Catalina Luca

Water pollution occurs when undesirable foreign substances are introduced into natural water. The substances may be chemical or biological in nature. Fish are excellent subjects for the study of various effects of contaminants present in water samples since they can metabolize, concentrate, and store waterborne pollutants. Salmonids are very sensitive to water pollutions and sensitivity may vary during the different stages of their lives. My current research focuses on the study of the effects of chemical pollution on salmonids.

November 2012 -:
Postdoc (premier assistant), Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Advisor: Prof. Clauss Wedekind

2010 - 2012:
Scientific Researcher, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bucharest

2009 - 2010:
Research Assistant, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bucharest

2003 - 2009:
PhD / Research Assistant, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Bucharest
Title: “Molecular phylogeny studies of cyprinids species from Romania”
Supervisor: Prof. Marieta Costache;

2001 - 2003:
Master of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest

2002 (oct) - 2003 (jan):
Socrates/ Erasmus Scholarship, University of Limoges, France, Faculty of Science,Immunology Laboratory
Title: “The isolation, amplification and cloning of different transcripts CD79a and CD79b”. Supervisors: PhD Paul Guglielmi and PhD Catherine Decourt

1996 - 2000:
Studies in Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest.