{"id":138136,"date":"2025-04-16T05:29:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T05:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/?page_id=138136"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:02:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:02:24","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/?page_id=138136&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"PeopleSTB"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"138136\" class=\"elementor elementor-138136\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-156b7d6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"156b7d6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80b5b05 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"80b5b05\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0e5054 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e0e5054\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/YO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-138236\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c15c82a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c15c82a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b10348 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b10348\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><b>Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sanda Iepure<\/b><\/h5><p>https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3748-3478<\/p><p><strong>PhD in Biology, Romanian Academy. <\/strong>Associate Professor at the University Babes Bolyai and Senior Researcher at the Institute of Speleology Emil Racovita with broad research interest in subterranean biology, cave ecology, biodiversity, biogeography, and caves ecosystem function. Current researches\u00a0 focuses on groundwater ecosystems and ecotoxicology, systematics, and taxonomy of groundwater crustaceans (cyclopoids, ostracods) and evolution and adaptations of cave crustaceans to extreme cave environments (ice caves, sulfidic caves).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57aae7a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"57aae7a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e230365 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e230365\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-892af0b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"892af0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"868\" src=\"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lehel_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-138640\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lehel_1.jpg 991w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lehel_1-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lehel_1-768x741.jpg 768w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lehel_1-255x246.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ff3fb7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0ff3fb7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a90e50d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a90e50d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Dr. Denes Avar Lehel<\/b><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8753-7190<\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Scientific researcher at the STAR-UBB Institute, Babe\u0219-Bolyai University, his research interest include&nbsp; the phylogeographic patterns, speciation processes of aquatic and semiaquatic insect groups in the Carpathian Mountains and conserving local biodiversity in a European context. Current research focuses on molecular taxonomy and molecular ecology of several plant and insect taxa.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd47533 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fd47533\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f225352 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f225352\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-880bc23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"880bc23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maria.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-138237\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maria.webp 768w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maria-300x262.webp 300w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maria-255x222.webp 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e8a4d0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e8a4d0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f022305 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f022305\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><b>Maria Mirabela Pop, PhD Student<\/b><\/h5>\n<p>https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-8221-473X<\/p>\n<div>PhD student in Biology at the School of Advanced Studies of the Romanian Academy (SCOSAAR). Research interests include plankton interactions via mesocosm experiments, freshwater &amp; groundwater ecology, cyclopoids crustaceans systematics, taxonomy &amp; physiology and ecotoxicology.&nbsp;<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a55787 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0a55787\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-790716e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"790716e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d10306 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d10306\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"842\" src=\"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Orest-Sambor.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-138239\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Orest-Sambor.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Orest-Sambor-274x300.jpeg 274w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Orest-Sambor-255x280.jpeg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a574d7a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a574d7a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-796f4b2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"796f4b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><b>Orest Sambor, MSc<\/b>\u00a0<\/div><p>Bachelor in Biology, University Babes Bolyai Cluj Napoca, Romania. Orest holds a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Biology and a Master&#8217;s degree in Systemic Ecology and Conservation from the Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babe\u015f-Bolyai University, with his graduation theses focused on aquatic invertebrates. With expertise in ecology, hydrobiology, biospeleology, and as an ecologist, he continues to conduct research and field monitoring in cave environments, exploring various aspects of cave ecology, biodiversity, and ecosystem dynamics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5348d0a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5348d0a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afaf2d0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"afaf2d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lab Alumni<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f94b39f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f94b39f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f1e3a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f1e3a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>\u00a0 <b>Bachelor theses (2024 &#8211; 2026)<\/b><\/h4><ul><li>Cave aquatic fauna monitoring and harpacticoids crustaceans systematic and taxonomy (Stud. Dragos Coada, Biology degree)<\/li><li>Toxicity of Bisphenol A on groundwater crustaceans (Stud. Bogdan Ilea, Biology degree)<\/li><li>Oxidative stress on groundwater amphipods crustaceans (Stud. Maria Antonia Moldovan, Biology degree)<\/li><li>Ostracoda (Podocopida. Crustacea) from groundwater in Romania: georeferencing data base, digital catalog, biodiversity (Stud. Dragos Mihalache, Environmental Science degree)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sanda Iepure https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3748-3478 PhD in Biology, Romanian Academy. Associate Professor at the University Babes Bolyai and Senior Researcher at the Institute of Speleology Emil Racovita with broad research interest in subterranean biology, cave ecology, biodiversity, biogeography, and caves ecosystem function. Current researches\u00a0 focuses on groundwater ecosystems and ecotoxicology, systematics, and taxonomy of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-138136","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138136"}],"version-history":[{"count":86,"href":"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139371,"href":"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138136\/revisions\/139371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}