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Claudiu Gradinaru

Professor

University of Toronto Mississauga, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences

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  • Professor
    University of Toronto Mississauga, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences
  • 905 828 5425 (Fax)
  • 905 828 3833 (Work)
  • University of Toronto, 3359, Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Ontario, L5L 1C6, Canada

BIO

Professor Gradinaru is a Full Professor of Physics in the Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences at the University of Toronto Mississauga campus.

Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1 Jan 2006 - present
  • Chair
    University of Toronto, Chemical and Physical Sciences, Toronto, Canada1 Jan 2014 - 1 Jan 2019
  • Full Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1 Jan 2018 - present

DEGREES

  • Bachelor in Physics
    University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania1 Oct 1990 - 30 Jun 1995
  • PhD
    VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands1 Jan 1996 - 1 Mar 2001

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    Leiden University, Physics, Leiden, Netherlands1 Dec 2000 - 1 Jul 2003
    Biophysics, AFM, near-field imaging, single-molecule studiesPostdoctoral FellowshipSupervised by Schmidt T
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    Sandia National Laboratories California, Combustion Research Facility, Livermore, United States1 Oct 2003 - 30 Jun 2006
    Single-molecule spectroscopy and imagingPostdoctoral FellowshipSupervised by Hayden C

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Dutch; Flemish
    Can read and understand
  • French
    Can read and understand

AVAILABILITY

  • Media enquiries

INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

  • PRiME (Precision Medicine Initiative)