Curriculum vitae

I. Personal details

Born: 20 August 1980., Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
Address: RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, M. Kogălniceanu st. 1., Romania
Employment: teaching assistant, Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Department of Geology and Paleontology (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Telephone: +40-744-481043
E-mail: [email protected]
Webpage: https://ad-astra.ro/silyel

II. Studies

• 1994-1998: high-school, “Márton Áron” Theoretical High-School (Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania).
• 1998-2003: B.Sc. in Geology-Geography, Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Hungarian line of study (Cluj-Napoca, Romania).
• 2003-2004: M.Sc. in Integrated Geological Studies, Department of Geology, Babeş-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania).
• January-June 2004: Affiliate short term student at the Department of Earth Sciences, UCL (London, UK)
• 2004-2008: Ph.D. student, Department of Geology, Babeş-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania). Title of the thesis: Sarmatian foraminiferal assemblages from Southern Transylvania, and their significance for the reconstruction of sedimentary facies. The thesis was defended in June 2010. Scientific supervisor: Prof. dr. Ioan I. Bucur.

III. Scientific carreer

• 2008 -2009: research assistant, Center of Integrated Geological Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• 2009 - …: assistant lecturer, Department of Geology and Paleontology, Babeş-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

IV. Research domain: microfossils (mainly foraminifera), paleoecology, stratigraphy

V. Scientific activity:

• 2006-2008: coordinator of the “Sarmatian foraminiferal assemblages from Southern Transylvania, and their significance for the reconstruction of sedimentary facies” research program sponsored by Romanian National University Research Council (C.N.C.S.I.S.), Romania.
• 2008: member of the “Facies, age and paleoenvironmental significance of the marly-type deposits from Fâşca area (Pădurea Craiului, Apuseni Mountains)” research program. Project leader: Prof. dr. Ioan I. Bucur.

VI. Teaching activity

Currently at the Babeş-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Faculty of Biology and Geology, Department of Geology:

• Physical Geology lab course (B.Sc., compulsory, 1. semester)
• Paleontology lab course (B.Sc., compulsory, 1. semester)
• Micropaleontology lab course (B.Sc., compulsory, 1. semester)
• Stratigraphy lab course (B.Sc., compulsory, 4. semester)

Formarly held:

• Structural Geology and Geological Mapping lab course (BSc., compulsory, 2. semester)
• Sedimentary Petrology lab course (B.Sc., compulsory, 3. semester)

VII. Scientific honors:

Research scholarships:

• January-June 2004: Erasmus/Socrates scholarship, University College London, UK.
• April 2006: CEEPUS research fellowship, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.

Scientific awards:

• 2005: William V. Sliter Research Award, offered by the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, USA.

VIII. Important scientific discoveries

New species to the science:

• Crisia romanica Zágoršek, Silye et Szabó, 2008

IX: Membership in professional societies

• Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research (Washington, USA)
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Tulsa, USA)
• Transylvanian Museum Association (Cluj-Napoca, RO)
• Romanian Geological Society (Bucharest, RO)
• Romanian Palaeontological Society (Bucharest, RO)

X. Language skills

• Hungarian – mother tongue
• Romanian – fluent
• English – fairly good