L'incontro fa parte del ciclo 2023-24 "Past-students and Expert Webinars in Nuclear Energy", un programma di webinar sull'energia nucleare tenuti da ex-studenti unipi ed esperti internazionali.
Il ciclo è organizzato nell'ambito del progetto ENEN2plus, dell'European Nuclear Education Network.
Mihaela Bacalum has over 15 years of experience in cellular biophysics and biology gained working in the Department of Life and Environmental Physics from Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH). In 2009 she got a M.Sc. in Neurobiology and in 2013 a Ph.D. in Biophysics and Biomedical Sciences. Her areas of expertise include lipid membrane interactions, evaluation of antimicrobial compounds efficiency in vitro, evaluation of anticancer compounds efficiency in vitro against 2D and 3D (spheroids) cell cultures, and in vitro cellular radiobiology of cells treated with low energy proton beams. She is the author of more than 50 articles and over 60 international communications. She is a scientific advisor of more than 20 undergraduate and master students and 3 PhD students. Presently she is the Head of Department of Life and Environmental Physics from Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH).
