IAA24 – Symposium of the International Association of Astacology – Zagreb, Croatia (2024)
Scientific Committee member. Presentations: Reassessing crayfish conservation: collaborative updates of Austropotamobius species IUCN status; Conservation and management strategies of the endemic idle crayfish (Austropotamobius bihariensis Pârvulescu, 2019): Lessons from long-term monitoring.
Scientific Committee member. Presentations: Reassessing crayfish conservation: collaborative updates of Austropotamobius species IUCN status; Conservation and management strategies of the endemic idle crayfish (Austropotamobius bihariensis Pârvulescu, 2019): Lessons from long-term monitoring.
Ecology and Ecosystems Protection, XIV-th Edition – Bacău, Romania (2023)
Presentation: Towards protecting an endemic crayfish species in Romania: distribution, conservation status and threats.
Presentation: Towards protecting an endemic crayfish species in Romania: distribution, conservation status and threats.
CrayfIT – A regional European IAA meeting (Life CLAW) – Pavia, Italy (2023)
Presentations: Conservation genomics of endemic crayfish species Austropotamobius bihariensis populations using reduced representation sequencing; Reference genomes for non-model invertebrates: Giant genome sequencing of the endangered Austropotamobius bihariensis; Contrasting endemic and cosmopolitan patterns in the evolution of Austropotamobius crayfish lineages; Towards protecting an endemic crayfish species in Romania.
Presentations: Conservation genomics of endemic crayfish species Austropotamobius bihariensis populations using reduced representation sequencing; Reference genomes for non-model invertebrates: Giant genome sequencing of the endangered Austropotamobius bihariensis; Contrasting endemic and cosmopolitan patterns in the evolution of Austropotamobius crayfish lineages; Towards protecting an endemic crayfish species in Romania.
Diaspora in higher education, science, innovation and entrepreneurship – Timișoara, Romania (2023)
Organiser, Chair section „Genomics in Biodiversity Conservation". Presentation: Bioinformatics without frontiers: from infrastructure to multidisciplinary applications.
Organiser, Chair section „Genomics in Biodiversity Conservation". Presentation: Bioinformatics without frontiers: from infrastructure to multidisciplinary applications.
International Scientific Communications Session, „Țării Crișurilor" Museum Complex – Oradea, Romania (2022)
Presentation: Hidden in plain sight: A journey on plate tectonics of the Apuseni Mountains revealed a new European crayfish species.
Presentation: Hidden in plain sight: A journey on plate tectonics of the Apuseni Mountains revealed a new European crayfish species.
IAA23 – Symposium of the International Association of Astacology – Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic (2022)
Chairman for „Ecology and Biology" section. Presentation: Towards real-time global mapping of crayfish species and crayfish plague occurrence. Co-author: Force and boldness – a side-by-side comparison of native narrow-clawed crayfish and invasive spiny-cheek crayfish; Mapping the scientific research on crayfish behaviour: A bibliometric analysis.
Chairman for „Ecology and Biology" section. Presentation: Towards real-time global mapping of crayfish species and crayfish plague occurrence. Co-author: Force and boldness – a side-by-side comparison of native narrow-clawed crayfish and invasive spiny-cheek crayfish; Mapping the scientific research on crayfish behaviour: A bibliometric analysis.
Weekly seminar, Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology Department – University of Debrecen, Hungary (2021)
Invited speaker: Hidden in plain sight.
Invited speaker: Hidden in plain sight.
IAA Gotland 2019 – Crayfish and Aquaculture Conference – Visby, Gotland, Sweden (2019)
Presentation: A journey on plate tectonics sheds light on European crayfish phylogeography. Co-author: Get a grip: Unusual disturbances drive crayfish to improvise.
Presentation: A journey on plate tectonics sheds light on European crayfish phylogeography. Co-author: Get a grip: Unusual disturbances drive crayfish to improvise.
IAA 22nd Symposium – Pittsburgh, PA, USA (2018)
Poster: Exploring the limit and beyond of hypoxia: Behavioural-driven conservation of an ancestral legacy of freshwater crayfish. Co-author: Are soil properties good predictors in distribution modelling for three European crayfish?
Poster: Exploring the limit and beyond of hypoxia: Behavioural-driven conservation of an ancestral legacy of freshwater crayfish. Co-author: Are soil properties good predictors in distribution modelling for three European crayfish?
Biogeography of the Carpathians – Cluj-Napoca, Romania (2017)
Poster: A journey on plate tectonics sheds light on European crayfish phylogeography.
Poster: A journey on plate tectonics sheds light on European crayfish phylogeography.
IAA 21st Symposium – Madrid, Spain (2016)
Presentation: The future of endangered Austropotamobius torrentium in the light of protected areas and habitat fragmentation: a case study from the Carpathians. Co-author poster: Adaptive response to early dominance of an acute invader? – received the Outstanding Student Poster Award, presented by IAA President Lennart Edsman.
Presentation: The future of endangered Austropotamobius torrentium in the light of protected areas and habitat fragmentation: a case study from the Carpathians. Co-author poster: Adaptive response to early dominance of an acute invader? – received the Outstanding Student Poster Award, presented by IAA President Lennart Edsman.
5th Aquatic Biodiversity International Conference – Sibiu, Romania (2015)
Presentation: Shelter choice prevents crayfish populations drift in streams. Co-author: Assessing the crayfish ability to use anaerobic metabolism under microrefugia conditions.
Presentation: Shelter choice prevents crayfish populations drift in streams. Co-author: Assessing the crayfish ability to use anaerobic metabolism under microrefugia conditions.
European Crayfish Conference: Research and Management – Landau, Germany (2015)
Scientific Committee member. Presentation: Females – the key of success in spiny-cheek crayfish invasion. Co-author: Insights into the stone crayfish history; Crayfish distribution reflects freshwater habitat stability; Narrow-clawed crayfish may carry relic crayfish plague genotypes.
Scientific Committee member. Presentation: Females – the key of success in spiny-cheek crayfish invasion. Co-author: Insights into the stone crayfish history; Crayfish distribution reflects freshwater habitat stability; Narrow-clawed crayfish may carry relic crayfish plague genotypes.
4th Aquatic Biodiversity International Conference – Sibiu, Romania (2013)
Presentation: Distribution and ecological preferences of noble crayfish in the Carpathian Danube basin. Co-author: Spatial ecology of Hydropsyche incognita; Proposal of management measures concerning spiny-cheek crayfish invasion control.
Presentation: Distribution and ecological preferences of noble crayfish in the Carpathian Danube basin. Co-author: Spatial ecology of Hydropsyche incognita; Proposal of management measures concerning spiny-cheek crayfish invasion control.
Acvapedia Conference, Fifth Edition – Szarvas, Hungary (2012)
Invited lecturer: Current implications in distribution problems of crayfish in Romania.
Invited lecturer: Current implications in distribution problems of crayfish in Romania.
Annual Zoological Congress of „Grigore Antipa" Museum – Bucharest, Romania (2012)
Presentation: Distribution pattern of the stone crayfish in Romania is driven by karst – a consequence of the Pleistocene glaciations? Co-author: Phylogeography of the Gammarus balcanicus species complex in the Carpathian Arc.
Presentation: Distribution pattern of the stone crayfish in Romania is driven by karst – a consequence of the Pleistocene glaciations? Co-author: Phylogeography of the Gammarus balcanicus species complex in the Carpathian Arc.
IAA 19th Symposium – Innsbruck, Austria (2012)
Presentation: Distribution pattern of the stone crayfish in Romania is driven by karst. Co-author: Crayfish plague pathogen detected in the Danube Delta; First large-scale genetic analysis of the vulnerable noble crayfish Astacus astacus in Europe.
Presentation: Distribution pattern of the stone crayfish in Romania is driven by karst. Co-author: Crayfish plague pathogen detected in the Danube Delta; First large-scale genetic analysis of the vulnerable noble crayfish Astacus astacus in Europe.
Annual Zoological Congress of „Grigore Antipa" Museum – Bucharest, Romania (2011)
Presentation: Current threats of indigenous crayfish species in Romania.
Presentation: Current threats of indigenous crayfish species in Romania.
European Congress „Crayfish: food, flagships and ecosystem services" – Poitiers, France (2010)
Posters: Assessment of the habitat and water quality requirements of stone crayfish and noble crayfish in the Anina Mountains; The status of threatened species Austropotamobius torrentium in Romania. Paper published in extenso in conference special issue.
Posters: Assessment of the habitat and water quality requirements of stone crayfish and noble crayfish in the Anina Mountains; The status of threatened species Austropotamobius torrentium in Romania. Paper published in extenso in conference special issue.
Ecology and Ecosystems Protection, 9th Edition – Bacău, Romania (2010)
Presentations: An overview of the Orconectes limosus invasion in Romania; Current threats of indigenous crayfish species in Romania.
Presentations: An overview of the Orconectes limosus invasion in Romania; Current threats of indigenous crayfish species in Romania.
Annual Zoological Congress of „Grigore Antipa" Museum – Bucharest, Romania (2009)
Presentations: Abnormal colors and shapes of the body and appendages of Austropotamobius torrentium; Stone crayfish in the SW Romania mountain and submountain area.
Presentations: Abnormal colors and shapes of the body and appendages of Austropotamobius torrentium; Stone crayfish in the SW Romania mountain and submountain area.
Annual Communication Session, „Grigore Antipa" National Museum of Natural History – Bucharest, Romania (2006)
Presentation: Recent observations on Common Teal (Anas crecca) nesting in Romania.
Presentation: Recent observations on Common Teal (Anas crecca) nesting in Romania.
5th Scientific Session „Ecology and Protection of Ecosystems" – Bacău, Romania (2003)
Presentation: Preliminary studies on diversity of amphipods fauna in Vânători-Neamț Natural Park.
Presentation: Preliminary studies on diversity of amphipods fauna in Vânători-Neamț Natural Park.
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