Academic appointments
19.02.2025 - Present: Professor, FSEGA (Finance Department), Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
18.02.2019 - 18.02.2025: Associate Professor, FSEGA (Finance Department), Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
22.02.2016 - 17.02.2019: Lecturer, FSEGA (Finance Department), Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
01.04.2013 - 25.02.2016: Teaching Assistant, FSEGA (Finance Department), Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Business experience
01.11.2008 – 30.05.2010: Corporate Credit Analyst, Erste Bank (BCR), Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Education
2009 - 2012: PhD in Finance, FSEGA , Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania PhD thesis: “Systemic risk and contagion in the European banking markets”
2008 - 2009: MSc in Banks and Stock Markets, FSEGA , Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2004 - 2008: BSc in Finance and Banking, FSEGA , Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Research visits
01.02.2018 – 15.02.2018: LAREFI Research Center, Bordeaux Université, France
15.10.2016 – 15.11.2016: Institut for Banking and Finance, University of Zurich, Switzerland
05.01.2015 – 05.03.2015: SAFE Research Center, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
30.09.2013 – 04.10.2013: Laboratoire d'Economie d'Orléans, Université d’Orléans, France
01.03.2012 – 30.05.2012: International Capital Markets Association Center, Reading University, UK
01.01.2011 – 30.05.2011: Laboratoire d'Economie d'Orléans, Université d’Orléans, France
Fellowships and awards
2024: Best Conference Paper Award for the research paper "Do “Too-Big-To-Fail” Banks Receive Preferential Treatment in Bailouts? Surprising Results from a Cross-Country Analysis" (co-authored with Allen N. Berger, Steven Ongena, and Sergey Tsyplakov), International Risk Management Conference organized by The Risk Banking and Finance Society,
2016: Best Paper Award, 2nd prize, for the research paper "The impact of policy interventions on systemic risk across banks" (co-authored with Steven Ongena), International Conference "Financial innovation, consumer protection and financial stability of emerging markets" organized by The Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) Romania
2014-2015: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Romanian Government)
2014: The Academia Debut Award of the Association of Economics Faculties from Romania (AFER)
2009-2012: PhD Fellowship (Romanian Government)
Referee activity
Applied Economics Letters
Comparative Economics Studies
Eastern European Economics
Economic Modelling
Economics Analysis and Policy
Finance Research Letters
International Journal of Central Banking
International Journal of Finance & Economics
International Journal of Financial Economics
International Journal of Financial Studies
International Review of Financial Analysis
Journal of Applied Economics
Journal of Banking & Finance
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Journal of Financial Services Research
Journal of Financial Stability
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
Multinational Finance Journal
Research in International Business and Finance
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences