Vita

EDUCATION

1998 Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1994 M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1985 B.S. in Physics, University of Cluj, Romania


PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

  • Sept 2022 – Present Curators' Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Missouri Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy

  • Sept 2011 – Present Teaching Professor, University of Missouri Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy

  • Sept 2006 – Aug 2011 Associate Teaching Professor, University of Missouri Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy

  • Nov. 2001 – Aug 2006 Resident Instruction Assistant Professor, University of Missouri Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy

  • Feb. 2000 – Aug. 2001 Visiting Research Programmer/Scientific Software Consultant, School of Chemical Sciences, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Jan 1999 - Feb. 2000 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Beckman Institute, Theoretical Biophysics Group, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • May 1993 - Dec. 1998 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Physical Chemistry, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Sept 1985 - June 1991 Physics Teacher, General School nr. 14, Oradea, Romania