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