Child and adolescent mental health; Early deprivation; Executive functions; Cardiovascular physiology; Mechanisms in the development of child and adolescent psychopathology; Early development; Maternal prenatal stress; Risk factors in the development of psychopathology in the first years of life.

• 2007-2010: PhD in Child Developmental Psychopathology, University of Manchester (UK) – PhD in Psychology, according to the recognition certificate No. 74032 / A.N. / 15.03.2018 issued by MEN-CNRED;
• 2001-2002: Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Psychology, University of Liverpool Hope (UK);
• 2001: Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, A.I.Cuza University, Iași.

• 2021-present: Assoc. at the Faculty of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava;
• 2020-2021: Assoc. of the Department of Health and Human Development, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports;
• 2015-2019: Associate PhD Associate Professor / Associate PhD Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest;
• 2011-2019: Postdoctoral Researcher, Bucharest Early Intervention Project (BEIP) Laboratory, Tanner Foundation, Bucharest;
• 2003-2007: Research Assistant, Bucharest Early Intervention Project (BEIP) Laboratory, Tanner Foundation, Bucharest;
• 2000-2001: Research Assistant, National Institute for Sports Research, Bucharest.

• Neuropsychology (Bachelor of Psychology, first year, course);
• Experimental Psychology and Data Analysis I (Bachelor of Psychology, first year, course and laboratory);
• Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Medical Sociology (Bachelor of General Health Care, first year, course and seminar);
• Behavioral Genetics (Bachelor of Psychology, first year, course).

ADORe (2019-2022; Project Manager; ERA-Net NEURON program, Horizon 2020 program through UEFISCDI, financing contract no. 102/2019; EUR 200,000.

• 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 – UEFISCDI, Awarding research results – articles;
• 2007-2010: University of Manchester’s Strategic Studentship Scheme Award (full doctoral scholarship; ~ £ 58,000).

• Colich, N.L., Sheridan, M.A., Humphreys, K.L., Wade, M., Tibu, F., Nelson, C.A., Zeanah, C.H., Fox, N.A., & McLaughlin, K.A. (2021). Heightened sensitivity to the caregiving environment during adolescence: Implications for recovery following early-life adversity. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13347.
• Guyon-Harris, K. L., Humphreys, K. L., Miron, D. M., Tibu, F., Fox, N. A., Nelson, C. A., &Zeanah, C.H. (2021). Early caregiving quality predicts consistency of competent functioning from middle childhood to adolescence following early psychosocial deprivation. Development and Psychopathology, 33(1), 18-28.
• Humphreys, K.L., Guyon-Harris, K.L., Tibu, F., Wade, M., Nelson, C.A., Fox, N.A., &Zeanah, C.H. (2020). Psychiatric outcomes following severe deprivation in early childhood: Follow-up of a randomized controlled trial at age 16. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88, 1079-1090.
• Wade, M., Zeanah, C.H., Fox, N.A., Tibu, F., Ciolan, L.E., & Nelson, C.A. (2019). Stress sensitization among severely neglected children and protection by social enrichment. Nature Communications10, 5771 doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13622-3.
• Vidal-Ribas, P., Pickles, A., Tibu, F., Sharp, H., & Hill, J. (2017). Sex differences in the associations between vagal reactivity and oppositional defiant disorder symptoms. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58(9), 988-997. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12750.
• Braithwaite, E.C., Pickles, A., Sharp, H., Glover, V., O’Donnell, K.J., Tibu, F., & Hill, J. (2017). Maternal prenatal cortisol predicts infant negative emotionality in a sex-dependent manner. Physiology &Behavior, 175, 31-36. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.03.017.
• Rus A.V., Stativa E., Parris S.R., Pennings J.S., Tibu F., Wenyika R., &Burcea G., (2017). Academic achievement of Romanian institutionalized children: A social-ecological approach. In Rus A.V., Parris S.R., Stativa E. (Eds.), Child maltreatment in residential care: history, research, and current practice (pp. 87-110) New York: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-57990-0.
• Tibu, F., Sheridan, M., McLaughlin, K.A., Fox, N.A., Zeanah, C.H., & Nelson, C.A. (2016). Disruptions of working memory and inhibition mediate the association between exposure to institutionalization and symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Psychological Medicine, 46(3), 529-541. doi:10.1017/S0033291715002020.
• Tibu, F., Sheridan, M., McLaughlin, K.A., Nelson, C.A., Fox, N.A., &Zeanah, C.H. (2016). Reduced working memory mediates the link between early institutional rearing and symptoms of ADHD at 12 years. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1850. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01850.
• McLaughlin, K.A., Sheridan, M.A., Tibu, F., Fox, N.A., Zeanah, C.H., & Nelson, C.A. (2015). Causal effects of the early caregiving environment on development of stress response systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(18), 5637–5642. doi:10.1073/pnas.1423363112.
• Tibu, F., Hill, J., Sharp, H., Marshall, K., Glover, V., & Pickles, A. (2014). Evidence for sex differences in fetal programming of physiological stress reactivity in infancy. Development and Psychopathology, 26(4 Pt 1), 879-888. doi:10.1017/S0954579414000194.
• Tibu, F., Humphreys, K.L., Fox, N.A., Nelson, C.A., &Zeanah, C.H. (2014). Psychopathology in young children in two types of foster care following institutional rearing. Infant Mental Health Journal, 35(2), 123-131. doi:10.1002/imhj.21428.
• Hill, J., Breen, G., Quinn, J., Tibu, F., Sharp, H., & Pickles, A. (2013). Evidence for interplay between genes and maternal stress in utero: Monoamine Oxidase A polymorphism moderates effects of life events during pregnancy on infant negative emotionality at 5 weeks. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 12, 388-396. doi:10.1111/gbb.12033.
• Sharp, H., Pickles, A., Meaney, M., Marshall, K., Tibu, F., & Hill, J. (2012). Frequency of infant stroking reported by mothers moderates the effect of prenatal depression on infant behavioural and physiological outcomes. PLoS ONE, 7(10), e45446.

• Hirsch index: 8 (Web of Science); 9 (Google Scholar);
• Number of citations (self-citations are excluded): 415 (Web of Science); 702 (Google Scholar).

Brain Sciences, Infant Mental Health Journal, Children and Youth Services Review, Applied Cognitive Psychology, International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, Dementia &Neuropsychologia, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, BMC Psychology.