2025
Published articles
Di Lorenzo, T., S. Iepure, M. Di Cicco, D. M.P. Galassi, W.D. Di Marzio, 2025. Refining environmental risk assessment of diltiazem in groundwater through better surrogate selection and sublethal endpoints. Chemosphere, 392, 144744.
Saccò M., Elmasri A., Tawal M., Alther R., Altermatt F., Martínez A., Mammola S., Zagmajster M., Saenz-Agudelo P., Takahashi M., Thornhill J., Andouche A., Baratti M., Bilal M., Bilandžija H., Bolpagni R., Boulamail S., Celico F., Chauveau C.A., Chavez E., Collard O., Cooper S.J.B., Couton M., Cozzoli F., Dawkins K., Di Lorenzo T., Dubinsky X., Hahn H.J., Flot J.-F., Glatting F., Griebler C., Guareschi S., Guy-Haim T., Herbert S., Hose G., Humphreys W.F., Hutchins B., Iepure S., Johns T., Karwautz C., Kirschner D., Kolodny O., Konec M., Manenti R., Meziane T., Mori N., Pazhenkova E., Piggott M.P., Prieto-Davó A., Raphalen Z., Rau H., Reboleira A.S., Recknagel H., Robertson A., Royaux C., Schwartz B., Schwenk K., Simoes N., Stanković D., Stoch F., Taylor J.D., Van Der Heyde M., Vehovar Ž., Zakšek V., White N.E., Allentoft M.E., Nevill P., Korbel K.L., Guzik M.T. 2025 (2025) Advancing subterranean conservation through Global Research on eDNA in Groundwaters (GReG). Subterranean Biology 53: 31-40. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.53.165710.
Coadă, D.I, C. Bădăluță, R. Dumbravă, K.P. Battes, S. Iepure. 2025. Groundwater harpacticoids (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in the karst areas of Apuseni Mountains (Northwestern Romania). Travaux Institute Spéologie «Émile Racovitza», t. LXIV, Bucharest. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.59277/TISER.2025.
Di Lorenzo, T., Tabilio Di Camillo, A., Iepure, S.; Galassi, D.M.P., Mori, N., Simčič, T. 2025. Oxygen Consumption and Carbon Budget in Groundwater-Obligate and Surface-Dwelling Diacyclops Species (Crustacea Copepoda Cyclopoida) Under Temperature Variability. Environments, 12: 32. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12010032
Moldovan, O.T., Levei, E., Ferreira, R.L. et al. 2025. Exploring the Bacteriome Diversity and Use as a Proxy for Climate Change and Human Impacts on Groundwater in Temperate and Tropical Countries. Microbial Ecology, 88, 17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-025-02512-5.
Symposiums participations
Bucur, R., D. Borda. 2025. Mediul subteran – dinamici și extreme: exemple din carstul României, Zilele Academiei Clujene, 19 Noiembrie 2025, Cluj Napoca, Romania (prezentare orala).
Borda, D., Bucur, L. Buzilă, I. Cociuba. 2025. Vulnerabilitatea acviferelor carstice: rezultate preliminare din depresiunea carstică Damiș. Zilele Academiei Clujene, 19 Noiembrie 2025, Cluj Napoca, Romania, (prezentare orala).
Sambor, O., Perșoiu, A. Tudorache, C. Marin, A.I. Camacho, B. Șarcani, K. Battes, D. Coadă, S. Iepure. 2025. Shedding light on cold caves aquatic fauna: Ghețarul de la Vârtop Cave (Northwest Romania). Karst Science Day, 14 Noiembrie 2025, Bucuresti, Romania (prezentare orala).
Moldovan, O.T., 2025. What is hidden behind the unseen. International Conference of Molecular Biology: Current Aspects and Prospects (ICMB2025), 4–7 Noiembrie 2025 (invited speaker).
Coadă, D.I, Bădăluță, R. Dumbravă, K.P. Battes, S. Iepure. 2025. Groundwater-dwelling harpacticoids in the karst aquifers of the Apuseni Mountains (Northwestern Romania): diversity, distribution and endemism. Karst Science Day, 14 Noiembrie 2025, Bucuresti, Romania (prezentare orala).
Puiu, S.D., A. Nae, M. Vlaicu. 2025. Preliminary insights on two closely related species of the genus Carpathonesticus (Araneae, Nesticidae). Karst Science Day, 14 Noiembrie 2025, Bucuresti, Romania (prezentare orala).
Iepure S. Sub-BioMon project – Addressing the challenges of monitoring subterranean biodiversity in karst, 32 INTERNATIONAL KARSTOLOGICAL SCHOOL “Classical Karst”, 16-20 June Postojna, Slovenia (poster).
Coadă D.I., C. Bădăluță, Iepure. 2025. Shedding lights into underground diversity: groundwater harpacticoids (Crustacea. Copepoda) from Romania. Biota, 16-17 May 2025, Cluj Napoca, Romania (poster).
Sambor O., R. Bucur, C. Haidău, D.Ș. Măntoiu, O.T. Moldovan, C. Sitar, S. Iepure. 2025. Integrating classical and molecular tools for biodiversity monitoring in subterranean karst environments. Biota, 16-17 May 2025, Cluj Napoca, Romania (poster).
Puiu D.S., A. Nae, Şt. Măntoiu, S. Iepure. 2025. Cryptic cave spiders: is Carpathonesticus plesai a separate species from Carpathonesticus biroi? Biota, 16-17 May 2025, Cluj Napoca, Romania (poster).
2024
Symposiums & workhops
Zagmajster, M., Balázs, G., Biró, A., Bucur, R., Collard, O., Delić, T., Kos, A., Flot, J.F., Haidau, C., Herczeg, G., Iepure, S., Lippert. E., Lunghi, E., Mantoiu, D.S., Moldovan, O.T, Sambor, O., Sitar, C., Stoch, F., Zakšek, V., Weber, D., Weigand, A., Weigand, H.(2024). The Sub-BioMon: Developing and testing approaches to monitor subterranean biodiversity in karst. KARST SCIENCE DAYS SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS 2, 51-54.
Olaru, A., O. Sambor, D. Borda, R. Bucur, A. Perșoiu, C. Marin, A. Tudorache, N. Scrob, S. Iepure. 2024. Karst springs – windows to the groundwater ecosystems health KARST SCIENCE DAYS SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS 2 (2024)
Zagmajster, M., Balázs, G., Biró, A., Bucur, R., Collard, O., Delić, T., Kos, A., Flot, J.F., Haidau, C., Herczeg, G., Iepure, S., Lippert. E., Lunghi, E., Mantoiu, D.S., Moldovan, O.T, Sambor, O., Sitar, C., Stoch, F., Zakšek, V., Weber, D., Weigand, A., Weigand, H.(2024). The Sub-BioMon: Developing and testing approaches to monitor subterranean biodiversity in karst. 26th International Conference on Subterranean Biology and 6th International Symposium on Anchialine Ecosystems Book of abstracts (Poster 33).
Iepure S., Motoc, M.R., Barbu L., Coada D., Pop M.P. 2024. Life’s Toxic Sanctuary in Movile Cave (Dobrogea, Romania): insights into ostracod shell chemical composition, ultrastructure and epibionts. 26th International Conference on Subterranean Biology and 6th International Symposium on Anchialine Ecosystems Book of abstracts (Poster 47)