Alexandru Cecal


Alexandru Cecal was a chemist, professor at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania, known especially for his contributions in the field of radiochemistry.

Education

Cecal was born in Cahul, Moldavian SSR and attended the primary school in Pianu, Alba County, continuing his studies at the Boys' Middle School from Alba Iulia.
Between 1958 and 1963, he attended the University of Bucharest. In 1972 he gained his Ph.D. in chemistry at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, with a thesis entitled "Kinetics of the isotopic exchange reactions in Tl–Tl complexes with different ligands", written under the supervision of . He fulfilled several postdoctoral appointments in universities and research centers such as Technical University of Munich, TU Dresden, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Moscow State University, Laval University, etc.