• Master in Natural Products, Gh. Asachi Technical University, within the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection, Iaşi, 2005
• PhD in Chemistry, Gh. Asachi Technical University, within the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection, Iaşi, 2011

• Research Assistant, Gh. Asachi Technical University, Iasi, 2009-2010
• Univ. Preparator for a determined period, “Stefan cel Mare” University, Faculty of Mechanics, Mechatronics and Management, Suceava, 2010-2011
• Lecturer for a determined period, “Stefan cel Mare” University, Faculty of Mechanics, Mechatronics and Management, Suceava, 2011-2012
• Lecturer for an indefinite period, “Stefan cel Mare” University, Faculty of Mechanics, Mechatronics and Management, Suceava, 2012-2016
• Lecturer for an indefinite period, “Stefan cel Mare” University, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, 2016-2021
• Lecturer for an indefinite period, “Stefan cel Mare” University, Faculty of Medicine and Biological Sciences, 2021 – until now

• General chemistry
• Food chemistry
• Elements of instrumental analysis

• fine organic synthesis,
• micro- and macromolecular liquid crystals,
• techniques for the structural characterization of organic compounds.

• Director – Grant CNCSIS tip TD 100 / tema 65/2007 – “Research on type mesophases in liquid cristals systems containing banana-shaped mesogens. Studies on the influence of mesomorphism.

”Http://vechi.cncsis.ro/2007/ierarhie_com1/TD/COMISIA_1_TD_NOI_FINANTATE_Domeniul_CHIMIE.html

• Director – Grant TD GR.77 / 2008 –Td COD 65, T49– “Research on type mesophases in liquid cristals systems containing banana-shaped mesogens. Studies on the influence of mesomorphism.

”Http://vechi.cncsis.ro/2008/Finale/AATTD/COMISIA_1_TD_CONTINUARI_FINANTATE.html

• Member of the research team – CNCSIS Grant type A, Gr33 Theme263 / 2007, entitled, “Biaxial liquid crystals based on [1,3,4] oxadiazole for microelectronics”
• Research team member – CNCSIS Grant Type A, Gr77 / 2008-A COD263, T35, “Biaxial liquid crystals based on [1,3,4] oxadiazole for microelectronics”
• Member of the research team – PN II – IDEI 718/2009 – “Liquid crystals bent-core type with potential applications in microelectronics”

• Dan Scutaru, Irina Carlescu, Elena-Raluca Bulai (Cioancă), Catalina Ionica Ciobanu, Gabriela Lisa and Nicolae Hurduc, Bent-core liquid crystals: structures and mesomorphic properties, Intechopen Publishing House, published on November 19, 2018, DOI: 10.5772 / .81704 , https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/bent-core-liquid-crystals-structures-and-mesomorphic-properties, From the Edited Volume, IntechOpen Liquid Crystals – Self-Organized Soft Functional Materials for Advanced Applications Edited by Irina Carlescu, https://www.intechopen.com/books/liquid-crystals-self-organized-soft-functional-materials-for-advanced-applications
  

• Elena-Raluca Bulai (Cioancă), Irina Carlescu, Dan Scutaru, Synthesis and Characterization of Liquid Crystalline Compounds based on a Symmetric [1,3,4] oxadiazole Core, (2015), Review of Chemistry, Bucharest, ISSN 0034-7752, vol. 66, No. 4, (http://www.revistadechimie.ro/article_ro.asp?ID=4448);
• Lăcrămioara Apetrei, Vasile Raţă, Ruxandra Raţă, Elena-Raluca Bulai, (2014) Experimental Investigations on Aluminum Ultrasonic Welding Parameters, ISSN (web) 1662-7482, print 1660-9336, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Engineering Solutions and Technologies in Manufacturing, vol 657, p.306, (http://www.scientific.net/AMM.657/7);
• Gabriela Lisa, Elena-Raluca Cioancă, Niţă Tudorachi, Irina Cârlescu, Dan Scutaru, Thermal behavior of some [1,3,4] oxadiazole derivatives with liquid crystalline properties, Thermochimica Acta, vol. 524, (2011), Issues 1-2 , pp. 179-185, FI = 1,899 (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040603111003856);
• Elena-Raluca Cioancă, Elena-Luiza Epure, Irina Cârlescu, Gabriela Lisa, Daniela Wilson, Nicolae Hurduc and Dan Scutaru, Hockey stick like liquid crystals based on an 2,5-asymmetric disubstituted [1,3,4] oxadiazole core, Molecular Crystals & Liquid Crystals, vol. 537, (2011), pp. 51-63, FI = 0.543, (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15421406.2011.556444);
• Elena-Raluca Cioancă, Irina Cârlescu, Daniela Wilson, and Dan Scutaru, Liquid crystalline Schiff bases containing a 2,5-bis- (p-aminophenyl) – [1,3,4] oxadiazole bent core, Review of Chemistry, Bucharest, vol.61, nr.12, (2010), pp. 1158 – 1163, FI = 0.695, (http://www.revistadechimie.ro/arhiva.asp?lim=ro&rev=ch).

• Elena-Raluca Cioancă, Irina Carlescu, Dan Scutaru, New bent core liquid crystals with an asymmetric shape, EUROINVENT 2010, silver medal poster.

• The title of “Professor Bologna” – 2019, Iasi.