Education
He studied at the University of Iaşi and in Paris at the Sorbonne, with the Nobel laureate Jean Perrin as his Doctor of Philosophy advisor. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy from the Paris-Sorbonne University for his work with Jean Perrin. His Doctor of Philosophy thesis with the title "Contribution to the study of quantum diffusion of X-rays" was defended in 1933 in Paris in front of an examination committee chaired by Nobel laureate Marie Curie.