Alexandru Cecal

Alexandru Cecal (b. July 18, 1940, Cahul, Soviet Moldavia) is a Romanian chemist, professor at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași/Romania, known especially for his contributions in the field of radiochemistry.
Education.
Alexandru Cecal attended the primary school in Pianu, Alba County (1947-1951), continuing his studies (1951-1957) at the Boys' Middle School (former "Mihai Viteazul" Theoretical High School, now "Horia, Closca and Crişan") from Alba Iulia.
Between 1958-1963 he attended the University of Bucharest (Physical chemistry/Radiochemistry). In 1972 he gained his PhD in Chemistry at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, with a thesis entitled "Kinetics of the isotopic exchange reactions in Tl(I) - Tl(III) complexes with different ligands" (supervisor: Hans Adam Schneider).
He fulfilled several postdoctoral appointments in universities and research centers such as Technical University of Munich (group of Hans-Joachim Born), TU Dresden, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Moscow State University (group of Alexander Nesmeyanov), Laval University etc.