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| Date of Birth: April 14, 1964 Citizenship: Romanian Family status: married, one daughter Academic qualifications: 2003: PhD in Geology (Bucharest University, Faculty of Geology and Geophisics) |
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| CurriculumVitae |
| Silviu Constantin |
| Thesis title: "Quaternary paleoclimate evolutions based on speleothem studies from Banat and Mehedinti Mountains, Romania." (in Romanian, English abstract). Award: magna cum laude |
| 1997: Diploma in GIS (UNIGIS Network for Postgraduate Distance Learning in Geographical Information Systems) |
| 1988: MSc in Geology (geologist engineer) (Bucharest University, Faculty of Biology, Geography and Geology) |
| Disertation's title: "Geologic and sedimentologic study of the Jurassic and Cretaceous deposits from Valea Mare - Padina Matei area (Moldova Noua, Romania), with special emphasis on coal-bearing Lower Jurassic strata and Cretaceous limestones." (in Romanian) |
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| Studies: 1994-2003: part-time PhD. student, Bucharest University, Faculty of Geology and Geophisics; Dept. of Structural and Regional Geology. 1995-1997: Technical University of Construction, Bucharest; postgraduate course in GIS (organized by UNIGIS Network -- Manchester, Huddersfield and Salford - UK; Salzburg - Austria & Amsterdam - The Netherlands). 1988: "Karst Waters Chemistry" summer-course (3 weeks), with AG Hoehle u. Karstforschung Grabenstetten e.V., Schelklingen, Germany. 1993-1988: Bucharest University, Faculty. of Biology, Geography and Geology, Dept of Geological and Geophisical engineering major in Geology of Petroleum and Sedimentary Deposits. |
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| Appointments - Full Time: since 1991: assistant researcher / scientific researcher / senior scientist "Emil Racovita" Institute of Speleology (Romanian Academy), Dept. of Geospeleology and Karst Paleontology; Bucharest, Romania 1998-2001: laboratory engineer and visiting researcher -- Bergen University, Dept. of Geology, U-series laboratory, Bergen, Norway. 1988-1990: geologist engineer -- State Company for Geological Prospection and Exploration "Banatul" Caransebes, MoldovaNoua, Romania. |
| Appointments - Part-Time: since 2002: consultant and translator: "National Geographic Romania". 1997-1998: database & IT consultant -- The EU Delegation in Bucharest. 1997-1998: lecturer -- The "Eudoxiu Hurmuzachi" College. Lectures on Geography and Geology of Romania. 1996-1997: teaching assistant -- The "Spiru Haret" University in Bucharest Faculty of Geography; lectures and seminars on "Informatics in Geography". 1994-1995: teaching assistant -- Bucharest University, Faculty of Geology and Geophysics; seminars on "Geology of Romania". |
| Other activities (in some cases including part-time jobs): since 1992: Editorial Secretary (1992-2001) and Managing Editor (since 2001) of the "Theoretical and Applied Karstology" journal (published by The Romanian Academy). since 1985: certified instructor of the Romanian School of Speleology; discipline "Cave & Karst Survey and Mapping". 1984-1992: Associated Editor (1984-1989) and Managing Editor (1989-1992) of the speleological magazine "Speotelex" 1984-1990: Editorial Secretary of the scientific journal "Buletin Speologic" (published by the Romanian Federation for Alpinism & Tourism). |
| Languages: Norwegian (poor); German (fair); French (excellent) English (excellent); Romanian (native speaker). Expeditions and karst regions visited: Good knowledge of most karst regions of Romania. Work and/or visits in caves and karst regions from Bulgaria, Germany, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Slovenia, Czech Rep., Slovakia, Poland, Belgium, France, Norway, Ireland, Italy, Moldova, Iran, China, Ukraine. |
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