Dr Dan Mircea Tamas is a lecturer at the Department of Geology, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babeș-Bolyai University, with an academic background focused on geoscience. In 2019, he obtained his PhD with a thesis at Babeș-Bolyai University on salt tectonics in the bend zone of the Eastern Carpathians, using advanced methods such as geophysical interpretation and analogue modelling.

He has 14 years of experience in geology, particularly in the fields of structural geology and salt tectonics. Between 2013 and 2017, he worked at OMV Petrom as a geological engineer, developing 3D structural models and seismic interpretations applicable to the analysis of salt-related structures. Since 2017, he has been actively involved in research and teaching at UBB, where he established the Laboratory for Structural and Analogue Modelling. He has coordinated UEFISCDI projects such as RISE and SAFE-T, focused on salt deformation and even its role in the energy transition and many industry research projects on various topics related to structural geology and mapping. He is also a member of the management committee of the COST Action SaltAges.