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Education
Ph. D. in atmospheric sciences field - lidar applications (Measurement and analysis of
aerosols-cirrus-contrails, water vapor and temperature in the upper troposphere with the
Jungfraujoch-LIDAR system: June 2000 - March 2004), at EPFL/LPAS-Lausanne-
Switzerland
M. Sc. in Environmental Sciences EPFL (DOAS air quality measurements) (1997-99),
EPFL
Physicist (optics and spectroscopy: Fluorescence of the complex organic molecules), at
Faculty of Physics of the “Al.I.Cuza” University, of Iasi-Romania, (1987-1992)
Continuous formation
- Radioprotection expert, IRA/EPFL, 1998
- Scientific Investigations of the Cultural Heritage
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, UNESCO/ICCROM, Paris, 1997
Membership: American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Society, ..
Voluntary work: staff in foreigner students sky camp in Switzerland (Engelberg) since
1998
Hobbies: Music, Dance, Cooking, Communication, Diplomatic Affairs, Ski, Mountains
and Forests Hiking, Research&Education Politics, Cultural Heritage Preservation, the
Humor, …
RESEARCH Publications
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In preparation
I. Balin, M. Parlange, C. Higgins,
R. Nessler, B. Calpini, V. Simeonov
and H. van
den Bergh, Aerosols and water vapor dynamics at the interface of the Free
Troposphere (FT) with the Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) under a persistent
stationary anticyclone over Western Europe
I. Balin, R. Nessler, B. Calpini, V. Simeonov
and H. van den Bergh, Raman lidar
high resolution monitoring of the upper troposphere water vapor above the Swiss
Alps
I. Balin, M. Collaud, R. Nessler, S. Nyeki
E. Weingartner, D. Shaub, B. Calpini, V.
Simeonov, U. Baltensperger and H. van den Bergh, Optical properties of a free
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Creation of a new course in “ Analytic methods for investigations of the cultural
heritage”, devoted to the last year students from Theology Faculty , section Cultural
Heritage Restoration and Preservation, Iasi-Romania
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Only related to thesis period (i.e.2000-2004) at EPFL-LPAS (with the LIDAR group)