Novac Aliona
Universitatea ,,Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iaşi
Domeniul: D3 – ştiinţe ale vieţii şi pământului
E-mail: JLIB_HTML_CLOAKING sau JLIB_HTML_CLOAKING
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Work experience
- 01/10/2010-30/09/2011 - Postdoctoral researcher, Postdoctoral fellowship POSDRU/89/1.5/S/63663, Priority field: D3 - Life and Earth Sciences. Postdoc research project ”Effects of climate change on the marine pelagic Tunicate, appendicularian, Oikopleura dioica”. Scientific supervisor: Victor Surugiu, PhD, Associate professor, ”Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi,
- 09/08/2009-11/07/2010 - Visiting researcher, Yggdrasil mobility programme, financed by Research Council of Norway www.rcn.no/is Scientific supervisors: Christofer Troedsson, PhD. Scient., Group Leader, Molecular Ecology Group, Uni Environment, Uni Research AS and Christoffer Shander, PhD. Scient., Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway -Uni Environment, Molecular Ecology Group at UniResearch AS, Bergen, Norway.
- 18/06/2007-31/07/2009 - Research assistant, Faculty of Biology, ”Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania
- 05/2001-10/2002 - Information Assistant, The Black Sea Information and Education Center (CIER) (department of the Non-governmental Ecological Organization “Mare Nostrum” Constanta, Romania).
Education and training
- 24/07/2011-28/08/2011 - Postdoctoral POSDRU/89/1.5/S/63663 Internship period at Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University, Denmark. Research Advisor/Coordinator: Benni Winding Hansen, PhD, Professor.
- 01/11/2002-27/04/2007 - PhD degree, Thesis title: “Ecological researches of the zoobenthos from mid- and infralittoral zones of the Black Sea in the Agigea - Eforie Nord area”. Scientific supervisor: Ionel Miron, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Biology, ”Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania
- 2000-2002 - Master’s degree in Marine and Coastal Biotechny and Ecotechny. Master’s dissertation title: “Contributions to the study of shallow water benthos populations of the Romanian Black Sea littoral”. Scientific supervisor: Marian-Traian Gomoiu, PhD, Professor.Natural Sciences Faculty, “Ovidius” University, Constanta, Romania
- 1995-1999 - Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Bachelor’s thesis title: “Contributions to the study of Ostracod populations of the Romanian Black Sea littoral”. Scientific supervisor: Marian-Traian Gomoiu, PhD, Professor., Natural Sciences Faculty, “Ovidius” University, Constanta, Romania
Social skills and competences
Personal skills and competences
- Team spirit. Good ability to adapt to multicultural environments, gained though my work experience abroad in Norway and Denmark. Good communication skills gained through my experience as Information Assistant at The Black Sea Information and Education Centre (CIER) (department of the Non-governmental Ecological Organization “Mare Nostrum” Constanta, Romania).
- Experience with scientific work in national and international environment.
Organisational skills and competences
- Managerial and organisation skills. Management of the projects. Team management. Main organizer of the Youth Camp of Tourism, Potoci (Romania), The European Geography Association (EGEA), EGEA Moldova & EGEA Iasi. http://www.egea.eu/congresses/rmw08/index.php
Other skills and competences
- Certificate in first aid, Bergen, Norwegian First Aid Council, www.norhjelp.no
Participation at Summer Schools
- 31/08/2008-12/09/2008: Intensive Course for Master Ecocatch (Ecological Management of Catchments in Europe) Programme, Uppsala University, Norr Malma, Erken Laboratory, Sweden. Partners: Uppsala University, Umea University Sweden, UCO Angers, France, Vrije University Amsterdam Holland, Porto and UCP Porto, Portugal. http://www.ecocatch.eu/.
- 27/08/2007-07/09/2007: Limno-Ecological Summer School, organized by “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University Iasi and University of Konstanz in Konstanz, Germany.
- 23/08/2005-02/09/2005: “Ecosystems Structure and Functioning” summer school, organized by the European Center of Excellence for Environmental and Geoecological Studies on River – Delta – Sea Systems in Europe: Case Study River Danube, Delta, Black Sea system. The Center of Excellence is organized by the National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-Ecology (GeoEcoMar) Bucharest and Constanta at Uzlina, in the Danube Delta (Romania).
- 19/07/2004-28/07/2004: “The Danube River – Danube Delta – Black Sea Systems genesis, development and environmental state” summer school, organized by the European Center of Excellence for Environmental and Geoecological Studies on River – Delta – Sea Systems in Europe: Case Study River Danube, its Delta, Black Sea system. The Center of Excellence is organized by the National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-Ecology (GeoEcoMar) Bucharest and Constanta at Uzlina, in the Danube Delta, Romania.
- 15/08/1003-26/08/2003: “Hydrological, sedimentological, biogeochemical processes in fluvial, deltaic, marine and coastal marine environments” summer school, organized by the European Center of Excellence for Environmental and Geoecological Studies on River – Delta – Sea Systems in Europe: Case Study River Danube, its Delta, Black Sea system. The Center of Excellence is organized by the National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-Ecology (GeoEcoMar) Bucharest and Constanta at Uzlina in the Danube Delta, Romania.
- 25/07/1997-01/08/1997: “The Protection of the Coastal Environment of Deltas and Lagoons” summer school, organized by the University of Bucharest and by the Faculty of Geography, under the guidance of Professor Emil Vespremeanu, in collaboration with the Center of Coastal Research for Environment Protection, the Romanian Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Non-governmental Ecological Organization “Mare Nostrum” Constanta, Romania.
Selected scientific articles
- Novac A., Surugiu V., Teacă A., Begun T., 2009 - The distributional patterns of the zoobenthos from the artificial hard substratum of the Agigea dyke (Romanian Black Sea coast): preliminary results, Research in Shallow Marine and Fresh Water Systems, 1st International Workshop – Proceedings, Freiberg Online Geology, ISSN 1434-7512, http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/5111/1/FOG_Vol_22.pdf
- Surugiu V., Novac A., 2007 - Biodiversity and vertical distribution of polychaets associated with mussel beds on artificial hard substrate (Romanian coast, Black Sea), Commission Internationale pour l`Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranee (CIESM), 38th Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 609, http://www.ciesm.org/online/archives/abstracts/pdf/38/PG_00609.pdf
- Novac A., Shurova N., 2007 - The state of mussel settlements from Agigea, Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research, ”Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania, ”The Wetlands Diversity”, ISSN 1841-7051, 6: 31-40. http://stiinte.ulbsibiu.ro/trser/
- Căpraru G., Novac A., 2007 - The study on the mitotic chromosomes of Mytilus galloprovincialis Lmk (2n), National Conference of Ecology organized by Romanian Ecological Society, 11-14 October 2007, Mamaia, Constanta, Romania: 128-130.
- Novac A., Sburlea A. Boicenco L., 2006 - Studies on phytoplankton structure of Mytilus galloprovincialis Lmk digestive tubes, Scientific Annals of the Faculty of Biology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University Iasi, Marine Biological station „Prof. dr. Ioan Borcea” Agigea, 13-29.
- Novac A., Fusu L., 2006 - The phenotypic structure of a Mytilus galloprovincialis Lmk population from the Romanian Black Sea shore, Scientific Annals of the Faculty of Biology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University Iasi, Cell Biology and Genetic section, VII, Fasc. 1: 235-240, http://www.bio.uaic.ro/publicatii/anale_biochimie/2006_VII/2006_GBM_39_Anovac.pdf
Selected abstracts
- Troedsson C., Bouquet J.-M., Lobon Rius C., Novac A., Nejstgaard J., Dupont S., Bosak S., Jakobsen H., Romanova N., Isal A., Dutz J., Sazhin A., Thompson E.M., 2010 - Effects of ocean acidification and temperature increase on planktonic, tunicate, Oikopleura population dynamics at laboratory and mesocosm scales, ASLO (American Society of Limnology and Oceanography)/NABS (North American Benthological Society) Summer Meeting Aquatic Sciences: Global Changes from the Center to the Edge, Santa Fe, New Mexico USA, 6-11 June 2010.
- Troedsson Ch., Lobon Rius C., Bouquet J.-M., Sundeløf A., Reeve M., Novac A., Thompson E., 2010 - Population regulation of the Pelagic Tunicate appendicularian Oikopleura dioica, ASLO (American Society of Limnology and Oceanography)/NABS (North American Benthological Society) Summer Meeting Aquatic Sciences: Global Changes from the Center to the Edge, Santa Fe, New Mexico USA, 6–11 June 2010.
- Novac A., Teaca A., Begun T., Surugiu V., 2007 - Seasonal dynamics of the zoobenthos from artificial hard substrate of the Agigea dyke (Romanian Black Sea coast). Abstracts Volume, Aquatic Biodiversity International Conference, Sibiu, Romania, 04-07 October 2007: 49.
- Novac A., Teacă A., Begun Tatiana, Surugiu V., 2006 - New data about vertical seasonal distribution of the zoobenthos of the Agigea dyke, The 3rd National Conference of Aquatic Biology, Marine Biological Station „Prof. dr. Ioan Borcea” Agigea, 20-21 October 2006: 7.