The specific research focus of the Moldovan laboratory is the control of DNA repair by the replication factor PCNA and its post-translational modifications in human cells. Dr. Moldovan obtained his PhD from the Ludwig Maximillians University of Munich and the Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried, Germany, and did postdoctoral work at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, USA. Dr. Moldovan has been named the 2013-2015 V Scholar by the V Foundation for Cancer Research.