MIRCEA NICUSOR NICOARA, Professor, Doctor habilitatus. FIELDS OF EXPERTISE: Aquatic ecology and toxicology; ecology of benthic communities and diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates; nature conservation in protected areas, wetlands especially. Doctorate: Biology–Zoology, 2000: “Influence of pollution and Canal Danube-Black Sea upon the dynamics of the Gastropods from the Romanian upper, mean and lower littoral of the Black Sea, in the area Constanta – Eforie”. Habilitation thesis in 2017: "Applications of eco-toxicological analysis in the diagnosis of the quality of aquatic life media". PhD supervisor in environmental science since 2018. MEMBER OF NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES: Romanian Society of Ecology (RES), Romanian Society of Limnology (SLR). MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES: International Society of Limnology (SIL), Freshwater Biological Association (FBA), IUCN Academy of Environmental Law (IUCNAEL). Scientific papers in specialty journals—203; 55 papers in ISI-rated journals. Patents: 2022, “Method of obtaining a product with high nutritional value for feeding ornamental golden carp (Carassius auratus L.)”; IPC: A23K50/80; CPC: Y02A40/818.