, Prof. K. Webber.
- September 2021 - February 2022; April 2022 - January 2023: Visiting associate professor - National University Corporation Tohoku University, AIMR, Sendai, Japan.
- November 2012 - present: Postdoctoral researcher - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, LKO.
- October 2011 - October 2012: Teaching assistant - Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania.
Education & Training
- October 2009 - November 2012: Ph.D. Chemistry - Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania.
- October 2008 - July 2010: Master's Degree in Biocompatible Substances, Materials and Systems - Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania.
- October 2005 - July 2008: Bachelor of Economic Sciences - Romanian-American University, Romania.
- October 2003 - June 2008: Diploma Engineer, Dipl.-Eng. - Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania.
Teaching & Mentoring
- Since 2014: Nanooberflächen und Strukturierung - Lecture, 2 h/week.
- Since 2020: ToF-SIMS - Practical course / internship.
- Since 2021: Surface Analysis II - Lecture and exercise, 2 h/week + 1 h/week.
- Since 2024: Basic Electrochemistry II - Lecture and exercise, 2 h/week + 2 h/week.
- Since 2023: MAP and Corrosion and Surface Analysis internships - Internship responsibility.
- Since 2012: Mentoring > 10 Ph.D. and postdoctoral students.
- Since 2014: Supervised 8 Bachelor's or Master's diplomas.
Involvement
- Since 2023: Member of the Internship Committee of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, FAU.
Acquisition of Third-Party Funding
- 1/21 ETI (Emerging Talents Initiative) - Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nurnberg.
- Participation in several DFG and EU third-party funding applications.
- Part of the SAN4Fuel project (HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03-01 - Twinning), focused on single-atom-based photo(electro)catalysts for green fuel.
Other Scientific Activities
- Patents: EP21166558.3A, PCT/EP2022/058409, and USPTO application #63/499,717.
- Reviewer for Electrochim. Acta, Surf. Interf. Anal., Colloids and Interfaces B: Biomaterials, and other journals.
- Reviewer of research proposals for Poland, Czech Republic, and Netherlands.
- > 20 oral/invited/keynote presentations at international conferences and webinars.
- ProfiLehre plus Advanced/Aufbaustufe certificate for teaching in higher education of the Bavarian Universities, 8 Feb 2024.
Cooperation
- Prof. Ales Iglic, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Prof. Marco Altomare, University of Twente, MESA+ Instituut, Netherlands
- Prof. Michael Otyepka, Univerzita Palackeho v Olomouci and RCPTM, Czech Republic
- Prof. Manuella Killian, Siegen University, Germany
- Prof. Ayumi Hirano-Iwata, Tohoku University, Japan
- Prof. Corina Andronescu, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Prof. Thomas Kuhne, HZDR/CASUS, Germany
- Prof. Silke Christianssen, Fraunhofer IKTS, Germany
- Prof. Jason Xu Zhichuan, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
Language Skills
- Romanian (native)
- English (CPE C2)
- German (Goethe-Zertifikat B2)
- French (advanced)
Selected Awards
- Best Oral Presentation at Session 4, CMSE2021.
- Best Presentation Award NanoBioMat 2021.
- Materials 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award.
- Coatings 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award.
Important Publications
- A. Mazare,# M.H. Ulubas, H. Kim, I. Fomicheva, G. Sarau, S.H. Christiansen, W.H. Goldmann, A.B. Tesler, Binding Kinetics of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Fluorinated Phosphate Ester on Metal Oxides for Underwater Aerophilicity, Langmuir, 2025, 41(3), 1868-1875. (# corresponding author).
- A. Mazare,# W.H. Goldmann, E. Kocak, B. Osuagwu, S. Qin, R. Cao, P. Schmuki, Silver-Loaded Titania-based Metal-Organic Frameworks as a Platform for Silver Ion Release for Antibacterial Applications, Nano Letters, 2025.
- J. Park, A.B. Tesler, E. Gongadze, A. Iglic, P. Schmuki, A. Mazare#, Nanoscale topography of anodic TiO2 nanostructures is crucial for cell-surface interactions, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, 16, 4430-4438. (# corresponding author)
- I. Hwang, A. Mazare, J. Will, T. Yokosawa, E. Spiecker, P. Schmuki, Inhibition of H2 and O2 recombination: the key to a most efficient single-atom co-catalyst for photocatalytic H2 evolution from plain water, Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 32 (44), 2207489.
- K. Lee,* A. Mazare,* P. Schmuki, One-dimensional titanium dioxide nanomaterials: Nanotubes, Chemical Reviews, 2014, 114(19), 9385-9454. (* equal authorship)