EDUCATION

since October 2002: PhD. student in Ecology, at the Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babes-Bolyai University.
2000- 2002:    M. Sc. student in Systems Ecology and Biodiversity  Conservation at the Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babes-Bolyai University.
1996-2000: graduate in Ecology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania.

Thesis underway: Taxonomical and ecological study of water mites communities (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from the Somesul Mic catchement area and their role as indicators of water quality

POSITIONS HELD

2003  -  Research Assistant - Speleological Institute  “Emil Racovita”, Romanian Academy, Cluj -Napoca, Romania

FELLOWSHIPS

28 February-28 July 2001: Socrate-Erasmus scholarship at the University Ca’Foscari from Venice, Italy
21 February-7 March 2002: Scholarship in Germany, at the acarologist Dr. Reinhard Gerecke (Tubingen)
1 July 2003 – present: Reserche fellowship for the young Ph-D students (suported by CNCSIS)

FOREIGN LANGUAGES: Italian, English