Associate Professor, Histology
Faculty of Dentistry.
Teaching & training.
Two decades inside academic dentistry — from teaching assistant in oral surgery to Chair of Histology at Carol Davila, with a standing visiting post at King's College London.
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest
Romania
2023 — now
2018 — now
Chair of Histology
Faculty of Dentistry.
2017 — 2023
Lecturer, Histology
Faculty of Dentistry.
2013 — 2017
Assistant Professor, Histology & Cytology
Faculty of Dentistry.
2008 — 2013
Assistant Professor, Cellular & Molecular Medicine
Faculty of Medicine.
2004 — 2008
Teaching Assistant, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Faculty of Dentistry.
King's College London
United Kingdom
2022 — now
Visiting Lecturer
Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences.
2016 — 2021
Visiting Lecturer
Mucosal & Salivary Biology, Dental Institute.
Degrees
Education & training
2015
MSc, Regenerative Dentistry
King's College London, UK.
2012
PhD, Medicine
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest.
2009
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Specialist
Ministry of Health, Bucharest.
2006
MBBS / MD — Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest.
2003
BDS / DMD — Bachelor of Dental Surgery
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest.
Science communication
FameLab
2018 · FameLab
Winner & Audience Award, FameLab Romania (Bucharest) — then Audience Award winner at the International Final in Cheltenham, UK. A national title for explaining science compellingly to a general audience.
Communication runs through everything here. Across 50+ invited lectures I've argued that the same clarity a microscope demands is what makes teaching — and a competition presentation — land. See the full lecture record on the Research page.