BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Mihail Lucian Birsa is currently a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. He received his ​Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (2000) from the same University. He completed his MSc (1996) and B Sc (1995) in Organic Chemistry, "Al. I. Cuza" University of Iasi, Romania. From 2000 to 2002, he was a postdoctoral fellow under the mentorship of Professor Samuel Braverman at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. He published numerous articles in international and national journals. In 2003 he was selected as a member of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, working with Professor Henning Hopf in TU Braunschweig - Germany. Since then numerous return fellowships were granted by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.