Dr. Hegheş Nicoleta-Elena

Education: Licensed in Legal Sciences – Faculty of Juridical and Administrative Sciences of ”Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University (2004); M.A. Diploma: Business Law – Faculty of Juridical and Administrative Sciences of ”Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University (2007); M.A. Diploma: Forensic Science – Faculty of Economic, Legal and Administrative Sciences of The Romanian University of Sciences and Arts “Gheorghe Cristea” (2008); Doctorate in Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest (2011); Postdoctorate – Beneficiary: University of Craiova, Partners: ”Lucian Blaga” University Sibiu; University of Bucharest; West University of Timișoara. Project Scholarships in Romania through European support for Ph.D. Candidate and Postdoctoral students, SPONSORSHIP DOC-POSTDOC, POSDRU/159/1.5/S/133255 (2015). Training and internships courses in Austria, Italy, Greece, and Russia.

Work experience: Vice-President of the “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University Senate, Deputy Director – International Institute for Human Rights, ”Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Dean – Faculty of Juridical and Administrative Sciences, ”Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Vice-Dean – Faculty of Juridical and Administrative Sciences, ”Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Researcher 2nd degree at Romanian Academy, “Andrei Rădulescu” Legal Research Institute, Professor at Faculty of Juridical and Administrative Sciences, ”Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University of Bucharest, Adjunct Professor at Faculty of Law, ”Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi. Member of The Romanian Society of Criminology and Criminalistics; Forensic Association in Romania; Romanian Association of Criminal Sciences; Association Internationale de Droit Pénal and others.

Publications: Author: The consumption phenomenon of New Substances with Psychoactive Properties (”ethnobotanical”). Criminal, Criminological, Forensic and Medical Issues, Univers Juridic Publishing House, Bucharest, 2015; Traffic and consumption of illicit narcotics. Multidisciplinary Issues, Univers Juridic Publishing House, Bucharest, 2012; Forensics, Universitaria Pro Publishing House, Bucharest, 2014; Co-author: Experiments and simulations in the forensic laboratory, CH Beck Publishing House, Bucharest, 2010; Mediation, an alternative to the Court, vol. The place of mediation in the Romanian judicial system, Pro Universitaria Publishing House, Bucharest, 2013; The Right to Happiness. The Relation Between Happiness and the Quality of Life, Part v: The Right to Happiness, Chapter Thirty-Four-the Consumption of Narcotics: ”Fake Happiness,” Cambridge Scholars Publishing, United Kingdom, 2013.

The scientific activity resulted in more than 60 articles published in specialized journals and participation in seminars, symposia, conferences, and national and international congresses and workshops.

Areas of specialization: Criminal Law, Forensics Science, Mediation in Criminal Matters, Human Rights.