Dr. Bogdan Mitrica is a senior researcher at the Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering in Romania. He has over 15 years of experience in experimental and theoretical research on cosmic rays and astroparticle physics. He has participated in numerous international collaborations including WILLI, KASCADE-Grande, LOPES, and Pierre Auger Observatory. He is also a lecturer at the University Politehnica of Bucharest and has authored over 185 papers with an h-index of 13.

1. Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION Dr. Habil. Bogdan Mitrica
Mihail Moxa, nr 10, ap 5, 010962 Bucuresti (Romania)
0040722622740
mitrica@nipne.ro, bmitrica2002@yahoo.com
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Sex Male | Date of birth 03/11/1978 | Nationality Romanian
WORK EXPERIENCE
01/11/2001–Present Senior researcher 2 (since 2014)
Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering - IFIN HH
30 Reactorului, 077125 Magurele (Romania)
www.nipne.ro
Business or sector Professional, scientific and technical activities
Main responsibilities: I am presently or in the past member in different international collaboration from Romania
and aboard:
- WILLI (Romania) – Weakly Ionizing Lepton Lead Interaction. WILLI is an experiment located in IFIN-HH
Romania and consisting on a compact calorimeter measuring the charge ratio of the atmospheric muons
at energies < 1 GeV. The project leader is involved in data analyses and Monte-Carlo simulation. The
WILLI experiment’s results are reported on several papers and contributions at international conferences
(Ex: B. Mitrica et al., Nucl.Phys.B-Proc.Suppl 196 (2009) 462-465).
- WILLI-EAS (Romania) – WILLI ExtensiveAir showers. This experiment has the objective to investigate
the muon charge ratio from individual air showers. The WILLI calorimeter has been extended with a mini-
array consisting on 12 scintillator plates. The project leader is directly responsible by the design of the
detection system and of the preliminary Monte-Carlo simulation of the detector response (I.M. Brancus,
B. Mitrica et al., Nucl.Phys.B-Proc.Suppl 196 (2009) 227-230).
- The mobile muon detector which is a system that permits to measure atmospheric muon flux, on
different locations at ground level or in underground. The project leader is the main researcher involved in
mobile muon detector. The first result of the detection system was the estimation of m.w.e. depth of the
underground of Slanic Prahova salt mine (B. Mitrica et al., AIP Conf.Proc. 1304 (2010) 459-463).
- KASCADE-Grande (Germany) – KArlsruhe Shower CoreArray DEtector – Grande. The KASCADE-
Grande experiment is focused on indirect measurements of the cosmic rays in the, so called, “knee
region” of the primary spectrum. In this collaboration, the project leader is involved in data analyses and
Monte-Carlo simulation. The results of KASCADE-Grande are illustrated on many papers and
contributions at international conferences (Ex: WD. Apel, …, B. Mitrica et al., NIM A 620: 2-3 (2010) 202-
216)
- LOPES (Germany) until 2012 - A LOFAR PrototypE Station. The LOFAR experiment proposes a new
technique based on radio emission from cosmic ray air showers (theAskaryan effect). The detection of
cosmic ray air showers by radio measurements has been for the first time reported in: H. Falke, …, B.
Mitrica et al., NATURE 435-7040 (2005) 313-316. The project leader was involved in the study of very
inclined showers (possible neutrino induced).
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- LAGUNA (EU Fp7 Project) – LargeApparatus for Grand Unification and Neutrino astrophysics. LAUNA
is a project which proposes to investigate the opportunity to build a huge volume underground detector in
order to study rare events like proton decay or neutrino oscillation. In LAGUNAcollaboration.
- Pierre AUGER Observatory (Argentina) – Monitoring the activity involved by INFILL array andAERA
stations.
01/10/2011–Present Lecturer
University “POLITEHNICA” of Bucharest, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information
Technology
1-3 Iuliu Maniu, 061071 Bucuresti (Romania)
www.pub.ro
Business or sector Education
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2. EDUCATIONAND TRAINING
PERSONAL SKILLS
01/11/2003–30/09/2010 PhD in Physics
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Bucharest (Romania)
Thesis: STUDY OF THE DIRECTIONAL DEPENDENCE OF THE MUON FLUXAND
POSSIBILITIES TO TEST THE HADRONIC INTERACTION MODELS
Degree: Summa cum Laude
01/10/2002–15/02/2004 Master
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Bucharest (Romania)
Atomic and nuclear interactions, elementary particles and applications
01/10/1997–15/06/2002 Physics Engineer
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Bucharest (Romania)
Applied Nuclear Physics
01/10/1997–15/06/2003 Aerospace Engineer
University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Bucharest (Romania)
Propulsion Systems
15/09/1993–15/06/1997 Highschool Diploma
Colegiul National "Grigore Moisil" Urziceni, Urziceni (Romania)
Mother tongue(s) Romanian
Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING
Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
English B2 C1 B2 B2 B2
French B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
Levels: A1/A2: Basic user - B1/B2: Independent user - C1/C2: Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Computer skills WINDOWS, OFFICE, LINUX, CORSIKA, CATIA, AUTOCAD, GEANT, etc
Driving licence B
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3. Curriculum Vitae
Selected papers
1. B. Mitrica et al., A Mobile Detector for Muon Measurements Based on Two Different Techniques,
ADVANCES IN HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 256230 (2013)
2. B. Mitrica, 20 years of cosmic muons research performed in IFIN-HH, AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume: 1498 Pages: 291-303 Published: 2012
3. B. Mitrica et al., A mobile detector for measurements of the atmospheric muon flux in underground
sites, NIM A 654-1 (2011) 176-183
4. A. Saftoiu, .., B. Mitrica et al., Studies of radio emission from neutrino induced showers generated in
rock salt, ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS Volume: 46 Pages: 1-13 Published: JUN 2013
5. W. D. Apel, …, B. Mitrica et al., Ankle-like feature in the energy spectrum of light elements of cosmic
ray observed with KASCADE-Grande, PHYSICAL REVIEW D 87, 081101(R) (2013)
6. B. Mitrica, Design Study of an Underground Detector for Measurements of the Differential Muon Flux,
ADVANCES IN HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 641584 (2013)
Relevant scientific projects / grants
Programme/Project Position Period Total value
[1] IDRANAP WP17 70-
04/2004:”Interactia cu
atmosfera a razelor cosmice
de mare energie
Research assistant 2001-2004 770.200 EURO
[2] Program NUCLEU,
contract DFN, PN0320/0205:
“Cercetari experimentale si
teoretice privind interactiile
razelor cosmice si de
astrofizica nucleara”
Researcher 2003-2005
1.348.000 RON
[3] Proiect CERES nr.87 din
15/10/2001 “Studiul
interactiilor nucleare in
atmosfera”
PARTICIPANT 2001-2003 212.080 RON
[4] Proiect CERES nr.97 din
15/11/2004 ”Masuratori
actuale de astrofizica si
mediu”.
Researcher 2004-2006 105.000 RON
[5] Proiect CEEX: 05-D11-
79/21.10.05: “Studii
experimentale si teoretice ale
Researcher 2005-2008 1.071.578,55 RON
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4. razelor cosmice si de
astrofizica nucleara”
[6] Proiect NATO-PDD(CP)-
(PST.CLG 979737) (2004)
Researcher 2004-2005 11.000 EURO
[7] PN-II PARTENERIAT
P-82-104 DETCOS:”Sisteme
de detectie pentru radiatia
cosmica folosind noi
tehnologii”
Researcher 2008-2011 1.311,110 RON
[8] PN-II PARTENERIAT
11-044/2007 QUANTGRID:
“Securizarea Comunicatiilor
GRID prin Metode Cuantice
de Criptare a Informatiei”
Researcher 2007-2010 1.528.274 RON
[9] PN-II IDEI ID-PCE-
2008-2-1442
CORISU:”Investigatia
razelor cosmice, sursa de
informatii asupra
universului”
Researcher 2009-2011 404.582 RON
[10] FP6-ERANET-036284,
ASPERA-1
Researcher 2004-2008 5000 EURO
[11] FP7-LAGUNA DS -
2008-212343
WP3 HEAD FOR
ROMANIA
2008-2011 16.386,1O EURO
[12] CAPACITATI MODUL
1/ C145-2007
HEAD OF
ASTROPHYSICS
MODULE
2007-2009 1.551.940 RON
[13] CAPACITATI MARI,
7PM/I/2008
IFIN-Dezvoltarea
Infrastructurii de Cercetare
Senior researcher 3 2010-2012 70.164.000 RON
[14] Cercetări de fizică şi
inginerie nucleară in
perspectiva integrării
europene /NIFIN 2PN 06 35
INCD FIN HH
Researcher 2007-2010 99.567.093 RON
[15] Scalable Radio
Transceiver for Instrumental
Wireless Sensor Networks”
(SaRaT-IWSN)
Coordinator for IFIN-
HH
2011-2016 3.200.000 RON
[16] Studiul radiației
cosmice in Univers utilizând
tehnici avansate (CORONA)
PCCA 194/2012
Senior researcher 2 2011-2016 460.000 RON
[17] Caracteristici ale razelor
cosmice observate cu sisteme
Senior researcher 2 2011-2016 460.000 RON
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5. Curriculum Vitae
avansate de detective
(COSMODET)
PNII—ID-PCE-2011-3-0691
Total number of ISI papers: 185
Hirsh index: 13
Sum of Times Cited without self-citations: 545
The address of the researcherid.com profile: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-5201-2009
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