Ph. D. in History (2006, University of Bucharest), Ph. D. in Political Science (2005, National and Capodistrian University of Athens), is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for South-East European Studies of the Romanian Academy. His main fields of research are Byzantine and Post-Byzantine history and Medieval and early Modern Greek historical writing. Published works (selection): Ορθόδοξη συνείδηση και εθνική ταυτότητα στα Βαλκάνια (1700-1821) [Orthodox Consciousness and National Identity in the Balkans (1700-1821)], Foreword by Paschalis Μ. Kitromilides, Thessaloniki, 2015; Identitate post-bizantină în sud-estul Europei. Mărturia scrierilor istorice greceşti [Post-Byzantine Identity in South-East Europe. The Evidence of the Greek Historical Writings], Bucharest, 2013; Sfântul Teofan Mărturisitorul, Cronografia [St Theophanes the Confessor, Chronograph], translation, introductory study, and notes, Bucharest, 2012.