From Emil Racovitza to present
Emil racovitza period
communist period
present



April 26, 1920 - 1956
1956 - 1989
1989 - present
The first Institute of Speleology in the world was founded in Cluj, Transylvania, Romania and survived as such until 1956
The Institute in Cluj became a department of a new Institute in Bucharest
Studies extended beyond the inventory of cave fauna, with the new fields of molecular biology, molecular ecology, paleoenvironments, paleoclimate, protection, and conservation of caves and karst