CV Onac

Researchers

PhD Iosif Viehmann
PhD Bogdan P. Onac
PhD Tudor Tamas
PhD Stud. Daniel Veres
Aurel Persoiu

PhD ONAC, Petroniu Bogdan Lucian

Home address:        Teleorman 52/59, 400006 Cluj, Romania
Work address:          University of Cluj, Quaternary Research Group, Department of Mineralogy,
                                Kogalniceanu 1, 400006 Cluj, Romania
Work telephone:     +40.264.405300 Ext. 5213
Date/place of bith:   20th January 1963, Crasna, Romania
Nationality:              Romanian.
Marital status:          Married since 1986, 2 children
Contact:                 bonac@bioge.ubbcluj.ro

Academic Qualifications

1969-1977: Elementary and secondary School, Satu-Mare, Romania
1977-1981: High School of Chemistry, Satu-Mare, Romania
1982-1987: Faculty of Geology, University of Cluj, Romania
B.Sc. and Ph.D. from University of Cluj in 1987 and 1996, respectively.
The Ph.D. title: Speleothems from caves in Padurea Craiului Mountains: a mineralogic, crystallographic and paleoclimatic study.

Position held

Reader - Dept. of Mineralogy, University of Cluj
Senior Researcher at Speleological Institute in Cluj (half position)

Courses taught

Karstology, Crystallography, and Geochronology

Work experience

        1987-1991 Suncuius Mining Enterprise, Romania.
        1991 -    Romanian Academy of Sciences, Speological Institute “Emil Racovita”.
        1996 -   University of Cluj, Quaternary Research Group, Department of Mineralogy.
        1993-94 (4 months) Junior Research Fellow, Dept. of Quaternary Geology, Bergen University, Norway
        1995 (9 months) Ph.D. student, Dept. of Quaternary Geology, Bergen University, Norway
        1996-97 (4 months) Visiting Fellow, Dept. of Quaternary Geology, Bergen University, Norway
        1998-99 (6 months) Fulbright Fellow, MRL, Pennsylvania State University, USA.
        1999 (9 months) Visiting Professor, Dept. of Quaternary Geology, Lund University, Sweden
        2000 (1 month) Visiting Professor, Dept. of Geology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Publications

I have published 4 books, a chapter in a book and 55 papers (22 in foreign journals).

Other activities

I am leading two grants sponsored by the National Council for Scientific Research (CNCSIS) and World Bank on Quaternary
paleoclimate reconstruction, and mineralogy, dating and soil pollution, respectively.

Membership

Romanian Geological Society,
Cave Mineralogy Commission within the International Union of Speleology,
National Speleological Society,
INTIMATE program (within INQUA) and SPEP III project (within PAGES), and IGCP 448 Global Karst Correlation.