About Dr. Biris
Dr. Alexandru S. Biris is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Nushores Biosciences LLC. He also is the Director and Chief Scientist at the Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Dr. Biris leads the research at CINS, exploring the science of nanostructures that can be used to alter the properties of other substances at the atomic level. Dr. Biris is also Professor in the Systems Engineering Department at the Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology, and is the Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable Trust Nanotechnology Chair.
His areas of expertise include nanotechnology, Raman spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction, planetary instrumentation (Mars dust analyzer), particulate science, nanoparticle and carbon nanotube generation, nanomedicine, nanocomposite materials for space exploration, surface technology, nano-sensors and bio nano-sensors, materials science and engineering, coating technology, hydrogen interaction with metals, alloys, and carbon nanostructures.
Education
- Ph.D. in Applied Science: Engineering Sciences & Systems, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2004
- M.S. in Material Science, Babes Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 1997
- B.S. in Physics, Babes Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 1996