The research group members
Artur Ionescu
Research Group Leader
PhD in Environmnetal Science. Fluid geochemist focusing on volcanic and tectonic regions. Researcher at the Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Applying a holistic approach on research.
Jozsef-Szilard Balo
BSc student in Environmental Science
Nature guy interested in the past, working on paleofluids by using mineral water springs and travertine deposits as proxys.
Catalin-George Cirje
BSc student in Environmental Management and Audit
Enthusiast working on carbon fluxes in populated areas, applying the "citizen science" approach.
Iulia-Georgiana Ungur
BSc student in Environmental Management and Audit
The mineral/rock girl, using field observations and experimental data to figure out gas-water-rock interactions in the subsurface.
Anita Bozsik
BSc student in Environmental Science
The hiker girl, interested to learn more about low- to mid-temperature geothermal sources, and how geochemical tracers can help finding them.
Luca Bumb
BSc student in Environmental Engineering
The speleologist of the gang, interested in the combination of biospeleology and microbiology of subterranean ecosystems especially of sulfidic and thermal caves.
Bogdan-Mihai Cerbu
BSc in Medical Physics
The geophysicist of the team, having deep insight on geophysical techniques and interested how they can be combined with geochemical studies.
Ioan Chis
BSc student in Environmental Management and Audit
The tech-guy, keen to learn how to build low-cost multi-gas instruments for drones, to study air quality affected by natural contaminants.
Raluca Andreea Ciur
BSc student in Environmental Engineering
The radon girl, enthusiast about nature and radon, espacially how this element behaves and moves between different geospheres.
Miriam Dragomir
BSc student in Environmental Science
The GIS sorceress of the group, helping us to develop user friendly applications for geochemist.
Tudor-Stefan Hilma
BSc student in Environmental Engineering
The groups meteo-hydro guy, intersted in topics regarded hydrology/hydrogeology, interested to learn new ways on measuring dissolved gases in water.
Botond Holinka
MSc in both Plant- and Medical Biology, BSc in both Biology and Environmental Science
The groups botanist. Interested in how plants and living organism adapt and live in CO2 rich areas and what trace elements they can bioaccumulate.
Elod Komives
BSc in Environmental Science
The groups math and physics head, interested in combining geochemistry and geophysics in his research.
Botond-Csanad Kurucz
BSc student in Environmental Science
The speedster of the group, interested in soil diffuse degassing areas and how to use low cost sensors in degassing areas.
Andrei Moldoveanu
BSc student in Film and Television Image Production
Videographer/photographer of the gang, also science communicator, along for the ride with the team to tell the story behind the activities.
Dragos Muntean
Adventurer and off-roader, with vast knowledge and experince, the teams logistic, safety and rescue person.
Anamaria Muntean-Sarlea
BSc in Environmental Science and MSc in Environmental Managment and Protection
The traveller, loving nature and science in all of his aspects, especially multidisciplinary approaches to study the environment.
Paula Muraru
BSc in Company Economics
Our freelance designer, who created our group logo. The only non-scientific head in the group, helping us during design challenges.
Matei Rogozan
BSc student in Environmental Engineering
The soil guy, interested in how soil properties change due to interaction of the soil with gases coming from high carbon degassing structures.
Kamilla Toth
BSc Animal Husbandry, Finance and Banks and in Environmental Science
Our microbiology enthusiast, interested in environmental microbiology and life in extreme habitats, and how microbes interact with fluids in the geosphere.
Balazs-Zoltan Veress
BSc student in Environmental Science
The deposition guy, interested in gas chemistry and mineralogy, curious on how degassing environments can deposit different minerals.