Scientific Vita

12.2018 - present	W1 Professor - Univeristy of Duisburg Essen
2018	Group leader, Ruhr-University Bochum
2016 - 2017	Postdoc, Ruhr-University Bochum
2014 - 2016	Lecturer, University Politehnica of Bucharest
2011 - 2014	Teaching assistant, University Politehnica of Bucharest
2014	PhD thesis (Chemical Enginnering), University Politehnica of Bucharest
2011	Master thesis (Chemical Enginnering), University Politehnica of Bucharest
2009	Bachelor thesis (Chemical Engineering), University Politehnica of Bucharest

Awards

2023	Jochem Block Preis - DECHEMA
2023	Member in the Junge Kolleg of the NRW Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste
2022	Joachim Walter Schultze Preis der AGEF
2022	Gottschalk-Diederich-Baedeker-Preis 2022
2018	Ad Astra price for excellence in research (Romania)
2018	Electrochimica Acta travel award - the 69th Annual Meeting ISE
2017	RUB inventor award 2016 for self-healing electrocatalyst films
2013	"Performance trophy" - from the Mayor of Bucharest's sector 3, Romania
2005	2nd price - National Chemistry Contest "C.D. Nenitescu" (High school)
2005	First mention - Romanian National Chemistry Olympiad
2004	Special mention - Romanian National Chemistry Olympiad