Curriculum vitae

I. Personal data

Born: 28. March 1976, Tétouan, Morocco
Employment: senior lecturer, Babeş–Bolyai University, Faculty of Geography, Department of Human Geography, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Office address: Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Geography, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Clinicilor street nr. 5-7, Romania
Office telephone: +40-264-592214/242
Webpage: www.cholnoky.ro, geografie.ubbcluj.ro
E-mail: [email protected]

II. Studies
 

• 1990–1994: high school, “Ady Endre” High School, Oradea, Romania
• 1994–1999: B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Cartography, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
• 1998: GIS-course, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• 1999–2006: Ph.D. in Cartography, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. The title of the thesis: Nyelvhasználat a térképeken (Erdély, XIX. és XX. század) (The Usage of Map Lettering [Transylvania, 1804–2004]). Scientific supervisors: Zsolt Török and Ervin Földi.

III. Scientific career
 

• 1999–2000: cartographer, Agát Ltd., Budapest, Hungary
• 2000–2001: invited lecturer, Babeş–Bolyai University, Faculty of Geography, Department of Physical Geography, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• 2001–2003: preparator, Babeş–Bolyai University, Faculty of Geography, Department of Physical Geography, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• 2003–2006: assistant lecturer, Babeş–Bolyai University, Faculty of Geography, Department of Physical Geography, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• 2006–... : senior lecturer, Babeş–Bolyai University, Faculty of Geography, Department of Human Geography, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

IV. Scientific area
 

• Cartography: History of Cartography, Projections, Thematical Cartography
• Toponymy: Standardizations, Exonyms, Usage of Map Lettering

V. Scientific activity (participation in research projects)
 

• 2003–2005: Coordinator of the “Erdély helynevei az utóbbi két évszázad térképein (Transylvanian Toponyms on Maps [19th and 20th Centuries])” research project financed by the Sapientia Foundation’s Research Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• 2005–2006: Member of the “A gyógyturizmus rehabilitálása Borszéken. Az ásványvizek jelentősége a fenntartható turizmusban” research project financed by the Sapientia Foundation’s Research Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Coordinator: Dombay István.
• 2006–2010: Coordinator of the “A kolozsvári Cholnoky Térképtár (The Cholnoky Map Collection, Cluj-Napoca, RO) research project financed by Szülőföld Alap, Sapientia Foundation's Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences HTMTÖ.
• 2009–2011: Member of the “Evaluation of natural resources and possibilities for their capitalisation in the Corund–Praid area” financed by the Global Environment Facility, Small Grants Programme. Coordinator: Pál Zoltán.
• 2010–2011: Member of the “A korpusztervezés problémái kétnyelvűségi helyzetben. A Kárpát-medencei magyar helynévanyag újrastandardizálása” research project financed by  the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, HTMTÖ. Coordinator: Szabómihály Gizella.

VI. Teaching activity

Currently taught courses

a) at the Babeş–Bolyai University, Faculty of Geography, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
 

• 2006–... : Cartography course and seminar (tourism B.Sc., 3rd semester)
• 2006–... : Toponymy course and seminar (tourism B.Sc., 3rd semester)
• 2007–... : Toponymy course and seminar (geography B.Sc., 5th  semester)
• 2007–... : Cartography course and seminar (geography B.Sc., 1st semester)
• 2007–... : Tourism in Europe seminar (tourism B.Sc., 4th semester)
• 2008–... : Cartography course and seminar (planning B.Sc., 1st semester)
• 2008–... : Applications in Cartography course and seminar (tourism and planning M.Sc., 2nd semester)
• 2008–…: International tourism seminar (tourism B.Sc., 4th semester)

b) at the Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Budapest, Hungary
 

• 2007–… : ERASMUS teaching mobility (geosciences B.Sc. and cartographer M.Sc.)

Formerly taught courses

a) at the Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Cartography, Budapest, Hungary
 

• 1999–2000: Introduction to Cartography course and seminar (cartographer, 1st semester)
• 1999–2000: Introduction to Cartography course and seminar (geographer, 2nd semester)

b) at the Babeş–Bolyai University, College of Gheorgheni, Gheorgheni, Romania
 

• 2000–2005: General Cartography course and seminar (topographer B.Sc., 1st–2nd semester)
• 2000–2006: Thematic Cartography course and seminar (topographer B.Sc., 3rd semester)
• 2000–2006: Digital Cartography course and seminar (topographer B.Sc., 3rd–4th semester)
• 2005–2006: Toponymy course and seminar (tourism B.Sc., 4th semester)
• 2005–2006: The Relief seminar (tourism B.Sc., 1st semester)
• 2005–2006: International tourism seminar (tourism B.Sc., 4th semester)

c) at the Babeş–Bolyai University, Faculty of Geography, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
 

• 2006–2008: Statistics lab course (tourism B.Sc., 1st semester)
• 2006–2009: Applications in Cartography course and seminar (Resources M.Sc., 2nd semester)

VII. Membership (Academic societies)
 

• 2006–... : member of the Cholnoky Jenő Geographic Society, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• 2007–... : member of the public body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

VIII. Language skills
 

• Hungarian: mother tongue
• Romanian: fluent
• English: fluent
• French: basic