♦ Postdoctoral Scholar, March 2005 - March 2006, Seismological Laboratory, Caltech (California Institute of Technology), Pasadena, USA, advisor: Dr. Mark Simons;
♦ Ph.D., September 2001 - October 21st, 2004, Instituto de Geofisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico; supervisor: Dr. Vladimir Kostoglodov;
♦ M.Sc., 1997-1999, Faculty of Hydrotechnics, Specialization: G.I.S., Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania;
♦ B.S., 1992-1997, Faculty of Geology and Geophysics, Specialization: Geophysics, University of Bucharest, Romania;