Last updated: 2016-01-04

Curriculum vitae


I. Personal data

Born: 23. September 1931, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj county, Romania
Address: 400029 Cluj-Napoca, str. Cardinal Iuliu Hossu (Pavlov) nr. 15., Romania
Employment: retired biologist
Marital status: married
Telephone: +40-264-595195

II. Studies

  • 1942-1950: high school, Calvinist College, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • 1950-1955: B.Sc. in Biology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • 1960: Postgraduate studies at the Atomic Physic Institute, Bucharest, Romania
  • 1965-1970: Ph.D., Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Cluj.Napoca, Romania. The Ph.D.-thesis was defended in 1970. The title of the thesis: Comparative studies concerning the radioprotective effects, and metabolic changes caused by certain chemical and pharmacological substances. Scientific supervisor: Prof. dr. Eugen Pora.


III. Scientific career

  • 1955–1969: biologist, County Hospital, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • 1969–1997: biologist, Oncological Institute, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • from 1998 member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • from 1998 retired biologist


IV. Research domain: Radiation Biology
Research topic: chemical protection against ionizing radiation

V. Scientific honours

Research scholarships:

  • 1964, 1966, 1970: visiting scientist at the Institute of Radiobiology, Budapest, Hungary
  • 1971–1972: UICC International Cancer Fellowship at the Karolinska Institute, Dept. of Tumorbiology-Radiobiology, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1974: visiting scientist at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1979: visiting scientist at the Freiburg University, Department of Biophysics, Freiburg, Germany.
  • 1990–1991: visiting scientist at the Isotope Department, Oncological Institute, Budapest, Hungary 
  • 1990–2006: visiting scientist at the Institute of Radiobiology, Budapest, Hungary 
  • 1992–1993: visiting scientist at the Isotope Department, Medical University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary


VII. Membership (Professional Societies / Editorial Board of Scientific Journals)

Societies:

  • 1970-1997: secretary of the Department of Radiology and Radiobiology of the Cluj branch of the Romanian Academy
  • Romanian Nuclear Medicine Society
  • Romanian Society of Scientists
  • Transylvanian Museum Society
  • Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences


VIII. Language skills

  • Hungarian – mother tongue
  • Romanian – fluent