About
Professional SummaryDr. Doina Humelnicu is currently working as Associate Professor at Faculty of Chemistry, Alexandru Ioan Cuz, University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania. Her prior working experience includes Lecturer, Assistant Professor and Preparator at same university. She received her PhD degree in 2000 in Chemistry with thesis entitled: Study of CRUD products that result in the technology for the obtaining the uranium pure nuclear and BSc in Inorganic Chemistry in 1991 from same university. She also attended International Workshop / Symposium on Modern Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in 1995. She published 42 relevant ISI indexed papers and total 210 ISI citations (without self citation), h-index = 10, 3 national, 1 international patent, 8 books and 2 chapters in books. She is a member of Romanian Society of Chemistry and American Nano Society. She is serving as Editorial Board member in Journal of Chemistry, Journal of Nuclear Chemistry, International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Engineering and reviewer in more than 10 journals. She also served as member in the research teams of about 30 national research grants.
Education
Academic Background-
Ph.D. Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza of Iasi, Romania Chemistry | Completed: 2000
Editorial Services
Editorial & Publishing Roles
Editor-in-Chief
Serving as Editor-in-Chief for Trends in Molecular Sciences.
Editorial Board Member
Serving as Editorial Board Member for Journal of Applied Sciences.
Editorial Board Member
Serving as Editorial Board Member for Research Journal of Environmental Toxicology.
Publications (65)
Selected Scholarly Contributions
Xanthan Gum/Lignin Double-Interpenetrating Network Cryogels: Preparation, Characterization, and Water Purification Performance
2026
Cationic Composite Cryogels as Potential Filters for Removal of Metallic Pollutants, Anionic Dyes, and Bacteria from Water
2025
Experimental and theoretical investigations on Hg(II) removal by recyclable composite sorbents comprised of polymers bearing thiourea or amidoxime functional groups and mesoporous silica
2024
Sustainable Multi-Network Cationic Cryogels for High-Efficiency Removal of Hazardous Oxyanions from Aqueous Solutions
2023
Polyelectrolyte complex composite cryogels with self-antibacterial properties and wide window for simultaneous removal of multiple contaminants
2023
Ion-Imprinted Polymeric Materials for Selective Adsorption of Heavy Metal Ions from Aqueous Solution
2023
Adsorption Capacity of Silica SBA-15 and Titanosilicate ETS-10 toward Indium Ions
2023
Removal of Indium Ions from Aqueous Solutions Using Hydroxyapatite and Its Two Modifications
2023
Study on the SBA-15 Silica and ETS-10 Titanosilicate as Efficient Adsorbents for Cu(II) Removal from Aqueous Solution
2022
Aminopolycarboxylic Acids-Functionalized Chitosan-Based Composite Cryogels as Valuable Heavy Metal Ions Sorbents: Fixed-Bed Column Studies and Theoretical Analysis
2022
Optimization of arsenic removal from aqueous solutions using amidoxime resin hosted by mesoporous silica.
Doina Humelnicu
2022
Analysis of Copper(II), Cobalt(II) and Iron(III) Sorption in Binary and Ternary Systems by Chitosan-Based Composite Sponges Obtained by Ice-Segregation Approach
2021
Sorption of Ce(III) by Silica SBA-15 and Titanosilicate ETS-10 from Aqueous Solution
2021
Experimental studies on the removal of aluminium ions from synthetic aqueous solution by hydroxyapatites.
Doina Humelnicu
2021
Cross-linked and functionalized acrylic polymers: Efficient and reusable sorbents for Zn(II) ions in solution.
Doina Humelnicu
2021
Evaluation of phosphate adsorption by porous strong base anion exchangers having hydroxyethyl substituents: Kinetics, equilibrium, and thermodynamics.
Doina Humelnicu
2021
Removal of heavy metal ions from multi-component aqueous solutions by eco-friendly and low-cost composite sorbents with anisotropic pores
2020
A Comparative Study on Cu2+, Zn2+, Ni2+, Fe3+, and Cr3+ Metal Ions Removal from Industrial Wastewaters by Chitosan-Based Composite Cryogels
2020
Erratum: Dragan, E.S., et al., Contribution of Cross-Linker and Silica Morphology on Cr(VI) Sorption Performances of Organic Anion Exchangers Embedded into Silica Pores. Molecules 2020, 25, 1249
2020
Removal of chromium (III) ions from aqueous solutions using different types of hydroxyapatites.
Doina Humelnicu
2020
Superadsorbents for strontium and cesium removal enriched in amidoxime by a homo-IPN strategy connected with porous silica texture.
Doina Humelnicu
2020
Synthesis, characterization and theoretical investigations of new uranium (VI) and thorium (IV) complexes with 1-furfurylaldehyde-derived Schiff bases as ligands.
Doina Humelnicu
2020
Bioinspired elelctrospun hybrid nanofibers based on biomass templated within polymeric matrix for metal removal from wastewater.
Doina Humelnicu
2020
Adsorptive performance of soy bran and mustard husk towards arsenic (V) ions from synthetic aqueous solutions.
Doina Humelnicu
2019
Development of chitosan-poly(ethyleneimine) based double network cryogels and their application as superadsorbents for phosphate.
Doina Humelnicu
2019
Design of porous strong base anion exchangers bearing N,N-dialkyl 2-hydroxyethyl ammonium groups with enhanced retention of Cr(VI) ions from aqueous solution.
Doina Humelnicu
2018
Kinetics, equilibrium modeling and thermodynamics on removal of Cr (VI) ions from aqueous solution using novel composites with strong base anion exchanger microspheres embedded into chitosan/poly (vinyl amine) cryogels.
Doina Humelnicu
2017
Immobilised Co(II) homodinuclear coordinative compound with terephthalate bridge and o-phenanthroline for catalytic applications.
Doina Humelnicu
2017
Photocatalytic performance of systems based on uranyl incorporated SBA-15 mesoporous silica.
Doina Humelnicu
2016
Evaluation of adsorption capacity of montmorillonite-K10 and Al-pillared clay towards Pb2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+ ions.
Doina Humelnicu
2015
Agricultural by-products as low-cost sorbents for the removal of heavy metals from dilute wastewaters.
Doina Humelnicu
2015
Removal of uranium (VI) and thorium (IV) ions from aqueous solutions by functionalized silica: kinetic and thermodynamic studies.
Doina Humelnicu
2014
Removal of uranyl ions by p-hexasulfonated calyx [6] arene acid.
Doina Humelnicu
2014
Microelements Recovery from Uranium Sludge by Precipitation as Hydroxides.
Doina Humelnicu
2013
Removal of uranium (VI) from aqueous systems by nanoscale zero-valent iron particles suspended in carboxy-methyl cellulose.
Doina Humelnicu
2013
Removal of uranyl ions from UO2 (NO3) 2 solution by means of Chlorella vulgaris and Dunaliella salina algae.
Doina Humelnicu
2012
Uptake of uranyl ions from uranium ores and sludges by means of Spirulina platensis, Porphyridium cruentum and Nostok linckia alga.
Doina Humelnicu
2012
Magnetic chitosan composite particles: evaluation of thorium and uranyl ion adsorption from aqueous solutions.
Doina Humelnicu
2012
Solid-pahse extraction and spectrophotometric determination of ultratrace thorium (IV) in water samples.
Doina Humelnicu
2011
New complexes of lanthanide Ln (III),(Ln= La, Sm, Gd, Er) with Schiff bases derived from 2-furaldehyde and phenylenediamines.New complexes of lanthanide Ln (III),(Ln= La, Sm, Gd, Er) with Schiff bases derived from 2-furaldehyde and phenylenediamines.
Doina Humelnicu
2011
Adsorption characteristics of UO 2 2+ and Th 4+ ions from simulated radioactive solutions onto chitosan/clinoptilolite sorbents.
Doina Humelnicu
2011
The effect of α radiolysis on the U(IV)/U(VI) ratio in uranium-bearing ores.
Doina Humelnicu
2010
Interaction of Actinide Cations with Heteropolyoxotungstate Ions [SiW11O39]8- and [SiW12O40]4.
Doina Humelnicu
2010
On the retention of uranyl and thorium ions from radioactive solution on peat moss.
Doina Humelnicu
2010
Studies on chemical interferences on uranium (VI) and thorium (VI) reaction with (iso)polioxometalates.
Doina Humelnicu
2009
Physico-chemical characterization of a new silica-polyoxometalate thermally modified unit.
Doina Humelnicu
2009
Study on the retention of uranyl ions on modified clays with titanium oxide.
Doina Humelnicu
2009
Removal of Thorium ions from simulated wastewaters onto Callovo Oxfordian clay.
Doina Humelnicu
2008
Synthesis and chemical characterization of new derivative complexes from UO22+ and Th4+ ions with the (iso)polioxomolybdate and (iso)polioxotungstate clusters.
Doina Humelnicu
2008
New heteropolyoxotungstates and heteropolyoxomolybdates containing radioactive ions (uranyl and thorium) in their structure
Doina Humelnicu
2008
Recovery of some inorganic compounds from the sludges resulted after the leaching of uranyl ions from uranium ores.
Doina Humelnicu
2008
Synthesis of some complexes of dioxouranium(VI) with DI-halogeno-tetra- methyl salen ligands.sistemului UO2 - acid 4-amino-naftalen 1,5–disulfonic in solutie
Doina Humelnicu
2008
A Fluorescence Emission, FT-IR and UV-VIS Absorption Study of the Some Uranium (VI) Schiff Bases Complexes.
Doina Humelnicu
2008
226Ra translocation from soil to selected vegetation in the Crucea (Romania) uranium mining area.
Doina Humelnicu
2008
Comparison of various sensitive and selective spectrophotometric assays of environmental cyanide.
Doina Humelnicu
2008
Study of the UO22+–acid-2-amino-1-naphtalen sulphonic (ANS) system in solution.
Doina Humelnicu
2006
On the depollution of some radioactive effluents.
Doina Humelnicu
2006
Laboratory analyses of 60Co2+, 65Zn2+ and 55+59Fe3+ radiocations uptake by Lemna minor.
Doina Humelnicu
2006
Removal of uranyl ions from wastewaters using cellulose and modified cellulose materials.
Doina Humelnicu
2006
Removal of UO22+ ions from simulated wastewater onto Romanian aluminium pillared clays.
Doina Humelnicu
2006
Kinetic and thermodynamic aspects of U (VI) and Th (IV) sorption on a zeolitic volcanic tuff.
Doina Humelnicu
2006
Removal of 60Co2+ and 137Cs+ ions from low radioactive solutions using Azolla caroliniana willd. water fern.
Doina Humelnicu
2004
Bioaccumulation of thorium and uranyl ions on Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Doina Humelnicu
2004
Saccharomyces cerevisiae as uranium bioaccumulating material: the influence of contact time, pH and anion nature.
Doina Humelnicu
2003
Bioleaching of UO22+ ions from poor uranium ores by means of cyanobacteria.
Doina Humelnicu
2000