Congratulations to Andrei D. Dolocan and Ioana R. Gearba-Dolocan on receiving the 2025 Staff Service Awards in recognition of their remarkable 15 years of dedicated service at the Texas Materials Institute!
The Staff Service Awards program celebrates the outstanding contributions of staff members, honoring their long-term commitment to excellence and service. This milestone highlights their invaluable impact and continued dedication to the success of the Texas Materials Institute.
Dr. Raluca Gearba is a senior staff scientist and facility manager in TMI. She worked for UT-Austin since 2010 and in the current position she is primarily managing TMI’s cleanroom, the spectroscopy facility as well as several microscopy facilities, which include Atomic Force Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and the SEM/FIB dual beam system. Prior to joining UT, she was a Goldhaber Fellow at Brookhaven National Lab in New York. She has expertise in the areas of thin film photovoltaics, polymers, liquid crystals and 2D materials.
Dr. Andrei Dolocan is a senior staff scientist and facility manager in TMI since 2011. He has 22+ years of expertise in surface analysis. In TMI he manages the advanced mass spectrometry, electron microscopy and spectroscopy instrumentation. His expertise is geared towards the development of novel imaging methodologies that use in conjunction TOF-SIMS, AFM, SEM, XPS and Raman techniques to provide three-dimensional material properties (chemical composition, morphology, optical properties). He also has extensive knowledge in development of routines for data analysis and theoretical simulations.
To view the full list of 2025 recipients, visit: 2025 recipient list
