Curriculum vitae

Personal Information
Given Name/ Surname	Sanda Micula
Address(es)	1 M. Kogalniceanu Str., Cluj-Napoca, 400084
Telephone number(s)	40-264-405-300 (ext. 5242)
Fax(es)	40-264-591-906
E-mail(s), webpage	smicula@math.ubbcluj.ro, sanda.micula@ubbcluj.ro http://math.ubbcluj.ro/~smicula


Work Experience
Period	Feb. 2023 –
Position	Professor of Mathematics
Main duties	Teaching, research, service to the academic community
Name and address of employer	Babeş-Bolyai Univ., Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, 1 M. Kogalniceanu Str., Cluj-Napoca, 400084


Period	Feb. 2017 – Feb. 2023
Position	Associate Professor of Mathematics
Main duties	Teaching, research, service to the academic community
Name and address of employer	Babeş-Bolyai Univ., Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, 1 M. Kogalniceanu Str., Cluj-Napoca, 400084


Period	Feb. 2005 – Feb. 2017
Position	Lecturer
Main duties	Teaching, research, service to the academic community
Name and address of employer	Babeş-Bolyai Univ., Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, 1 M. Kogalniceanu Str., Cluj-Napoca, 400084


Period	Oct. 2004 – Feb. 2005
Position	Associate Lecturer
Main duties	Teaching, research, service to the academic community
Name and address of employer	Babeş-Bolyai Univ., Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, 1 M. Kogalniceanu Str., Cluj-Napoca, 400084


Period	1995 – 2001
Position	Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Main duties	Teaching, research, service to the academic community
Name and address of employer	Babeş-Bolyai Univ., Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, 1 M. Kogalniceanu Str., Cluj-Napoca, 400084


Period	2000 – 2004
Position	Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Main duties	Teaching, research, service to the academic community
Name and address of employer	Division of Mathematics and Computer Science, Truman State Univ., Kirksville, MO, USA


Period	1997 – 2000
Position	Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Main duties	Teaching, research, service to the academic community
Name and address of employer	Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Western Oregon Univ., Monmouth, OR, USA


Period	1991 – 1997
Position	Teaching Assistant / PhD student
Main duties	Teaching, research
Name and address of employer	Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA


Period	1991 – 1995
Position	Mathematics teacher
Main duties	Teaching
Name and address of employer	“Tehnofrig” Industrial Highschool, Cluj-Napoca


Education and Training
Period	2019
Certification / Degree	Habilitation in Mathematics
Name and type of education / training institution	Babeş-Bolyai Univ., Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Cluj-Napoca


Period	1991 – 1997
Certification / Degree	PhD in Mathematics
Courses attended / Professional skills acquired	Graduate-level courses in higher Mathematics
Name and type of education / training institution	Univ. of Iowa, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Iowa City, IA, USA


Period	1990 – 1991
Certification / Degree	Master of Science in Mathematics, Graduated with honors
Courses attended / Professional skills acquired	Courses in the curricula of the Dept. Of Mathematics and Computer Science
Name and type of education / training institution	Babeş-Bolyai Univ., Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Cluj-Napoca


Period	1986 – 1990
Certification / Degree	Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
Courses attended / Professional skills acquired	Courses in the curricula of the Dept. Of Mathematics and Computer Science
Name and type of education / training institution	Babeş-Bolyai Univ., Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Cluj-Napoca


Period	1982 – 1986
Certification / Degree	Highschool diploma
Courses attended / Professional skills acquired	Courses in the curricula of a Mathematics-Physics Highschool / Computer Programmer
Name and type of education / training institution	“Tiberiu Popoviciu” Computer Science Highschool, Cluj–Napoca

Foreign language(s):
Self evaluation
European level (*)

	Understanding		Speaking		Writing
	Listening	Reading	Spoken interaction	Spoken production	Written production
English	C2	C2	C2	C2	C2
French	B1	B2	B2	B1	B2
German	A1	A2	A1	A1	A1

(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Levels: A1/A2: Basic user - B1/B2: Independent user - C1/C2: Proficient user

Communication / social skills	Good communicator
Organizational / managerial skills	Good organisational and prioritisation skills Member of the Organizing Committee of the international RISMAA 2024 conference (Cluj-Napoca, May 30th – 31st, 2024) Member of the Organizing Committee of the international NAAT 2018 conference (BBU, Sept. 6th – 9th, 2018) Member of the Organizing Committee of the international NAAT 2014 conference (BBU, Sept. 17th – 20th, 2014) Member of the Organizing Committee of the international NAAT 2010 conference (BBU, Sept. 23th – 26th, 2010) Member of the Organizing Committee of the international NAAT 2006 conference (BBU, July 5th – 8th, 2006) Co-organizer of the workshop National Instruments Days – presentation of virtual instrumentation technologies in Applied Computer Science, joint project BBU – TUCN (Technical Univ. Cluj-Napoca) - National Instruments Company, March 24th, 2007
Computer skills	Profficient in Matlab, Maple, Latex, Excel, Word, Mathematica

Research interests

Numerical methods for integral and differential equations;
Spline approximation for fluid flow problems
Numerical methods for boundary value problems;
Probabilistic and Statistical models.

Hirsch index

Web of Science h-index = 10;
Scopus h-index = 11;
Google Scholar h-index = 13, i10-index = 16.

Member of scientific and professional organizations

American Mathematical Society (since 1991);
Association for Women in Mathematics (since 1997);
Mathematical Association of America (since 1996);
Romanian Mathematical Society (since 2004).

Teaching

Univ. of Iowa, USA (1991-1997): taught Mathematical Modeling, Quantitative Methods I, Introduction to Probability and Statistics;
Western Oregon Univ., USA (1997-2000): taught Discrete Structures I, II, Differential Equations I, II, Introduction to Probability and Statistics, Numerical Analysis, Group Theory, Ring Theory, History of Mathematics (Master’s level), Logic and Foundations of Mathematics (Master’s level);
Truman State Univ., USA (2000-2004): taught Numerical Analysis, Ordinary Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations, Probability and Statistics, Topics in Applied Mathematics;
BBU (1995-2001, 2004-): have taught and/or am teaching Probability Theory (in English, in Romanian), Statistics (in English, in Romanian), Numerical Analysis/Numerical Calculus (in English, in Romanian), Numerical methods for operator equations (Master’s in Applied Mathematics), Statistical computational methods (Master’s in Applied Computational Intelligence, Data Bases, Distributed Systems in the Internet, High Performance Calculus, in English), Basiscs of Statistics (Master’s in Data Science).

Member of organizing or scientific committee of international conferences

Member of the Organizing Committee of the international RISMAA 2024 (Romanian Itinerant Seminar on Mathematical Analysis and its Applications) conference (Cluj-Napoca, May 30th – 31th 2024);
Member of the Organizing Committee of the international NAAT 2018 (Numerical Analysis and Approximation Theory) conference (BBU, Sept. 6th – 9th, 2018);
Member of the Organizing Committee of the international NAAT 2014 (Numerical Analysis and Approximation Theory) conference (BBU, Sept. 17th – 20th, 2014);
Member of the Organizing Committee of the international NAAT 2010 (Numerical Analysis and Approximation Theory) conference (BBU, Sept. 23th – 26th, 2010);
Member of the Organizing Committee of the international NAAT 2006 (Numerical Analysis and Approximation Theory) conference (BBU, July 5th – 8th, 2006).

Member of editorial board or reviewer for ISI journals

Member of the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Frontiers Media, Switzerland;
Guest editor Special Issue “Advances in Fixed Point Theory with Applications”, Axioms,
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/axioms/special_issues/31W0CF7S70;
Guest editor Special Issue “Recent Progress in Studies of Stability of Numerical Schemes”, Symmetry,
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/special_issues/Recent_Progress_Studies_Stability_Numerical_Schemes;
Member of the Reviewer Board of Mathematics;
Member of the Reviewer Board of Symmetry;
Reviewer for the ISI journals
- Acta Applicandae Mathematicae, Springer, USA;
- AIMS Mathematics, AIMS Press, USA;
- Analele Ştiinţifice ale Universităţii "Al. I. Cuza" din Iaşi, Romania;
- Applied Mathematics-A Journal of Chinese Universities, Springer, USA;
- Applied Mathematics and Computation, Elsevier, USA;
- Applied Numerical Mathematics, Elsevier, USA;
- Archaea-An International Microbiological Journal, Hindawi, UK;
- Bulletin of the Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society, Springer, UK;
- Carpathian Journal of Mathematics, Baia Mare, Romania, Taylor & Francis Online, UK;
- Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, UK;
- Complexity, Hindawi, UK;
- Computational and Applied Mathematics, Springer, USA;
- Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering;
- Demonstratio Mathematica, De Gruyter, Poland;
- Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, Elsevier, USA;
- Entropy, MDPI Publisher, Switzerland;
- Filomat, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Nis, Serbia;
- Fractal and Fractional, MDPI Publisher, Switzerland;
- IMA (Institute for Mathematics and its Applications) Journal of Numerical Analysis, Oxford University Press, UK;
- International Journal of Computer Mathematics, Taylor & Francis Online, UK;
- International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, Emerald, UK;
- Journal of Applied Analysis and Computation, Wilmington Scientific Publisher, China;
- Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing, Springer Nature, Germany;
- Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Elsevier, USA;
- Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications, Elsevier, USA;
- Journal of Function Spaces, Hindawi, UK;
- Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Springer, USA;
- Journal of Taibah University for Science, Taylor & Francis Online, UK;
- Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, AIMS Press, USA;
- Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, Wiley Online Library, USA;
- Mathematics, MDPI Publisher, Switzerland;
- Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Elsevier, USA;
- Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics, Birkhäuser-Springer, Switzerland;
- Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, Emerald, UK;
- Numerical Algorithms, Springer, USA;
- Open Mathematics, De Gruyter, Poland;
- PLOS One, Public Library of Science, USA;
- Proceedings of the Royal Society A, Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences, Royal Soc., UK;
- Studia Universitatis “Babeş-Bolyai” Mathematica, Cluj Napoca, Romania;
- Symmetry, MDPI Publisher, Switzerland.

Member of editorial board or reviewer for journals indexed in international databases

Member of the editorial board and reviewer for Jornal of Information Systems and Operations Management, publised by the Romanian American University, Bucharest, Romania;
Reviewer for the journals
- Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Series Mathematica;
- Boletim da Sociedade Paranaense de Matemática (BSPM), Brazilia;
- Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, Series III: Mathematics, Informatics, Physics, România;
- Int. J. of Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations, Inderscience Publishers, Genève, Switzerland;
- Int. J. of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, Hindawi, USA;
- Publications de l'Institut Mathématique, Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia;
- Progress in Fractional Differentiation and Applications, Natural Sciences Publishing, New York, USA;
- Research and Reports on Mathematics, SciTechnol, UK.

Participations in internationally-funded research grants

Researcher in project PSP/ S – 700086 – 5038 – 001, coordinated by prof. dr. Messoud Efendiyev, Helmholtz Forschungszentrum, Institut für Biometrie und Biomechanik, München, Germany, 2010 – 2013;
Researcher in project PSP/G – 503800 – 002, coordinated by prof. dr. Messoud Efendiyev, Helmholtz Forschungszentrum, Institut für Biometrie und Biomechanik, München, Germany, 2006 – 2009;
Researcher in project SFB (Sonderforschungsbereich) 404, Teilprojekt C10, Mehrfeldmethoden in der Kontinuumsmechanik, jointly coordinated by prof. dr. Wolfgang L Wendland and dr. Olaf Steinbach, Collaborative Research Center, University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2001 – 2007.

Participations in nationally-funded research grants

Researcher in project MCI, Scientific Events, code 32301, International Conference on NumericaL Analysis and Approximation Theory, coordinated by prof. dr.Octavian Agratini, UBB, Cluj-Napoca, 2014-2015, 4.400 RON;
Researcher in project PNCDI2-Partnerships PC-4251, Dezvoltarea unor metode novatoare de diagnostic la nivel molecular şi stratificare a factorilor de risc în ateroscleroză, coordinated by lecturer dr. Claudia Gherman, UMF Iuliu Haţieganu Cluj-Napoca, 2008-2011, 2,000,000 RON;
Researcher in project CNCSIS, type A, code 1546, Cercetări privind optimizarea etapelor ciclului de viaţă a produselor şi prelucrarea prin aşchiere ecologică a acestora, coordinated by prof. dr. ing. Olimpia Rodica Roş, UTCN, 2007-2008, 178,400 RON;
Researcher in project PNCDI2-Parteneriate PC-3760, Studiul unor gene implicate in ateroscleroză în era postgenomică, coordinated by lecturer dr. Claudia Gherman, UMF Iuliu Haţieganu Cluj-Napoca, 2007-2010, 1,916,000 RON;
Researcher, BBU scientific coordinator and database administrator in project CEEX-M4-C2-6037, Laborator naţional de referinţă pentru evaluarea şi certificarea conformităţii produselor de origine vegetală care conţin organisme modificate genetic (OMG), coordinated by prof. dr. ing. Doru Pamfil, USAMV Cluj-Napoca, 2006-2008, 800,000 RON;
Researcher in project CNCSIS, type A, code 355, Tehnici de aproximare, de calcul numeric şi statistic, coordinated by prof. dr.Octavian Agratini, UBB Cluj-Napoca, 2004-2006, 65,300 RON;
Researcher in project CNCSIS, type A, code 8/1690, Depozite carbonatice microbiale din Mezozoicul si Tertiarul Romaniei, coordinated by prof. dr.Ioan Bucur, UBB Cluj-Napoca, 2003-2005, 46,000 RON;

Visiting professorships

Erasmus mobility, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, Mar. 28 – Apr. 4, 2016;
Visiting Professor at Institute of Biomathematics and Biometry, München, Germany, invited by Prof. M. A. Efendiev, Head of the Dynamical Systems Department, supported by Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, February 1 – 14, 2010;
Visiting Professor at Institute of Biomathematics and Biometry, München, Germany, invited by Prof. M. A. Efendiev, Head of the Dynamical Systems Department, supported by Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, February 19 – 29, 2008;
Visiting Professor at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, invited by Prof. Wolfgang Wendland, supported by IANS (Institüt für Angewandte Analysis und Numerische Simulation), July 20 – Aug. 3, 2006.

International Conferences Attended

Sixth Romanian Itinerant Seminar on Mathematical Analysis and its Applications (RISMAA), Cluj-Napoca, May 30 – 31, 2024, https://www.cs.ubbcluj.ro/rismaa-2024/;
5th International Workshop on Nonlinear Analysis and its Applications (IWNAA2023), Rishikesh, India, Dec. 14 – 16, 2023, https://iwnaa2023india.wordpress.com/;
17th International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, July 11 – 13, 2023, http:/tucn.ro/angheluta2023/;
Fifth Romanian Itinerant Seminar on Mathematical Analysis and its Applications (RISMAA), Craiova, May 26 – 28, 2023, http://rismaa.ucv.ro/;
Recent Advances on Approximation Theory, Webinar, Nov. 10, 2022, https://mathematics-3.sciforum.net/;
Functional Analysis, Approximation Theory and Numerical Analysis (FAATNA), Matera, Italy, July 5-8, 2022, http://web.unibas.it/faatna22/index.html;
4th International Conference on Pure and Applied Mathematics (ICPAM), Van, Turkey, June 22-23, 2022, http://icpam.yyu.edu.tr.;
The 13th Romanian - German Seminar on Approximation Theory and Its Applications, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, July 3 – 6, 2019, http://tucn.ro/roger2019/;
Numerical Analysis and Approximation Theory (NAAT) 2018, Cluj-Napoca, Sept. 6 – 9, 2018;
International Conference on Nonlinear Operators, Differential Equations and Applications (ICNODEA) 2015, Cluj-Napoca, July 14 – 17, 2015;
Numerical Analysis and Approximation Theory (NAAT) 2014, Cluj-Napoca, Sept. 17 – 20, 2014;
Numerical Analysis and Approximation Theory (NAAT) 2010, Cluj-Napoca, Sept. 23 – 26, 2010;
Workshop National Instruments Days – presentation of virtual instrumentation technologies in Applied Computer Science, joint project BBU – TUCN (Technical Univ. Cluj-Napoca) - National Instruments Company, March 24 2007;
5th Int. Symposium on Prospects for the 3rd Millennium Agriculture 2006, Cluj-Napoca, Oct. 5 – 6, 2006;
Numerical Analysis and Approximation Theory (NAAT) 2010, Cluj-Napoca, July 5 – 8, 2006;
4th Int. Symposium on Prospects of the Agriculture of the 3rd Millennium Science, Cluj-Napoca, Oct. 6 – 7, 2005;
3rd Int. Symposium on Prospects of the 3rd Millennium Agriculture, Cluj-Napoca, Oct. 20 – 23, 2004;
International Conference on Nonlinear Operators, Differential Equations and Applications (ICNODEA) 2004, Cluj-Napoca, Aug. 24 – 27, 2004.

Awards

UEFISCDI rewarded articles:
- 2015: 4 Q1 (for 3, single author), 1 (single author) Q2;
- 2017: 1 (single author) Q2;
- 2018: 1 (single author) Q1, 1 Q2;
- 2019: 1 (single author) Q2;
- 2020: 1 Q1, 1 (single author) Q2;
- 2021: 5 Q1, 1 (single author) Q2;
- 2023: 1 (single author) Q2;
Excellence in Scientific Research Award, BBU Awards 2023;
Excellence in Teaching Award, BBU Awards 2011;

Academic community service

Member of the program Center for Orientation in the Research Career of the North-West Region (UBB-CORE) of the Babeş-Bolyai University, program sponsored by the European Union, PNRR (2023 - );
Doctoral Committees

Member of the Doctoral Committee of PhD student Satmari Zoltan, University of Oradea, (Nov. 2022);
Member of several Mentoring Committees in the Doctoral Studies Institute (BBU, 2012-2019);

Bachelor/Master Thesis Defense Committees
- President of the Bachelor Thesis Defense Committee in Mathematics/Mathematics-Computer Science (Sept. 2024);
- President of the Bachelor Thesis Defense Committee in Mathematics/Mathematics-Computer Science (July 2024);
- President of the Bachelor Thesis Defense Committee in Mathematics-Computer Science (Sept. 2023);
- President of the Bachelor Thesis Defense Committee in Mathematics/Mathematics-Computer Science (July 2023);
- President of the Bachelor Thesis Defense Committee in Mathematics/Mathematics-Computer Science (July 2022);
- Secretary of the Bachelor Thesis Defense Committee in Mathematics-Computer Science (June 2021);
- Secretary of the Bachelor Thesis Defense Committee in Mathematics-Computer Science (June 2020);
- Member of the Bachelor Thesis Defense Committee in Applied Mathematics (July 2019);
- Member of the Bachelor Thesis Defense Committee in Applied Mathematics (July 2018);
- Member of the Bachelor Thesis Defense Committee in Applied Mathematics (July 2017);
- Secretary of the Master’s Dissertation Defense Committee in Applied Mathematics (July 2016);
- Secretary of the Master’s Dissertation Defense Committee in Applied Mathematics (July 2015);
Admissions/Mate-Info Competition Committees

Member of the organizational Admissions Committee (July 2022);
Member of the grading Committee (July 2022);
Member of the translation (in English) Committee (July 2022);
Member of the translation (in English) Committee for the Mate-Info Competition (March 2022);
Member of the translation (in English) Committee (Sept. 2022);
Member of the organizational Admissions Committee (July 2021);
Member of the grading Committee (July 2021);
Member of the translation (in English) Committee (July 2021);
Member of the translation (in English) Committee for the Mate-Info Competition (May 2021);
Member of the organizational Admissions Committee (July 2020);
Member of the grading Committee (July 2019);
Member of the grading Committee for the Mate-Info Competition (April 2019);
Member of the translation (in English) Committee (Sept. 2018);
Member of the organizational Admissions Committee (July 2018);
Member of the translation (in English) Committee (July 2018);

Selection/Hiring Committees

Member of the Selection/Hiring Committee for the position of Professor (University of Oradea, Sept. 2024);
Member of the Selection/Hiring Committee for the position of Lecturer (BBU, Jan. 2024);
Member of the Technical Review Panel for the position of tenured Associate Professor (Univ. of Lahore, Pakistan, Dec. 2023);
Member of the Selection/Hiring Committee for the position of Assist. Prof. (BBU, Feb. 2022);
Member of the Selection/Hiring Committee for a fixed-term position of Assist. Prof. (BBU, July 2021);
Member of the Selection/Hiring Committee for the position of Lecturer (BBU, Jan. 2020);
Member of the Selection/Hiring Committee for a fixed-term position of Assist. Prof. (BBU, Jan. 2020);
Member of the Selection/Hiring Committee for the position of Assoc. Prof. (University of Oradea, March 2019);
Member of the Selection/Hiring Committee for a fixed-term position of Assist. Prof. (BBU, July 2018);
Member of the Selection/Hiring Committee for the position of Assoc. Prof. (USAMV Cluj, July 2017);
Member of the Selection/Hiring Committee for the position of Assist. Prof. (BBU, Jan. 2017);
Member of the Selection/Hiring Committee for a fixed-term position of Assist. Prof. (BBU, Jan. 2014);
Member of the Selection/Hiring Committee for the position of Assist. Prof. (BBU, Feb. 2013);

Highest Teacher Certification Committees

President of the Committee for the Highest Teacher Certification (Viişoara, Cluj, March 2022);
President of the Committee for the Highest Teacher Certification (Cluj-Napoca, May 2021);
President of the Committee for the Highest Teacher Certification (Cluj-Napoca, June 2020);
President of the Committee for the Highest Teacher Certification (Blaj, Alba, May 2019);
President of the Committee for the Highest Teacher Certification (Voiniceni, Mureş, April 2018);
President of the Committee for the Highest Teacher Certification (Alba Iulia, Alba, April 2017);

Accreditation reports

Coordinator of the accreditation report for the Mathematics-Computer Science (in English) section (2021);

Other activities

Member of the Erasmus+ Selection Committee for teaching and staff training (Nov. 2022);
Co-organizer of the Intensive English course for visiting students from Leonard de Vinci University, Paris (Cluj-Napoca, Sept. 2018);
Co-organizer of the workshop National Instruments Days – presentation of virtual instrumentation technologies in Applied Computer Science, joint project BBU – TUCN (Technical Univ. Cluj-Napoca) - National Instruments Company, March 24th, 2007.