Dr.  Miruna Daniela Popescu - training courses and conferences/meetings attended + invited talks, oral presentations and posters presented:

2006
28 Jun.
2006
 Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Solar-B EIS planning tutorial
3 Mar. 2006
 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Solar Orbiter/EUS consortium meeting
   2005   
8 Apr. 2005
Royal Astronomical Society National Astronomy Meeting 2005 & UK Solar Physics Meeting, University of Birmingham
Long time periods above coronal holes

(23) oral presentation
7 Mar. 2005
[meeting report]                           Solar Mysteries Revealed              
East Antrim Astronomical Society (EAAS), Antrim, Belfast, N. Ireland
(3) invited talk
4 Mar. 2005
Armagh Observatory, visit of the students of the astronomy courses from University College Dublin
A (colorful) introduction to solar physics
(22) oral presentation
5 Mar. 2005
 Armagh Observatory
Solar Mysteries Revealed
(21) oral presentation
19 Feb. 2005
Objects that Fire the Imagination
(T. Mason  and M.D. Popescu)
Ards Arts Centre, Newtonards
 (2) invited talk
& workshop
    2004
11 Nov. 2004
 Armagh Observatory, visit of the students of the astronomy courses from the Queen's University of Belfast  - Institute of Lifelong Learning
A travel through the Sun

(20) oral presentation
14 Oct. 2004
Queen's Univ. of Belfast, Faculty of Science and Agriculture Mini Conference
The Origins of the Fast Solar Wind
(19) oral presentation
28 Sept.- 2 Oct. 2004

"Analysis techniques for turbulent plasmas", organized by the network "Turbulence in space plasmas, theory, observation and simulation", in Copanello, Calabria, Italy
 Small-scale Dynamics in a Polar Coronal Hole

(18) oral presentation
10 Sept. 2004
 ASGI (Astronomical Science Group of Ireland) Autumn 2004 Meeting, University College Dublin, Ireland
How Long does a Solar Spicule Live?         [web abstract]

(17) oral presentation
6 - 9 Sept. 2004 

SoHO 15, "Coronal Heeting", University of St Andrews, Scotland
Temporal Evolution of the Magnetic Network in Polar Coronal Holes     [web poster]
(M. D. Popescu, L. D. Xia, J. G. Doyle)
Dynamic Properties of Solar Spicules Observed by SUMER/SoHO       [web poster]
(L. D. Xia, M. D. Popescu, J. G. Doyle)
(6) poster


 (5) poster
27 July 2004
Fast Solar Wind and its Origins from the Low Solar Atmosphere (in Romanian)
Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
 (1) invited talk
2 - 4 Apr. 2004 ASGI (Astronomical Science Group of Ireland) spring meeting, Armagh, Northern Ireland
The Source of the Fast Solar Wind
 (M.D. Popescu, L.D. Xia and J.G. Doyle)  

(4) poster
29 Mar.- 2 Apr. 2004 "Auld Reekie" MIST/UKSP meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland
Low-atmospheric Signature of the Fast Solar Wind in Coronal Holes       [web abstract]  (pag. 22)

(16) oral presentation
15 - 20 Mar. 2004
    Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy "SAAS-FEE'' Advanced Course 
"The Sun, Solar Analogs and the Climate", in Davos, Switzerland
    2003
29 Sept. - 3 Oct. 2003 
 SoHO 13 "Wave, oscillations and small scale transient events in the solar atmosphere:
A joint view of SoHO and TRACE", Palma de Mallorca, Ballearic Islands, Spain
A Study of Transition Region and Coronal Doppler Shifts in a Solar Coronal  Hole        [web ppt file]


(15) oral presentation
5 Aug- 5 Sep 2003
"Solar Magnetic Phenomena, Summer school and workshop" at the Kanzelhohe Solar  Observatory, Karnten, Austria
 Searching for the Origins of the Fast Solar Wind


(14) oral presentation
19 Sept. 2003     ASGI (Astronomical Science Group of Ireland) Autumn Meeting, Maynooth, Irleand
24 Jun. 2003
Armagh Observatory, Armagh, Northern Ireland
Structure and Dynamics of Solar Plasma in and around Coronal Holes

(13) oral presentation
7 - 11 Apr. 2003
National Astronomical Meeting and UK Solar Physics (NAM/UKSP) meeting in Castle and Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Structure and Dynamics at the Base of a Polar Coronal Hole  [web abstract] (p. 65)
(M.D. Popescu, J. G. Doyle)

(3) poster
    2002
27 - 29 Nov. 2002
     "Introduction to IDL" Training Course, organized by Research Systems at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
9 - 14 Sept. 2002
The 10th European Solar Physics Meeting: "Solar: Variability: From Core to Outer Frontiers", Prague, Czech Republic
Flare Activity and the Strength of Solar Cycles                         [web abstract]
(M.D. Popescu, G. Maris, A. Oncica, M. Mierla)
Do Flares Count for the Variation of Total Solar Irradiance?        [web abstract]
(A. Oncica, M.D. Popescu, M. Mierla, G. Maris)



(2) poster


(1) poster
31 May 2002 The Annual Scientific Conference of the Physics Faculty, Bucharest University, Romania
  The Enigma of Total Solar Irradiance Variation (in Romanian)          [web abstract]
Terrestrial Effects of Solar Eruptive Phenomena (in Romanian)           [web abstract]
 (12) oral presentation

 (11) oral presentation
11 - 12 Apr. 2002
 The National Astronomical Scientific Session, Bucharest, Romania
An Analysis of the Photospheric Magnetic Field (in Romanian)
 The N-S Asymmetry of Flares during the 11-year Cycle (in Romanian)
(10) oral presentation
(9) oral presentation
    2001
11 Jun. - 30 Aug. 2001

 "Graduate Summer Research Assistants Programme" organised at the  National Solar Observatory (NSO), Kitt Peak, Tucson, Arizona
Sources of Total Solar Irradiance Variation




(8) oral presentation
10 - 12 May 2001  The National Astronomical Scientific Session, Bucharest, Romania
A Comparative Study of Geomagnetic Effects Produced by Energetic Solar Phenomena  (in Romanian)


(7) oral presentation
24 - 28 Apr. 2001
 Regional Meeting  "Solar Researches in the South-Eastern European Countries: Present and Perspectives", Bucharest, Romania (member of the Local Organizing Committee)
The 22-Year Solar Magnetic Cycle 


(6) oral presentation
3 Jan. - 16 Mar.  2001  "Joint Universities Accelerator School - Courses in the fundamentals of  the Physics, Technologies and Applications of Particle Accelerators", organised by the European Scientific Institute, with the support of a group of  European universities and CERN Accelerator School, Centre Universitaire de la Formation et de Recherche d'Archamps, France
How to Build an Accelerator: Relativistic Parameters



(5) oral presentation
    2000
25 - 30 Sept. 2000
The First Solar & Space Weather Euroconference "The Solar Cycle and Terrestrial Climate", 
    Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
  Variations in Total Solar Irradiance during the 11-Year Solar Cycle 


(4) oral presentation
30 Aug. - 8 Sept. 2000
  The 10th course of the "International School of Space Science" on  Sun Earth Connection and Space Weather, L'Aquila, Italy
20 - 22 Apr. 2000 The scientific session "Romanian Astronomy at the Beginning of the XXI Century", Bucharest, Romania
 Optical Monitoring of X-ray Selected BL Lac Objects (in Romanian)
The Solar Cycle 23 - Forecast and Observations (in Romanian)


(3) oral presentation
(2) oral presentation
    1999
30 Aug. - 10 Sept. 1999
The 9th course of the "International School of Space Science" on High-Resolution Observations in Astronomy, L'Aquila, Italy
9 - 20 Aug. 1999 The "NATO Advanced Study Institute" on Advances in Solar Research at Eclipses, 
    from Ground and from Space, Bucharest, Romania
    1996
7 - 14 Oct. 1996 The workshop "International Research Workshop in Heavy Ion Physics at Low, Intermediate and Relativistic Energies Using 4pi Detectors", Poiana Brasov, Romania
12 Aug. - 27 Sept.  1996  "International Student Programme", at the GSI Institute (Gesellschaft fur Scherionenforschung), Darmstadt, Germany
Diamond Detectors


(1) oral presentation