Personal Education
- Diploma of Engineer in Mechanical Engineering, 1984, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania
- Post-graduate specialization in Spectroscopy, Lasers, and Plasma Physics, 1989,University of Bucharest, Romania
- M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, 1995, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
- Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, 1998, University of Southern California, Los Angeles