FROM EMIL RACOVITZA TO PRESENT

EMIL RACOVITZA PERIOD

COMMUNIST PERIOD

PRESENT

April 26, 1920 - 1956

The first Institute of Speleology in the world was founded in Cluj, Transylvania, Romania and survived as such until 1956

1956 - 1989

The Institute in Cluj became a department of a new Institute in Bucharest

1989 - present

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