EDUCATION::

- 2008 PhD in political science Université Libre de Bruxelles
- 2005 – 2008 PhD Candidate in political science, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculte des Sciences Sociales, Politiques et Economiques / University of Bucharest, Department of Political Science. Thesis: Political Elites and Government Decision-making process in Post-communist Romania
- 2004 - 2005 MA in social sciences, University of Bucharest, Ecole Doctorale en Sciences Sociales - Europe Centrale et Orientale. Dissertation on governmental dynamics of governmental personnel in post-communist Romania. A case study of ministers and secretaries of state after 1989.
- 2000 - 2004 BA in political science. University of Bucharest, Faculty of Political Science, Department Political Science - French Section. Final paper - the governmental reshuffles and institutional transformations in the Romanian case.
-2002/ 2003 Exchange Student - Institut d'études politiques – Sciences Po Paris – Erasmus grant.
- 1995 - 2000 National College of Informatics, Tudor Vianu

OTHER ACADEMIC COURSES:
- 2008 : intensive training - Européanisation et élargissement : défis aux institutions, acteurs, et identités multi-niveaux, EUROLAG, Barcelona, 3-15 March
- 2007: 16th,ECPR Summer School on Parties and Party Systems, EUI, Florence, 10-21 September; 3rd Daad/ECPR PhD Summer School on Democracy and Governance in Central Eastern Europe Decision-Making Process, Center for the Study of Democracy; Lüneburg University, Germany, 11–25 August; Summer school - Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences, (CERAPS), IEP Lille, Course : Méthodes de régression et Méthodes explicatives, 5-12 July
- 2006: Post-Graduate Doctoral School, University of Geneva. Acteurs politiques et sociaux dans l'Europe centrale et orientale communiste et post-communiste (1st and 2nd ed.), 1-2 june, 5-7 October; ECPR Summer School on Methods and Techniques, Ljubljana, Course: Cross national Survey Design and Analysis, 7-18 August 2006
- 2003/2004: Invisible College, Romanian Society of Political Science - Student in the Invisible College, project financed by the American Embassy. Courses: Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods, The political parties in Eastern Europe, The recruitment of political elites. Graduated with distinction, November 2003-June 2004.
- 2002: Summer School, Gasspeco, ULB, Brussels

Research presentation

Political Elites in Central and Eastern Europe.
Party organisations and middle level elites

Other research topics: Political patronage and the politicisation of the civil servants; Electoral reforms in Romania