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  • Appointments

Current: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dept. of Philosophy. Visiting Lecturer

Past: University of Cambridge, Dept. of History and Philosophy of Science. Lecturer in Philosophy of Science (fixed-term)

         University of Western Ontario. Dept. of Philosophy. Rotman Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy of Science (adviser: R. W. Batterman)


  • Education

PhD Philosophy, 2006, Univ. of Toronto (adviser: M. Morrison)

BA Philosophy 2001, BSc Mathematics 1997, both Univ. of Bucharest


  • Area of specialization

Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, Epistemology

 

  • Area of competence
Logic, History of Science, History of Analytic Philosophy (later Wittgenstein, Quine), Sociology of Scientific Knowledge

 

  • Scholarships, fellowships, awards

    Teaching: 

- On the  Univ. of Illinois 'List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students': Fall 2010 and Spring 2011

    Research:

- David Savan Dissertation Prize, Univ of Toronto

- SGS fellowship, Univ of Toronto 2006-7

- Richard Hadden Award for the best student paper at the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science Annual Meeting 2006

- Graduate Travel Stipend Prize, APA 2006

- Hacking Travel Award 2005, 2006 (Univ of Toronto)

- George Paxton Young Memorial Prize 2004, 2005 (Univ of Toronto)

- Univ of Toronto Graduate Fellowship, 2001-6

Other prizes, awards, etc. can be send to: Univ. of Illinois, Dept. of Philosophy, 105 Greg Hall, 810 S Wright Street, Urbana IL 61801


  • Professional activities

Book manuscript referee for Cambridge Univ. Press (multiple times)

Referee for various journals, collections and conferences: Philosophy of Science, Foundations of Physics, Mind, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Science, International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Oxford Univ. Press, CPA, APA, etc.

Regular attendant: Philosophy of Physics seminar, Univ. of Cambridge (convened by J. Butterfield 09-10), Metaphysics Reading Group, Univ. of Cambridge HPS (convened by A. Broadbent 08-10), Philosophy of Science reading group, Univ. of Western Ontario (convened by R. Batterman 07-08), SEER (Science-Epistemology-Ethics Research) reading group, Univ. Western Ontario 07-08

Chaired sessions at various conferences and workshops (EPSA, BSPS, CPA, SEP, etc.)


  • Administrative experience

MPhil / Part III Senior examiner, Cambridge HPS (09-10)

Member of the Executive Commitee, HPS Board, HPS Degree commitee, Univ. of Cambridge.

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