Curriculum vitae

I. Personal details

Born: July 22, 1978, Sighişoara, Mureş County, Romania
Home address: RO-545400 Sighişoara, str. Andrei Şaguna 24/18, Mureş County, Romania
Employment: high-school teacher at Mircea Eliade High-school and biologist at Mihai Eminescu Trust, Sighişoara, Mureş County, Romania
Work-address: Mircea Eliade High-School, RO-545400 Sighişoara, Str. 1 Decembrie 1918, nr. 31, Romania / Mihai Eminescu Trust, RO-545400 Sighişoara, Str. Cojocarilor nr. 11, Romania
Telephone: +40-0720-856845
E-mail: [email protected]

II. Studies

• 1992–1996: high-school, Mircea Eliade High-school, Mathematics-Physics, Sighişoara (Mureş County, Romania)
• 1996–2001: B.Sc. in Biology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
• 2004–2008: Ph.D., Biological Institute of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest. The Ph.D.-thesis was defended at the Ovidius University in Constanţa. The title of the thesis: Ecological and faunistical study of the amphibians of the Târnava Mare Basin. Scientific supervisors: acad. dr. Petre Bănărescu and prof. dr. Dan Cogălniceanu.

III. Scientific carrier

• 2001– ...: high-school teacher, Mircea Eliade High-School, Sighişoara
• 2006– ...: biologist, Mihai Eminescu Trust, Sighişoara

IV. Research domain: ecology of amphibians and reptiles, population ecology, landscape ecology

V. Scientific activity

• 2004: coordinator of the „The factors affecting breeding habitat use of the amphibians from the Middle Târnava and the Upper Olt Valley” research project, financed by Declining Amphibian Population Task Force (DAPTF).
• 2004–2005: member of the „ Amphibian and butterfly species inventory in the future Haţeg Geopark, Romania” research project, financed by Rufford Small Grant for Nature Conservation (United Kingdom), project coordinator: dr. Dan Cogălniceanu.
• 2004–2006: member of the „The effect of the global climate changes on the populations of Rana temporaria in the Retezat National Park” research project, financed by C.N.C.S.I.S. (Bucharest), project coordinator: dr. Dan Cogălniceanu.
• 2005: member of the „ The spatial distribution and status of the corncrake in the Târnava Mare Valley, Romania” research project, financed by the British Ornithological Union (United Kingdom), project coordinator: Cosmin Ioan Moga.
• 2006–2007: member of the „The black pine of banat forests – part of the Natura 2000 Network.” sub-project CCMESI 19/24.05.05: „Environmental impact assessment, natural and antropic effects” research project, financed by Life, project coordinator: dr. Dan Cogălniceanu.
• 2007–2008: member of the „Conservation of the farmland birds and their habitats in Southern part of Transylvania Tableland” research project, financed by Rufford Small Grant for Nature Conservation (United Kingdom), project coordinator: Cosmin Ioan Moga.

VI. Teaching activity

• regular biology courses at the Mircea Eliade High-school
• at the Sapientia - Hungarian University of Transylvania, Faculty of Technical and Social Sciences (Miercurea Ciuc) and at the Faculty of Life Sciences and Arts (Cluj-Napoca):

- Island biogeogrpahy course (B.Sc., optional)
            - Metapopulation ecology course (B.Sc., optional)

•  at the Babeş-Bolyai University, Department of Taxonomy and Ecology (Cluj-Napoca):

- 2009: The ecological bases of amphibian conservation course (M.Sc., as part of Animal Ecology course)
- 2009: Biomonitoring course and lab course (B.Sc., optional, 6th semester)

VII. Membership (Professional Societies, Journals):

Societies

• Romanian Herpetological Society
• Eco – Transilvania, Sighişoara
• Sighisoara Durabilă, Sighişoara
• Eco – Breite, Sighişoara
• Transylvanian Carpathia Society – Sighişoara branch

Journals

• 2005- ...: member of the editorial board of the North-Western Journal of Zoology
• member of the referee board of journals: The Herpetological Journal, Hydrobiologia, Biodiversity and Conservation, Journal of Natural History, Global Change Biology, Amphibia-Reptilia, BIORISK - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Risk Assessment, Herpetological Notes, Integrative Zoology, Journal of Natural History, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
  
  
  

VIII. Language skills

• Hungarian – mother tongue
• Romania – fluent
• English – good