Last updated: 2007. aug. 27.
I. Personal data
Born: November 22, 1950, Târgu-Mureş, Romania
Marital status: married, father of three children
Address: 400451 Cluj-Napoca, Aleea Azuga 3/29., Romania
Employment: Associate professor, Sapientia – Hungarian University of Transylvania, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Environmental Sciences, Cluj-Napoca
Telephone: +40-264-547312, +40-741-534405
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
II. Studies
- 1965–1969: high-school, Târgu-Mureş
- 1969–1974: B.Sc., Geology, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geology and Geography
- 1991–2000: Ph.D., University of Bucharest, Department of Mineralogy and Petrography. The thesis was defended with Magna cum laude in July 2000. The title of the thesis: Studiul tefrologic şi vulcanologic al tufurilor vulcanice Badenian inferioare din nord-vestul Bazinului Transilvaniei (Tephrological and petrological study of the Lower Badenian volcanic tuffs from the north-western part of the Transylvanian Basin). Scientific supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dan Rădulescu
- 1999: International course on volcanology in the Middle-Andes, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Argentina
III. Scientific carreer
- 1974–1983: geologist at the Geological and Geophysical Prospecting Enterprise, Bucharest: prospecting for mineral deposits related to Neogene volcanism in the Carpathians, Romania
- 1983–2000: scientific researcher and senior scientific researcher at the Geological Institute of Romania as expert in volcanology and petrology of the Neogene volcanic areas of Romania
- 2000–2001: exploration geologist at S.C. Minera Carola, Copiapo, Region de Atacama, Chile
- 2001–2004: Senior Scientific Researcher at the Institute of Geodynamics, Romanian Academy – topics: geodynamic implications of volcanism in Romania and elsewhere, volcanism-seismicity connections, seismic forecasting
- 2002– ....: invited lecturer at the Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2003–2004: invited lecturer at the Sapientia – Hungarian University of Transylvania, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Environmental Sciences, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2004–...: invited lecturer, Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Environmental Science, Department of Life and Earth Sciences, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2004–...: Associate professor, Sapientia – Hungarian University of Transylvania, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Environmental Sciences, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
IV. Scientific area: volcanology, igneous petrology, geochemistry, geology of mineral deposits, general geology, environmental geology
V. Participation in research projects and grants:
- 1991-2000: member of the joint inter-academic Romanian-Hungarian research project: Geochronological study of the Neogene volcanism at the interior of the Carpathian arc
- 1991-1993: member of the Romania-Spanish bilateral cooperation project: Comparative study of the Neogene volcanism in Cordillera Betica (Spain) and East Carpathians (Romania)
- 1992-1996: member of the IGCP 356 project: Plate Tectonics and Metalogeny in the Carpatho-Pannonian Region
- 1996-1997: member of the Romanian-Italian bilateral cooperation project: A possible geochemical monitoring of the Vrancea seismic zone
- 1996-2000: member of the EUROPROBE-PANCARDI project: Dynamics of the Pannonian-Carpathian-Dinaride System
- 1997-1998: grant of the Royal Society (London) for petrologic studies in the Carpatho-Pannonian area
- 2000-2004: member of the IGCP 430 project: Mantle Dynamic Implications for Tethyan Natural Hazard Mitigation
- 2003-2005: member of the IGCP 455 project: The effects of basement structural and stratigraphic heritages on volcano behavior and implications for human activities
VI. Teaching activity
at the Sapientia – Hungarian University of Transylvania, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Environmental Sciences (Cluj-Napoca):
- Soil Science (B.Sc. level, 3rd term)
- Hydrology-hydrogeology (B.Sc. level, 3rd term)
- Mineralogy and petrology (B.Sc. level, 2nd term)
- Geochemistry (B.Sc. level, 3rd term)
- Introduction in the environmental sciences (in part) (B.Sc. level, 1st term)
- Monitoring of the built environment (in part) (B.Sc. level, 4th term)
at the “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Biology and Geology:
- Physical geology (B.Sc. level, 1st term)
- Phase diagrams in petrology (M.Sc. level, in Romanian)
at the “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Environmental Sciences:
- Geodynamics of the inner geospheres (B.Sc. level, 1st term)
- Geodynamics of Earth’s surface (B.Sc. level, 1st term)
- Materials of Earth’s crust (B.Sc. level, 3rd term)
VII. Scientific honours
Invited professor, invited researcher
- 1994: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Instituto de Geologia, Mexico
- 2003: Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Department of Mineralogy, Budapest, Hungary
- 2004: Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Department of Petrology and Geochemistry, Budapest, Hungary
- 2007: Institut für Isotopengeologie und Mineralische Rohstoffe, ETH (Swiss Federal Institue of Technology) Zürich, Switzerland
- 2007: Faculté des Sciences, Université de Genève, Genève, Switzerland
VIII. Membership (Professional Societies / Editorial Board of Scientific Journals)
Societies:
- Member of the Geological Society of Romania
- Member of the Mineralogical Society of Romania
- Member of the Geophysical Society of Romania
- Member of the American Geophysical Union
- Member of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of Earth Interior (IAVCEI)
- National correspondent of Romania at the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics - International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of Earth Interior (IUGG-IAVCEI)
Journals:
- 2005-…: Editor of Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai, seria Geologie
IX. Other academic activities (services):
- 1991-1993: co-operation with the Romanian Television Company
- 1996: member of the organizing committee of the International Workshop on volcaniclastic sequences around andesitic stratovolcanoes, East Carpathians, Romania, September 1996 (IAVCEI joint CEV and CVS Commissions)
- 2004: co-operation with the BBC Romania radio station
- 2005: co-operation with the Cluj county editorial board of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company
X. Language skills:
- Hungarian - mother tongue
- Romanian - fluent
- English - good
- Spanish - good