Published Work/Publicații
2019
Moldovan OT, Øvrevik Skoglund R, Banciu HL, Dinu Cucoș A, Levei EA, Perșoiu A, Lauritzen S-E. Monitoring and risk assessment for groundwater sources in rural communities of Romania (GROUNDWATERISK). Research Ideas and Outcomes 5: e48898.
2020
Moldovan A, Hoaghia M-A, Kovacs E, Mirea IC, Kenesz M, Arghir RA, Petculescu A, Levei EA, Moldovan OT. Quality and Health Risk Assessment Associated with Water Consumption—A Case Study on Karstic Springs. Water. 2020; 12(12):3510. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123510. IF 3.103
Longman, J., Ersek, V. & Veres, D. (2020) High variability between regional histories of long-term atmospheric Pb pollution. Scientific Reports 10, 20890 IF 3.998.
Moldovan, OT, Baricz, A., Szekeres, E., Kenesz, M., Hoaghia, M., Levei, E., Mirea, I., Năstase-Bucur, R., Brad, T., Chiciudean, I., Banciu, H. Testing Different Membrane Filters for 16S rRNA Gene-Based Metabarcoding in Karstic Springs. Water 2020, 12(12), 3400. IF 2.544
Haliuc A, Buczkó K, Hutchinson SM, Ács É, Magyari EK, Korponai J, ..., Vereș D (2020) Climate and land-use as the main drivers of recent environmental change in a mid-altitude mountain lake, Romanian Carpathians. PLoS ONE 15(10): e0239209. IF 2.740
Moldovan O-T, Bercea S, Nastase-Bucur R, Constantin S, Kenesz M, Mirea IC, Petculescu A, Robu M, Arghir RA. Management of water bodies in show caves - A microbial approach. Tourism Management 78: 104037. IF 7.432
Moldovan OT, Iepure S, Brad T, Kenesz M, Mirea IC, Năstase-Bucur R (2020) Database of Romanian cave invertebrates with a Red List of cave species and a list of hotspot/coldspot caves. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e53571. IF 1.331
Moldovan OT, Iepure S, Brad T, Kenesz M, Mirea IC, Năstase-Bucur R (2020) Database of Romanian cave invertebrates with a Red List of cave species and a list of hotspot/coldspot caves, v4, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9ghx3fff9
2021
Weber D, Brad T, Stoch F, Flot J-F (2021) Rediscovery and redescription of Niphargus enslini Karaman, 1932 (Amphipoda, Niphargidae) in southern Germany. Subterranean Biology 40: 65-89. IF 1.690
Brad T, Iepure S, Sarbu SM. The Chemoautotrophically Based Movile Cave Groundwater Ecosystem, a Hotspot of Subterranean Biodiversity. Diversity. 2021; 13(3):128. IF 1.402
Hoaghia M-A, Moldovan A, Kovacs E, Mirea IC, Kenesz M, Brad T, Cadar O, Micle V, Levei EA, Moldovan OT. Water Quality and Hydrogeochemical Characteristics of Some Karst Water Sources in Apuseni Mountains, Romania. Water. 2021; 13(6):857. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060857. IF 3.103
Perşoiu, A., Buzjak, N., Onaca, A., Pennos, C., Sotiriadis, Y., Ionita, M., Zachariadis, S., Styllas, M., Kosutnik, J., Hegyi, A., and Butorac, V.: Record summer rains in 2019 led to massive loss of surface and cave ice in SE Europe, The Cryosphere, 15, 2383–2399, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2383-2021, 2021. IF 4.713
Török AI, Moldovan A, Levei EA, Cadar O, Tănăselia C, Moldovan OT. Assessment of Lithium, Macro- and Microelements in Water, Soil and Plant Samples from Karst Areas in Romania. Materials. 2021; 14(14):4002. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14144002. IF 3.623
Cucoș AL, Moldovan MC, Burghele BD, Dicu T, Moldovan OT. Radiological Risk Assessment for Karstic Springs Used as Drinking Water in Rural Romania. Atmosphere. 2021; 12(9):1207. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12091207 IF 2.686
2022
Moldovan A, Török AI, Mirea IC, Micle V, Moldovan OT, Levei EA. Health Risk Assessment in Southern Carpathians Small Rural Communities Using Karst Springs as a Drinking Water Source. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(1):234. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010234 IF 3.390
Brad T, Bizic M, Ionescu D, Chiriac CM, Kenesz M, Roba C, Ionescu A, Fekete A, Mirea IC, Moldovan OT. Potential for Natural Attenuation of Domestic and Agricultural Pollution in Karst Groundwater Environments. Water. 2022; 14(10):1597. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14101597 IF 3.530
Stupar Z, Levei EA Neag E, Baricz A, Szekeres E, Moldovan OT. Microbial water quality and health risk assessment in karst springs from Apuseni Mountains, Romania. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10, 2022, DOI=10.3389/fenvs.2022.931893 IF 5.411
Weber D, Brad T, Stoch F, Flot J-F (2021) Rediscovery and redescription of Niphargus enslini Karaman, 1932 (Amphipoda, Niphargidae) in southern Germany. Subterranean Biology 40: 65-89. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.40.73017 IF 1.021
2023
Török AI, Moldovan A, Tănăselia C, Kovacs E, Mirea IC, Moldovan OT, Levei EA. Sr Isotope, Major, and Trace Element Signatures in Karst Groundwaters. Water. 2023; 15(7):1431. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15071431 IF 3.53
Nesterovschi I, Marica I, Levei EA, Angyus SB, Kenesz M, Moldovan OT, Cîntă Pînzaru S. 2023. Subterranean transport of microplastics as evidenced in karst springs and their characterization using Raman spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 122811, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2023.122811 IF 4.831
Szekeres, E, Baricz, A, Cristea A, Levei, EA, Stupar, Z, Brad, T., Kenesz, M., Moldovan, OT, Banciu, HL, Karst spring microbiome: diversity, core taxa, and community response to pathogens and antibiotic resistance gene contamination. Science of the Total Environment, 895, 165133 IF 9.8
2025
Moldovan A, Mirea I-C, Torok AI, Tîrlă ML, Levei EA, Moldovan OT (2025) Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements Pollution Pattern and Environmental Risk in Soils from Carpathian Areas Using a GIS-Based Approach and Pollution Indices. Land 14 (11):2221. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112221
Patents/Brevete
Zamfira Stupar, Erika Levei, Oana Teodora Moldovan, Horia-Leonard Banciu, Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund. Expeditional in-situ testing method of E. coli and total coliform contamination in water intended for human consumption. OSIM Application 2023
Conferences/Conferințe
2022
Torok AI, Moldovan A, Levei EA, Cadar O, Tănăselia C, Moldovan OT (2022) Occurrence of Li in groundwaters and plants from Dobrogea karst area, Romania. ARPHA Conference Abstracts 5: e90172. https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.5.e90172
Stupar Z, Levei E, Neag E, Moldovan OT (2022) Quantitative microbial risk assessment as a tool for groundwater monitoring. A case study in the rural communities of Romania. ARPHA Conference Abstracts 5: e89699. https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.5.e89699
Moldovan A, Torok AI, Kovacs E, Mirea I-C, Levei E, Moldovan OT (2022) Groundwater contamination and human health risk assessment in the main karst areas of Romania. ARPHA Conference Abstracts 5: e89698. https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.5.e89698
Stupar Z, Levei E A, Neag E, Moldovan O T (2022) Assessing the probability of disease caused by spring water consumption contaminated with Salmonella spp. and enteric protozoa. Pasteur Conference, The last word belong to microbes, 29-30 November, Warsaw, Poland - poster, online participation. https://www.pasteur2022.com/programme/