Dan Cristian Vodnar#
| Membership Number: | 6003 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Affiliated section(s): | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ROMANIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://danvodnar.ro |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-5407-8071 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - present Member of the faculty council. UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2020 - present Member of CNATDCU ( IRVA)
- 2019 - present Expert Evaluator, The Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, Romania
- 2019 - present Professor; Faculty of Food Science and Technology (FFST), UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2019 - present Member of the University Senate, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2018 - present Manager Technology Transfer Centre-Biotech, USAMV Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2017 - present Bio-economy Expert; European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
- 2016 - present Coordinator of CDS 7, Life Sciences Institute, USAMV Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2016 - present Deputy Director of Food Science Department, USAMV Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2016 - present Vice-rector for Research; UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2016 - present Editor-in-Chief, Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2017 - 2019 Associate Professor; Faculty of Food Science and Technology (FFST), UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2016 - 2020 Scientific Manager; BIOZOON GMBH, Germany; innovative food products
- 2015 - 2017 Lecturer; FFST, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2011 - 2015 Teaching Assistant; FFST, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Fields of Scholarship
- Bacterial, fungal and microalga fermentative bioconversions in aerobic and anaerobic systems
- Food science
- Bioeconomy and Food Biotechnologies
- Molecular gastronomy
- Immobilization of enzymes and microorganisms
- Determination of bioactivity of natural extracts and chemical synthesised compounds
- Microencapsulated bioactive powders; in vitro gastrointestinal digestions
- Developing innovative functional foods
Honours and Awards
- 2020 and 2021 - Top 2% of scientists worldwide in Food Science
- 2020 Diploma and GOLD Medal for “Functional drink made from pomegranate juice fermented with probiotics”, at the International Exhibition of Inventions and Innovations “TRAIAN VUIA”, 6th edition, 2020, Timișoara, Romania
- 2020 Diploma of Excellence and GOLD Medal for “Microencapsulated Biogenic Citric Acid”, at the International Exhibition of Scientific Research, Innovation and Inventions PRO INVENT, 18th edition, 2020, Cluj Napoca, Romania
- 2020 Diploma of Excellence and GOLD Medal for “1, 3-micro-encapsulated biogenic propanediol”, at the International Exhibition of Scientific Research, Innovation and Inventions PRO INVENT, 18th edition, 2020, Cluj Napoca, Romania
- 2020 Diploma of Excellence for “Agglutinated buckwheat flour biscuits”, at the International Exhibition of Scientific Research, Innovation and Inventions PRO INVENT, 18th edition, 2020, Cluj Napoca, Romania
- 2019 Diploma of Excellence for "Plantgeek - automated aquaponics system for sustainable plant cultivation", at the International Exhibition of Scientific Research, Innovation and Inventions PRO INVENT, 17th edition, 2019, Cluj Napoca.
- 2018 JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons ”(TOYP). Category: Scientific, technical
- 2018 “Honor of Maramures” Distinction, Honor of Maramures Gala 2018, Maramures County Council, First Edition
- 2018 GOLD MEDAL, with Special Mention for "The composition and process of obtaining probiotic jelly", at the International Exhibition of Scientific Research, Innovation and Inventions PRO INVENT, 16th edition, 2018, Cluj Napoca
- 2017 GOLD Medal, International Exhibition of Invention, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2017 Diploma of Excellence for "Microencapsulated Probiotics with Food Applicability", at the International Exhibition of Scientific Research, Innovation and Inventions PRO INVENT, 15th edition, 2017, Cluj Napoca
- 2016 Diploma of Excellence and GOLD Medal with Special Mention for “Procedure for obtaining jelly with gold nanoparticles”, at the International Exhibition of Scientific Research, Innovation, and Inventions, 14th edition, 2016, Cluj Napoca.
- 2016 Diploma of Excellence and Gold Medal with Special Mention for "Procedure for obtaining the film bioactive with antimicrobial activity at the PRO INVENT International Exhibition of Scientific Research, Innovation, and Inventions, 14th edition, 2016, Cluj Napoca.
- 2016 Diploma of Excellence and Gold Medal with Special Mention for “Procedure for obtaining antimicrobial labels and uses” at the International Exhibition of Scientific Research, Innovation, and Inventions PRO INVENT, 14th edition, 2016, Cluj Napoca.
- 2016 Young Scientist Award, Vira International Foundation, India
- 2016 Diploma of Excellence and Third Prize in the national competition "Rada Mihalcea for Young Researchers in Science and Engineering", Cluj Napoca, Romania
- 2015 Semifinalist in the European Social Innovation competition, (30 semifinalists out of 1408 applications)
- 2015 Technology and Innovation Award, Aspen Institute Romania, Bucuresti
- 2014 Danubius Young Scientist Award, Viena, Austria, Iunie 25
- 2014 Top 100 “people moving the country in the right direction” - Foreign Policy Romania 2014 - for research/innovation activities
