09/2008 - present	Scientist, Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.
07/2006- 06/2008	Post-doctoral Fellow Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
2006	PhD in Marine Microbiology, Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Dissertation title: Molecular characterization of symbiotic associations between chemoautotrophic sulphur-oxidizing microorganisms and nematodes in shallow marine sediments Advisor: Dr. Nicole Dubilier
04/2001-09/2001	Research assistant in microbiology, National Institute for Research and Development in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, ‘Horia-Hulubei’, Romania
04/2001-09/2001	Research assistant, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology (half-time job)
01/2000-04/2001	Biologist, Shigella – Pseudomonas Department, Cantacuzino Institute, Bucharest, Romania
2001	MSc in Genetics, University of Bucharest, Romania Dissertation thesis: Comparative analyses of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from clinical products and natural environments (Advisors: Prof. Dr. T. Vassu and Dr. I. Stoica)
1999	BSc in Biology, University of Bucharest, Romania