Dr. Brîndușa Alina Petre Curriculum vitae 1. General Information ...

<strong>Dr</strong>. Brîndușa <strong>Alina</strong> <strong>Petre</strong><br />

<strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>vitae</strong><br />

<strong>1.</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Information</strong><br />

Date of Birth: 25 April 1976<br />

Married/two children<br />

Address: Group of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry,<br />

“Al. I. Cuza” University of Iasi,<br />

Bd. Carol I, No.11 700506, Iasi, Romania<br />

Phone: + 40 232-201279<br />

Fax: + 40 232-201313<br />

E-Mail: brindusa.petre@uaic.ro<br />

2. Education<br />

2008 -2011 PostDoctoral Researcher, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and<br />

Biopolymer Structure Analysis, Department of Chemistry, University of<br />

Konstanz in collaboration with Washington University in St. Louis, MO,<br />

USA.<br />

2003 - 2008 PhD, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Biopolymer Structure<br />

Analysis, Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Dissertation<br />

title: “Analytical Development and Biochemical Application of Mass<br />

Spectrometry in Combination with Immunoaffinity Methods for<br />

Identification and Structural Characterisation of Protein Nitration”.<br />

2000 – 2002 M. Sc., Enzymologie und Biotechnologie, “Al. I. Cuza” University of Iasi,<br />

Romania and Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Biopolymer<br />

Structure Analysis, University of Konstanz, Master thesis: “Isolation and<br />

structural characterisation of porin ion channel protein by electrophoretic<br />

and mass spectrometric methods“.<br />

1996 - 2000 B.Sc., Chemistry (summa cum laude), “Al. I. Cuza” University of Iasi,<br />

Romania, Diplom title: “Enzymatic Biosensor”.<br />

3. Professional activities<br />

11/2011- to date Associate Professor (teaching course and laboratory of (i) Proteomics<br />

and (ii) Synthesis and characterization of polypeptides) and Scientific<br />

researcher (project manager: PN-II-RU-TE-2011-3-0038 ) at Faculty of<br />

Chemsitry, “Al. I. Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania.<br />

10/2010 - 02/2011 Postdoctoral scientific exchange program at Washington University in St.<br />

Louis, supervisor Prof. <strong>Dr</strong>. Michael Gross.<br />

05/2008 - 08/2008 Postdoctoral scientific exchange program at Washington University in St.<br />

Louis, supervisor Prof. <strong>Dr</strong>. Michael Gross.

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<strong>Dr</strong>. Brîndușa <strong>Alina</strong> <strong>Petre</strong><br />

<strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>vitae</strong><br />

2003 - 2011 Supervisor for Master and PhD students in peptide chemsitry: Synthesis,<br />

chemical and structural characterisation of peptides, and affinity – mass<br />

spectrometric approaches, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and<br />

Biopolymer Structure Analysis, University of Konstanz.<br />

2003 – 2008 German Chemical Society (GDCh) cours “High Resolution Biopolymer<br />

Mass Spectrometry”, University of Konstanz, (co-organizer/instructor).<br />

2004 7 th European Workshop on Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry<br />

(EFTMS), University of Konstanz, Germany (co-organizer/ participant).<br />

04/2001- 06/2001 Special course: Medical Biochemistry, University of Medicine<br />

“Ghe.T.Popa” Iasi, Romania (participant).<br />

4. Invited Talks<br />

2007 NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Applications of Mass Spectrometry in<br />

Life Safety Herculane, Romania – “Molecular Recognition Specificity of anti-3-<br />

nitrotyrosine Antibodies Revealed by Affinity-Mass Spectrometry and<br />

Immunoanalytical Methods”<br />

2007 Swiss Proteomics Society (SPS), Lausanne, Switzerland - “New mass<br />

spectrometric approach to molecular characterization of tyrosine nitration in<br />

human Eosinophil Proteins”<br />

2008 56 th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, Denver, USA - “Proteolyticaffinity<br />

extraction and FTICR mass spectrometry – PROFINEX: A new<br />

approach for identification of nitration in cellular proteins” (workshop)<br />

2008 Oxidative Post-Translational Modifications of Proteins in Cardiovascular<br />

Disease conference, Boston, USA - “Molecular recognition specificity of anti 3-<br />

nitro-tyrosine antibodies revealed by affinity-mass spectrometry and immunoanalytical<br />

methods”.<br />

2009 DGMS-workshop: Affinity- Mass Spectrometry – Methods & Bioanalytical<br />

Applications, Konstanz, DE - “Affinity-MS for identification of post-translational<br />

modifications: Nitration”.<br />

2012 Affinity-MS workshop: Methods & Applications in immunology, proteomics and<br />

biomedicine, Konstanz, DE – “Oxidative tyrosine modifications in proteins: cystic<br />

fibrosis patients”.<br />

2013 Workshop: MSLife - High Performance Mass Spectrometry: Integrating new Tools<br />

& Methods with Applications in Life Sciences, Konstanz, DE - “Protein Nitration<br />

Analysis using Affinity- Mass Spectrometry”.<br />

2013 11 th Conference on Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Iasi, RO – “Molecular

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<strong>Dr</strong>. Brîndușa <strong>Alina</strong> <strong>Petre</strong><br />

<strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>vitae</strong><br />

characterization of neuronal protein aggregates by Mass spectrometry-based<br />

footprinting methods”.<br />

4. Fellowships<br />

10/2013 – 06/2014 RAF fellowship at “P. Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Iasi;<br />

07- 08/ 2013 DAAD fellowship at University of Konstanz, Germany;<br />

10/2010 – 01/2011 DAAD fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA;<br />

05/2010 – 07/2011 NSF fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA;<br />

07/2007 – 09/2008 WIN-Kolleg fellowship of Heidelberger Academy of Sciences,<br />

Germany;<br />

10/2001 – 06/2002 Socrates - Erasmus fellowship at University of Konstanz, Germany;<br />

5. Awards<br />

2008 Price for best Oral Presentation at OPTM Conference, Boston, USA (2008);<br />

2009 Price for best Poster at DGMS Conference, Konstanz, Germany (2009);<br />

2013 Price for best Oral Presentation at CCSC, P. Poni Institute, Iasi, Romania (2013);<br />

6. Memberships in scientific organizations<br />

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Massenspektrometrie (DGMS)<br />

American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS)<br />

Swiss Proteomics Society (SPS)<br />

Romanian Society for Mass Spectrometry (RSMS)<br />

Affinity - Mass Spectrometry: special interest group<br />

7. Synergistic Activities<br />

Journal reviewer for: Journal of Peptide Science, Central European Journal of Chemistry and<br />

Acta Chemica Iasi.

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<strong>Dr</strong>. Brîndușa <strong>Alina</strong> <strong>Petre</strong><br />

<strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>vitae</strong>