Honors and awards

• Romanian Graduate Student of the Year in North America, The League of Romanian Students Abroad, 2011
• Honorable Mention, Doing Good with Good OR Student Competition, INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2011
• Top Ranked Abstract and Plenary Talk (research abstract ranked in top 6 of ~500 submitted abstracts), Society for Medical Decision Making 33rd Annual Meeting, 2011
• First Prize, Lee B. Lusted Competition for Best Student Research Presentation (out of 100+ entrants), Society for Medical Decision Making 32nd Annual Meeting, 2010
• Top Ranked Abstract and Plenary Talk (research abstract ranked in top 6 of ~500 submitted abstracts), Society for Medical Decision Making 32nd Annual Meeting, 2010
• Stanford Graduate Fellowship, 2007-2010 (awarded to top 5% of incoming PhD students at the university)
• Deans’ Award for Academic Achievement, Stanford University, 2005 (awarded to five to ten students each year for noteworthy accomplishments)
• Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Elected 2004
• President’s Award for Academic Excellence, Stanford University, 2002 (awarded to top 3% of freshmen)
• Silver Medal, 33rd International Chemistry Olympiad, Mumbai, India, 2001
• Colegiul PRO (a long distance education program for elite students in Romania), 2001-2002
• Academic Excellence Diploma, awarded by the Romanian President, 2000, 2001
• Certificate of Merit, 32nd International Chemistry Olympiad, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2000
• Multiple National Laureate, Romanian National Chemistry Olympiads, 1996-2001