On Monday, 1 December 2014, the researcher of the Institute of Space Sciences (ISS), Valeriu Tudose, was present along with his colleagues Mihaela Marin and Alexandru Nistorescu to the 9th edition in 2014 of the “Cafeneaua de ştiinţă” show, moderated by Corina Negrea. The show was held under the slogan „The Romanian youth of science. Dreams, projects, certainties” at the Cişmigiu Humanitas Bookstore, between 19.00 – 21.00, live audio and video on all frequencies of Radio Romania Cultural and online, on www.radioromaniacultural.ro.
The guests discussed about the things that attracted them towards science and the way they have chosen their field of activity, but alsol about the scientific concerns and projects they are involved in today. In addition, general issues were addressed, such as the research in Romania compared to the abroad research.
Valeriu Tudose began his academic training at the Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, which he graduated in 2001, and then continued his studies in astronomy/astrophysics at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany. He obtained his doctorate at the Astronomical Institute ‘Anton Pannekoek’, University of Amsterdam, then did a post-doctoral internship at the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy – ASTRON during 2009-2012.
Before joining the Institute of Space Science’s Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Laboratory, Valeriu Tudose was research assistant (2002-2004), and then associate researcher (since 2004) at the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy. Since 2012 he works as a researcher at the Institute of Space Science, while being also a member of Ad Astra, an online project dedicated to the Romanian scientific community (since 2009). His entire CV is available here.
PhD in Electronic Engineering, Mihaela Marin graduated the Faculty of Aircraft. Today she it is a researcher at the Institute of Space Science and specialist in countermeasure applications for the adverse effects of spaceflight on the human person.
Alexander Nistorescu is specialist in applied physics in research of human performance in extreme environments at the same institute. He has a Masters in Biophysics and currently is studying for a master’s degree in bio-engineering.
The podcast from 1 December is available here.