Education and employment:

• Jan. 2021 -- Aug. 2023: Associate Head for Instruction, MSCS, University of Illinois, Chicago;

• 2020 -- present: Professor, MSCS, University of Illinois, Chicago;

• 2013 -- 2020: Associate professor, MSCS, University of Illinois, Chicago;

• 2008 -- 2013: Assistant professor, MSCS, University of Illinois, Chicago;

• 2008 -- present: Principal researcher 3, Institute of Mathematics "Simion Stoilow" of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest;

• 2007 -- 2008: Researcher, Institute of Mathematics "Simion Stoilow" of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest;

• 2005 -- 2008: Courant Instructor, Courant Institute, New York University, New York;

• Spring & Fall 2006: Member, Institute for Advances Study, Princeton;

• 2001 -- 2006: Research assistant, Institute of Mathematics "Simion Stoilow" of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest;

• 2001 -- 2005: Graduate student in mathematics, Caltech, Pasadena;

• 1997 -- 2001: Undergraduate student in mathematics, University of Bucharest.