Dr. Robert Begy

Robert-Csaba Begy, PhD
Associate Professor

No. 42. Treboniu Laurean Street
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
No. 30 Fantanele Street
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Environmental radioactivity, Geochronology, Earth Sciences
+40 264 307030
robert.begy@ubbcluj.ro

Education:
PhD: Babes-Bolyai University, Physics, 2009
B.S.: Babes-Bolyai University, Physics, 2004

Research:
Head of the Nuclear Spectrometry Laboratory at the Center for Environmental Radioactivity and
Nuclear Dating, within the Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Bio-Nano-Sciences of Babes-
Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. Begy’s areas of interest include: Radionulide measurements by
gamma spectrometry, Measurements of natural and artificial radionuclides emitting alpha
radiation, Radiochemistry applied to environmental samples, Dating using Pb-210 radionuclide,
and Radon research.

Selected Publications:
1. Begy, R.-C., Savin, C.-F., Süle, D.-K., Nuhanovic, M., Giagias, E., Kovács, T. 2022.
Radiological investigation of natural carbonated spring waters from Eastern Carpathians,
Romania. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 331 (3), 1439-1450; DOI:
10.1007/s10967-022-08195-3
2. Begy, R.-C., Savin, C.-F., Timar-Gabor, A. 2022. Correction of the effects of carbon dioxide
and hydrogen sulfide on electrostatic cell monitors measurements of radon in water. Journal
of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10 (1), 107040. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.107040
3. Begy, R.-C., Savin, C.F., Kelemen, Sz., Veres, D., Muntean, O.L., Malos, C.V., Kovacs, T.
2021. Investigation of the effect of anthropogenic land use on the Pănăzii Lake (Romania)
catchment area using Cs-137 and Pb-210 radionuclides. PlosOne, 16 (6), e0251603.
4. Begy, R.-C., Kelemen, S., Simon, H., Tǎnǎselia, C. 2018 The history of the sedimentation
processes and heavy metal pollution in the Central Danube Delta (Romania).
Geochronometria, 45 (1), 97-106.
5. Begy, R.-C., Simon, H., Kelemen, S., Preoteasa, L. 2018. Investigation of sedimentation
rates and sediment dynamics in Danube Delta lake system (Romania) by 210Pb dating
method. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 192, 95-104.

Full Publication List

Teaching:
Undergraduate:

1. Environmental radioactivity
2. Elemental physics
2. Applied informatics
3. Meteorology and climatology