Dr. Leon Muntean
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Biography
Dr. Leon Muntean is a distinguished Professor of Plant Breeding at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (USAMV) Cluj-Napoca, Romania, with 28 years of academic and research expertise. He holds a PhD in Agronomy (2002) and a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture (1997) from USAMV Cluj-Napoca. His academic career is complemented by international training, including a Fulbright scholarship at Ohio State University (USA, 2015) and an Erasmus fellowship at the University of Nottingham (UK, 2002), focusing on genomic selection and genetic marker applications in plant breeding.
Affiliations
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania
Honors and Awards
"NICOLAE SĂULESCU" 2015
The Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
Monography of Red Clover (Trifolium pratense L.), co-authored with M. Savatti, I. Rotar, M. Grebenișan, and Simona Vicaș.
Gold Medal and Excellence Diploma (2013)
PRO INVENT International Salon of Inventions
Ardeal hop variety (Humulus lupulus L.)
Gold Medal and Excellence Diploma 2013
PRO INVENT International Salon of Inventions
Cluj purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea L.) variety
Gold Medal and Excellence Diploma, 2013
PRO INVENT International Salon of Inventions
Napoca pale coneflower (Echinacea pallida Nutt.) variety
"CAROL DAVILA" 2010
The Academy of Romanian Scientists
Treatise on Medicinal Plants – Cultivated and Wild, co-authored with M. Tămaş, S. Muntean, M. M. Duda, D. I. Vârban, and S. Florian
"NICOLAE SĂULESCU" 2008
The Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
Treatise on Medicinal Plants – Cultivated and Wild, co-authored with M. Tămaş, S. Muntean, M. M. Duda, D. I. Vârban, and S. Florian
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