Education:

University of Bucharest, Bucharest Romania (Class of 1995): 
B.S., Technological Biochemistry

University of Bucharest, Bucharest Romania (1996): 
M.S., Applied Enzymology: "Kinetics of the Energy Metabolism in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Microcalorimetric Measurements"

University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (2007):
Ph.D., Biochemistry: "Glycoprotein Hormone Receptors in Sea Lamprey: Identification, Characterization and Implications for the Evolution of the Vertebrate Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal/Thyroid Axes" .