Curriculum vitae

Daniela Blihoghe

E-mail 1: dblihoghe@yahoo.com
E-mail 2: d.blihoghe@gmail.com

Nationality: Romania

Studies:

• June 2005 - September 2005: Marie Curie fellow (3 months) at the University Federico II, Napoli, Italy, Department of Chemistry and Natural Compounds. Supervisor: Prof. Alfonso Mangoni
• June 2004 - May 2005: Postgraduate student at the University of Aberdeen, UK, Analytical Chemistry and Marine Natural Products Laboratory (9 months Marie Curie fellow). Research theme: “Determination of metal concentration in extracts of marine invertebrates and isolation of compounds with metal binding properties”. Supervisors: Prof. Marcel Jaspars and Prof. Jörg Feldmann
• June 2004: Diploma from the Communicating and Public Relationships Faculty “David Ogilvy”, Business University, Bucharest, Romania
• October 2002 - May 2004: PhD studies in the Department of Chemistry-Physics, Faculty of Industrial Chemistry, Technical University “Gh. Asachi”, with the theme "The application of marine preparations enriched with metallic ions"
• 1997-2002: Faculty of Industrial Chemistry, Technical University “Gh. Asachi” Iasi, Department of Environmental Engineering, total grade point average 9.33 (scale 1 to 10), diploma: Environmental protection engineer. Diploma research: “Advanced oxidation of phenolic compounds from waste waters in the presence of the catalysts and hydrogen peroxide”

Other qualifications:

• 14-28 May 2005: Summer school “Gene Technology - Supported or Dammed”, Hamburg, Germany
• 6-7 May 2005: Participation on European Euroforum for Early Career Researchers, Otocec, Slovenia with poster presentation and rapporteur for the science policy workshop: “Bridging the gap between Academia and Industry/Business”
• Oct 2004: Participation on the UK GRAD programme (trainings), Eastbourne
• Sept 2002: Summer Course “New Technology for the Environment”, ENSAM Bordeaux, France
• April 2002: Spring Course “New Technology in Building Industry versus Environmental Protection”, Polytechnic University Lodz, Poland
• June 2000: Diploma for teaching “Technological Chemistry”, Pedagogical College of Technical University “Gh. Asachi”, Iasi

Awards:

• Scholarship in all 5 years of faculty, obtained for good grades and research activities
• Funding obtained for studying in UK and Italy (from UE), and in Poland, France and Germany (from local sources)
• Prize for the best poster at the European Forum Slovenia (2005) with the title “Investigation of metal levels and metal-binding compounds in marine invertebrates”
• Prizes at the Communication Session of the Department of Environmental Engineering and Chemistry-Physics (2000-2001) with the works:
• “The Applications of Electrochemistry in Medicine” - first prize
• “Using the Chemical Auxiliary in Waste Water Treatment” - second prize
• “Oxidation of Refractor Compounds in the Presence of Hydrogen Peroxide and Catalysts” - second prize