Academic appointments
2025 - Present
Professor FSEGA - Finance Department Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca Romania
2019 - Present
PhD Supervisor in Finance FSEGA - Finance Department Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca Romania
2019 - 2024
Associate Professor FSEGA - Finance Department Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca Romania
2016 - 2018
Lecturer FSEGA - Finance Department Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca Romania
2013 - 2015
Teaching Assistant FSEGA - Finance Department Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca Romania
Business experience
2008 – 2010
Corporate Credit Analyst Erste Bank - BCR Cluj-Napoca Romania
Educatie Formare:
Education
2018
Habilitation in Finance
PhD thesis: "How to Prevent the Fall of the Titans? Mechanisms for Reducing Systemic Risk of Banks"
2009 - 2012
PhD in Finance
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca Romania
PhD thesis: “Systemic risk and contagion in the European banking markets”
PhD supervisor: Professor PhD Trenca Ioan
2008 - 2009
MSc in Banks and Stock Markets
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca Romania
2004 - 2008
BSc in Finance and Banking (graduated summa cum laude)
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca Romania
Courses and internships
02.09.2013 – 06.02.2013: Academica BNR Forum National Bank of Romania
01.07.2013 – 05.07.2013: Empirical Banking Applications at Barcelona Banking Summer School Universitat Pompeu Fabra Spain
10.02.2013 – 14.02.2013: Academica BNR Forum National Bank of Romania
Limba materna:
Romanian
Limbi Straine:
English (fluent)
Aptitudini calculator:
Statistical software: STATA Python Matlab Eviews
Permis Conducere:
B Category
Informatii suplimentare:
Research interests
Banking: Systemic risk Financial institutions Banking regulation Cross-border banking
Financial econometrics: Value at Risk estimation Systemic risk models
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 (POSDRU 159/1.5/S/142115)
2014: The Academia Debut Award of the Association of Economics Faculties from Romania (AFER)
2009-2012: PhD Fellowship (Romanian Government)
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
Hobbies
Long distance running (full & semi marathon) tennis swimming
