Between 1993 and 2003 Mihaela Zavolan carried out research in the USA, at the Santa Fe Institute in Santa Fe, the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, as well as at the Rockefeller University in New York.
In den USA, forschte Zavolan zwischen 1993 und 2003 auch am Santa Fe Institute in Santa Fe, im Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, sowie an der Rockefeller University in New York.