IN MEMORIAM: VICTOR GHEORGHE
prominent personality of the academic community of the University of Bucharest and of the scientific community of the Mgurele Physics Platform, has left us.I met him in 1972, when I was admitted to the Faculty of Physics of the University of Bucharest, when he was in his full and promising age of 40.After 2 years of studying physics in the old building of the University of Bucharest in the center of the city, we enrolled in the group of volunteer students, who had to help him to transform his dream in reality.In the summer of 1974, the location of the Physics Faculty was relocated, in the new building, on the Mgurele Platform.He was the founder of this platform, having at that time the strength and skill necessary to achieve this goal.Victor GHEORGHE dedicated his entire life to physics education and research in Romania.We constantly felt his presence, and active actions in leading the young students to become educated and good researchers in physics.We cannot forget, the evenings spent together in the Physicists' Club which was located next to the Tower Block in the Center of Mgurele, which was then the headquarters of the National Physics Center.During these meetings, extremely interesting scientific debates took place and sharing especially valuable stories of his great life experience.In the Faculty of Physics of the University of Bucharest but also at national level, he dedicated his activity to innovative research to apply physics to the elucidation of complex phenomena in the living world, being recognized as the founder of the Biophysics specialization in the Faculty of Physics, which gave at national and international levels, high personalities with significant scientific recognition.He followed his innovative ideas and convinced the authorities that it is the wright time to prepare students for the new technological and scientific progress that the country badly needed.Under his coordination was established the
Authors
- S. Antohe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5082-0996)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Romanian Journal of Biophysics
- Published
- 2024-08-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.59277/rjb.2024.3.04
- Primary Topic
- Interdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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