Born on 16 August 1975 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

• Degree in Law, University of Craiova, Romania, 1997
• Degree in History and English Language, University of Craiova, 1998
• Lawyer specialising in criminal law and in domestic and international human rights law, 1998-2023 PhD in Law, University of Craiova, 2000
• University Diploma in Franco-Romanian Business Law, University Paris I Panthéon – Sorbonne – University of Bucharest, 2001
• Inter-University Diploma of 3^rd cycle “Droits Fondamentaux”, Paris X Nanterre University – Nantes University, 2001
• Lawyer at the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights, 2001-2002
• Counselor of the Romanian Minister of Justice, 2008
• Master of Studies in International Human Rights Law, University of Oxford, Clarendon Fund scholarship, 2012-2014
• Visiting Scholar at Queen Mary School of Law, University of London (2012), Columbia Law School, New York City (2018) and HEC Liège (2015-2023)
• Habilitation and right to supervise PhD theses in Law, 2014
• Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Craiova, since 2015
• Farthing Scholar and Lecturer at Pembroke College, University of Oxford (2015-2018)
• Postgraduate Diploma in European Union Law, King’s College, London, 2016
• Lawyer admitted to the List of Counsel of the International Criminal Court, 2018-2023
• Member of the European Criminal Law Academic Network (ECLAN), since 2017
• Substitute Member of the Venice Commission in respect of Romania (May – October 2022)
• PhD (DPhil) in Law, University of Oxford, Oxford-Farthing scholarship, 2023
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights since 3 July 2023.