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    I was born in Resita (the capital town of the Caras-Severin county), but I spent most of my childhood at the countryside – in Vermeş. I am currently working as an assistant-teacher at the Department of Zoology, within the Faculty of Chemistry, Biology and Geography of the West University of Timisoara. I teach Invertebrate Zoology seminars.

    I obtained my B.Sc. degree, as well as my M.Sc. degree, at the faculty where I am currently teaching. I am also a Ph.D. student at the Babes-Boliay University of Cluj-Napoca and the title of my thesis is: “The study of malacostracean communities (Crustacea: Malacostraca) in the Aninei Mountains”. Aside from the research related to my Ph.D. thesis, I am also trying to contribute, as much as I possibly can, to the in-depth knowledge of crayfish in Romania (and more). I am an advocate of precise specializations, while nevertheless a proponent of interdisciplinary research.

 

    And as we do not live solitarily, I will try not to omit any of the persons who have supported me:
 

    Prof.Dr. Nicolea Tomescu and Prof.Dr. Laszlo Rakosy are my PhD coordinators

    Dr. Calin Hodor – who proposed me as expert in crustaceans, within the framework of my first national project. Owen Mountford, Alex Bara, Horia Suciu are just a few of the partners I had in this project.
 

    Astacologists Dr. Christoph Schubart, Dr. David Holdich, Dr. Adam Petrusek, Dr. Miklos Puky, Dr James Fetzner are just a few of my friends and collaborators. Collaborators and friends from various fields of interests: Carmen Hamchevici, Carmen Sorescu, Amalia Bălăşoiu, Aranka Pal, Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci, Liviu Pârâu, Ioan Maghiar, Adriana Vizitiu, Iuliana Marchiş, Cornel Alexandru...
 

    .Amelia Rotar and Ruxandra Găletuşe – to whom I owe the English translation of this site.