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Researchers                                                                

PhD Oana T. Moldovan
PhD Daniela Borda
PhD Ruxandra Bucur
PhD Stud. Sanda Iepure
PhD Stud. Mirela Cimpean
PhD Stud. Traian Brad

PhD Ruxandra Maria Bucur

Date and place of birth :   5.05.1972,  Sibiu
Citizenship:                        Romanian
Marital status:                   Single
Work address:                   Speleological Institute " Emil Racovita" , Clinicilor 5, PO BOX 58 400006,                                             Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Phone/Fax:                         + 40 264 595954
Contact:                             ruxib@mailexcite.com

Education

1986-1990     „Octavian Goga“ high school in Sibiu
1990-1995     „Babes-Bolyai“ University, Cluj-Napoca
1995-1996      Master of Sciences at the “Babes-Bolyai” University
1996-              PhD student at the Speleological Institute “E.Racovitza”
                        (Thesis supervisor: Prof. Dr. G.Racovitza, Speleological Institute, Cluj)

Scholarships

October 1999 - January 2001: Graduate scholarship offered by KAAD, Germany, University “Johannes Gutenberg”, Mainz

Teaching experience

- in the period 1996-1999 I have taught laboratory courses in genetics at the chair of genetics of“Babes - Bolyai”, University in Cluj-Napoca

Positions held

1996   January-August - biologist in the laboratory of the “Ursus” beer fabric in Cluj-Napoca.
1996 - present - Speleological Institute “Emil Racovitza” in Cluj-Napoca as research assistant and then scientific researcher

Scientific activity
Participation at conferences:
  • Evolutionary aspects in cave species” - The 5th International Conference of PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology, Umea, Sweden, march 1998 - Poster;
  • New aspects concerning cytogenetics of cave beetles from Romania (Coleoptera, Cholevidae) - The 14th International Symposium of Biospeleology, Makarska, Croatia, september 1999 - Poster;
  • Preliminary data on molecular phylogeny of cave beetles from Romania (Coleoptera, Cholevidae)” - International Meeting organized in the honour of Godfrey Hewitt, Aussois, France, april 2000 - Poster;
  • A record of the cave cricket Troglophilus neglectus (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) in South-Western Germany, identified by mitochondrial sequence analysis” International Syposium Karst Studies and Problems:2000 and beyond, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, july 2000 - Oral presentation;
  • “Phylogeographic aspects of cave beetles from Romania (Coleoptera, Cholevidae)” International Syposium Karst Studies and Problems:2000 and beyond, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, july 2000 - Oral presentation;
  • Cave beetles from Romania (Coleoptera:Cholevidae): Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography” - The XVth International Symposium of Biospeleology, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2001.
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