Faculty of History and Geography

DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY




Marcel MINDRESCU


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Didactic

Grad didactic: conferentiar universitar dr.

Cursuri si seminarii: orar USV

 

Contact

Telefon: +4 0230 216147 / 560

Fax: +4 0230 523742

Birou: E214

E-mail: mindrescu@atlas.usv.ro

Pagina internet personala: www.georeview.ro/cirques&lakes

Adresa postala: Universitatea Stefan cel Mare, str. Universitatii, nr. 13, RO720225, Suceava, Romania

 

Curriculum Vitae

Standard CV F7 USV: CV pdf

CV format personal: Mindrescu M-CV-February 2017.pdf

 

Activitatea stiintifica

 

Teza de doctorat

Titlul tezei de doctorat

Geomorfometria circurilor glaciare din Carpatii romanesti

Anul si locul sustinerii tezei de doctorat

2006, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iasi

 

Principalele 3 domenii de interes

Geomorfologie

Hidrologie

Schimbările climatice

 

Publicatii stiintifice

 

Articole stiintifice (2010-prezent)

In jurnale cu factor de impact

 

  • Florescu G, Hutchinson SM, Mîndrescu M, Kern Z, Cristea IA, Mihăilă D, Feurdean A (2016) Last 1000 years of environmental history in Southern Bucovina, Romania; a high resolution multi-proxy lacustrine archive. Paleoecology Paleoclimatology Paleogeography.
  • Mîndrescu M, Németh A, Grădinaru I, Bihari Á, Németh T, Fekete J, Bozsó G, Kern Z (2016) Bolătău sediment record - Chronology, microsedimentology and potential for a high resolution multimillennial palaeoenvironmental proxy archive. Quaternary Geochronology 32: 11-20.
  • Árvai M, Popa I, Mîndrescu M, Nagy B, Kern Z (2016) Dendrochronology and radiocarbon dating of subfossil spruce logs from a peat bog, Maramures Mts, Romania. Quaternary International 415: 6-14.
  • Necsoiu M, Mîndrescu M, Onaca A, Wigginton S (2016) Geomorphologic evolution of alpine lakes in Southern Carpathian mountains using high-resolution optical imagery. Quaternary International 415: 164-174.
  • Mîndrescu M, Veres D (2016) Recent contributions and prospects for climatic variability studies in Central and Eastern Europe. Quaternary International 415: 1-5.
  • Hutchinson SM, Akinyemi FO, Mîndrescu M, Begy R, Feurdean A (2016) Recent sediment accumulation rates in contrasting lakes in the Carpathians (Romania): impacts of shifts in socio-economic regime. Regional Environmental Change 16(2): 501-513.
  • Mindrescu M and Evans IS (2014) Cirque form and development in Romania: allometry and the buzz-saw hypothesis. Geomorphology 208: 117-136.
  • Geantă A, Gałka M, Tanţău I, Hutchinson SM, Mîndrescu M, Feurdean A (2014) High mountain region of the Northern Romanian Carpathians responded sensitively to Holocene climate and land use changes: A multi-proxy analysis. The Holocene 24(8): 944-956.
  • Mîndrescu M, Cristea AI, Hutchinson SM, Florescu G, Feurdean A (2013) Interdisciplinary investigations of the first reported laminated lacustrine sediments in Romania. Quaternary International 293: 219-230.
  • Akinyemi FO, Hutchinson SM, Mîndrescu M, Rothwell JJ (2013) Lake sediment records of atmospheric pollution in the Romanian Carpathians. Quaternary International 293: 105-113.
  • Fărcaş S., Tanţău I., Mîndrescu M., Hurdu B. 2013. Holocene vegetation history in the Maramureş Mountains (Northern Romanian Carpathians). Quaternary International 293: 92-104.
  • Vereş, D, Mîndrescu M (2013) Advancing Pleistocene and Holocene climate change research in the Carpathian-Balkan region. Quaternary International, 293, 1-4.
  • Knorn J, Kuemmerle T, Radeloff VC, Szabo A, Mîndrescu M, Keeton WS, Abrudan I, Griffiths P, Gancz V, Hostert P (2012) Forest restitution and protected area effectiveness in post-socialist Romania. Biological Conservation, 146/1, 2012, 204-212.
  • Mîndrescu M, Cristea IA, Hutchinson SM (2010) Bathymetric and sedimentological changes of glacial Lake Ştiol, Rodna Masiff. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences 5(1): 57-65.
  • Mîndrescu M, Evans IS, Cox NJ (2010) Climatic implications of cirque distribution in the Romanian Carpathians: Palaeowind directions during glacial periods. Journal of Quaternary Science 25(6): 875-888.

In jurnale indexate in baze de date internationale

 

  • Mindrescu, M., Veres, D., Björnsen Gurung, A., Kiefer, T., 2013. Climate change in the Carpathian-Balkan area. Advancing research and cooperation. Georeview, 22, 129-139.
  • Mindrescu, M., Hutchinson, S.M., 2012. Interdisciplinary cooperation and studies in geoscience in the Carpathian Basin. Georeview, 21, 1-7.

Carti in edituri recunoscute CNCS

 

  • Mîndrescu M (2016) Geomorfometria circurilor glaciare din Carpații Românești (Geomorphometry of the glacial cirques in the Romanian Carpathians). Edit. Universității “Ștefan cel Mare” Suceava, Romania (174 p.). ISBN 978-973-666-498-4.
  • Florescu G and Mîndrescu M (2016) Ghid practic de paleolimnologie (Guidebook of palaeolimnology). Editura Universității Ștefan cel Mare Suceava, Romania (207 p.). ISBN 978-973-666-469-4.
  • Mîndrescu M (2016) Circurile glaciare din Carpații Românești (Glacial cirques in the Romanian Carpathians) - hartă. Editura Universității Ștefan cel Mare Suceava, Romania. ISBN: 978-973-666-491-5.
  • Mîndrescu M, Cristea AI, Zamosteanu A (2016) Lacurile și turbăriile glaciare din Carpații românești (Glacial lakes and peatbogs in the Romanian Carpathians) - hartă. Editura Universității Ştefan cel Mare Suceava, Romania. ISBN: 978-973-666-470-0.
  • Mîndrescu M, Evans IS (2016) Glacial cirques in the Romanian Carpathians and their climatic implications (cap. 9). In: Landform Dynamics and Evolution in Romania. Edit. Springer, 208-224.
  • Mîndrescu M, Florescu G, Grădinaru I, Haliuc A (2016) Lakes, lacustrine sediments and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions (cap.30). In: Landform Dynamics and Evolution in Romania. Edit. Springer, 699-731.

Guest editor (Web of Science):
Quaternary International. Volume 415, Pages 1-356 (10 September 2016) - Climate change in the Balkan-Carpathian region during Late Pleistocene and Holocene - Edited by Marcel Mindrescu and Daniel Veres
Quaternary International. Volume 293, Pages 1-282 (19 April 2013) - Advancing Pleistocene and Holocene climate change research in the Carpathian-Balkan region - Edited by Daniel Veres and Marcel Mîndrescu
Editor-in-chief for the journal Georeview (Scientific Annals of Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava. Geography series, indexed in international databases), from 2011 to present (www.georeview.ro)

 

Participarea la conferinte stiintifice nationale si internationale

 

  • Németh, A., Kern, K., Mindrescu, M., Gradinaru, I., Bozsó, G., Németh, T., Bihari Á., Fekete, J., 2014. Finely laminated 4000 yr sediment record from Lake Bolatau (Bukovina, Romania) – implications for palaeolimnology and erosion history. EGU General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria, April 2014.
  • Mîndrescu M., Grădinaru I., Forgaci D., Kern Z., 2013. Palaeolimnological and geomorphological investigations on the oldest landslide-dammed lake in Romania: Bolătău lake, Obcina Feredeului, Romania (Investigații paleolimnologice si geomorfologice privind cel mai vechi lac de baraj natural format prin alunecare de teren din România: Lacul Bolătău, Obcina Feredeului, Romania). Lucrarile Seminarului Geografic International „Dimitrie Cantemir”, editia a XXXIII-a,18-20.X.2013. Universitatea “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iasi, Departamentul de Geografie, Iasi, 2013.
  • Mîndrescu M., Gheorghiu M. D., 2013. Ages of gravity faulting in Northern Romanian Carpathians. Palaeoclimatic and geomorphological interpretations (Vârsta faliilor de gravitație din nordul Carpaților Românesti. Considerații geomorfologice si paleoclimatice). Lucrarile Seminarului Geografic International „Dimitrie Cantemir”, editia a XXXIII-a,18-20.X.2013. Universitatea “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iasi, Departamentul de Geografie, Iasi, 2013.
  • Florescu G., Mîndrescu M., Hutchinson M. S., 2013. Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the last Millenium in Obcinele Bucovinei based on the analysis of lacustrine sediments from Iezerul Sadovei, Obcina Feredeului (Reconstituirea condiţiilor de mediu în ultimul mileniu în Obcinele Bucovinei pe baza analizei sedimentelor din lacul Iezerul Sadovei, Obcina Feredeului). Lucrarile Seminarului Geografic International „Dimitrie Cantemir”, editia a XXXIII-a,18-20.X.2013. Universitatea “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iasi, Departamentul de Geografie, Iasi, 2013.
  • Haliuc A., Feurdean A., Hutchinson M. S., Mindrescu M., Robert C. Begy, R.C., 2013. Recent sediment accumulation rates in several Romanian Carpathians lakes (Evaluarea ratelor recente de acumulare a sedimentelor pentru cateva lacuri din Carpații Românesti). Lucrarile Seminarului Geografic International „Dimitrie Cantemir”, editia a XXXIII-a,18-20.X.2013. Universitatea “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iasi, Departamentul de Geografie, Iasi, 2013.
  • Andrei G., Häuselmann A., Zamosteanu A., Mîndrescu M., 2013. Late Holocene paleoclimatic variations in the NE of Romania recorded in a stalagmite from Munticelu Cave, Carpathian Mts., Romania (Variații paleoclimatice din Holocenul târziu în Nord-Estul României înregistrate într-o stalagmită din Pestera Munticelu, Carpații Orientali, Romania). Lucrarile Seminarului Geografic International „Dimitrie Cantemir”, editia a XXXIII-a,18-20.X.2013. Universitatea “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iasi, Departamentul de Geografie, Iasi, 2013.
  • Mindrescu M., Evans, I.S., 2013. Cirques development and the glaciation in the Romanian Carpathians. 8th IAG International Conference on Geomorphology - August 27th to 31st, 2013, Paris, France.
  • Mîndrescu M., Gheorghiu M. D., 2013. Surface exposure dating of rock slope in Northern Romanian Carpathians. Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric Conference on Geomorphology , June 24 – 28 2013, Stará Lesná, Tatranská Lomnica, Slovakia
  • Mindrescu, M. 2013. Rock slope failure in the mountains of Romanian Carpathians: paraglacial-parafluvial transitions. National Conference of Geomorphologists, Suceava, May 1- June 30, 2013, Romania.
  • Hutchinson,S.M. Mindrescu, M., 2012. Reconstructing recent environmental change in the Carpathian Basin; advocating an interdisciplinary approach for 2020 environmental science. Interdisciplinary in Geoscience in the Carpathians Basin (IGCB Workshop), October 18-21, 2012, Suceava, Romania.
  • Evans, I. S., Mindrescu, M., 2012. Cirque development and the glaciation of the Carpathians. Interdisciplinary in Geoscience in the Carpathians Basin (IGCB Workshop), October 18-21, 2012, Suceava, Romania.
  • Geantă, A., Auer, A., Hutchinson, S.M., Mîndrescu, M., Feurdean, A., 2012. Macrocharcoal analysis of a 4200 year old lake sediment profile from Northern Romania - fire regimes and climate implications. Interdisciplinary in Geoscience in the Carpathians Basin (IGCB Workshop), October 19-21, 2012, Suceava, Romania.
  • Zamosteanu, A., Mindrescu, M., 2012. Geomorphometry of the glacial lakes in the Romanian Carpathians. Interdisciplinary in Geoscience in the Carpathians Basin (IGCB Workshop), October 18-21, 2012, Suceava, Romania.
  • Mindrescu, M., Zamosteanu A., Cristea I.-A., 2012. New data base of the glacial lakes in the Romanian Carpathians. International Conference on “Water resources and wetlands”, 14-16 September, 2012, Tulcea, Romania.
  • Hutchinson S.M., Frantiuc A., Haliuc A., Mindrescu M., Romanescu Gh., 2012. The recent palaeolimnology of Red Lake (Romania); assessing changing sediment sources for environmental management. International Conference on “Water resources and wetlands”, 14-16 September, 2012, Tulcea, Romania.
  • Cristea, I.A., Rădoane, M., Mîndrescu, M., 2012. Putna River's channel (South - Eastern Carpathians) reflected by cartographic materials. EGU General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria, 22-27 April 2012.
  • Mindrescu, M., Hutchinson, S., Feurdean, A., Brancelj, A., Cristea, I.A., 2012. Interdisciplinary investigations of the laminated sediments in the Iezer-Feredeu and Bolătău-Feredeu lakes, Romania. Forum Carpaticum, 30 May/2 June 2012, Stara Lesna, Slovakia.
  • Mindrescu M., Cristea A.I., 2011. Rock mass failures and antislope scarps in the Northern Romanian Carpathians, Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric Conference on Geomorphology, Ostravice, Czech Republic, 17-20 Oct. 2011.
  • Cristea Al. I., Mindrescu M., 2011. River channel sensitivity in the Carpathian Curvature in the light of cartographic materials. Case study: Putna River. Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric Conference on Geomorphology, Ostravice, Czech Republic, 17-20 Oct. 2011.
  • Hutchinson S. M., Akinyemi O., Mindrescu, M., Rothwell J.J., 2011. An overview of the recent palaeolimnology of selected lakes in the Romanian Carpathians, 1st Workshop on Regional Climate Dynamics “Climate Change in the Carpathian-Balkan Region During the Late Pleistocene and Holocene”, University of Suceava, Romania, June 9-12, 2011.
  • Cristea, A.I., Mîndrescu, M., Evans, I.S., 2011. Channel planform changes of Putna River in the last 100 years, Congress of Geomorphometry, Redlands, California, USA, 7-9 Sept 2011.
  • Mindrescu, M., 2010. Natural hazards and human pressure in the northern Romanian Carpathians. Forum Carpaticum, September 15-18, Krakow, Poland.
  • Hutchinson, S.M., Akinyemi, O., Mindrescu, M., Rothwell, J.J., 2010. The atmospheric particulate pollution record of mountain lakes in the Romanian Carpathians. Forum Carpaticum, September 15-18, Krakow, Poland.
  • Mindrescu, M., 2010. A view from past. Paleoscience and global changes in the Balkan Mts. South Eastern European Mountain Research& Global Change. Strategy Development and Networking Conference. 26-29 august 2010, Timisoara, Romania.
  • Mîndrescu, M., 2010. Flood risk in small basins in the northern Romanian Carpathians, International Conference Water: History, Resources and Perspectives, Chişinău, Rep. of Moldova, 5-6 Nov 2010.
  • Hutchinson, S.M., Blackford J.J., Mindrescu M., Rothwell J.J., 2009. The recent palaeolimnology of crater lake Sfanta Ana in the Romanian Carpathians, 11th International Paleolimnology Symposium, Guadalajara, Mexico, 15th December 2009.
  • Hutchinson S.M., Akinyemi O., Mindrescu M., Rothwell J.J., 2009. Assessing the impacts of atmospheric particulate pollution on mountain lakes in the Romanian Carpathians, 11th International Paleolimnology Symposium, Guadalajara, Mexico, 15th December 2009.
  • Mîndrescu M., 2009. Some aspects of impact of pollution caused by Uranium prospect mining in the Northern Maramureş Mountains, Simpozionul Internaţional de Geografia Mediului “Mediual actual şi Dezvolatrea durabilă”, Ediţia IV, 16-18 October 2008, Iaşi, România.
  • Mîndrescu M, 2009. Topographic and Climate Conditions Required for Cirque Formation, British Society for Geomorphology, International annual meeting 2009. Durham University, UK, 4-9 September 2009.
  • Mîndrescu M., Cristea A.I., 2009. A model of the glacial cirques geomorphometry in the Romanian Carpathians, British Society for Geomorphology, International annual meeting 2009. Durham University, UK, 4-9 September 2009.
  • Farcas S., Tantau I., Hurdui B., Mîndrescu M., Filipas L., 2009. Phytohistorical aspects of the “Natura 2000” site “Munţii Maramureşului” (Romanian Carpathians), International Symposium Biodiversity: Perpetuation or Conservation?, Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Department of Taxonomy and Ecology, June 2009.
  • Mîndrescu M., 2009. Ştiol – a disabled lake, Simpozionul Internaţional Calitatea Mediului şi Utilizarea Terenurilor, ed. VII, Suceava, May 2009.

 

Participarea la proiecte de cercetare castigate prin competitie

 

Director:
1. Climate variability recorded by glacial deposits and lake sediments (2012-2016) (UEFISCDI Romania: PN-II-RU-TE-2012-3-0386): http://georeview.ro/cirques%26lakes/. Achieved results: 5 papers were published in Web of Science journals, as well as 1 book, 2 peer-reviewed chapters and 2 maps, 2 phd theses in palaeolimnology were defended at home university and 2 international conferences were organized.
2. Grants dedicated to organizing international conferences: Late Pleistocene and Holocene climatic variability in the Carpathian-Balkan area (2014, funded by PAGES, Switzerland; achieved results: 1 special volume published by Quaternary International); Interdisciplinarity in geoscience in the Carpathian Basin (2012, funded by CNCSIS, Romania - PN-II-ID-WE-2012-4-056); Climate change in the Carpathian-Balkan region during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene (2011, funded by PAGES and Mountain Research Initiative - MRI, Austria; achieved results: 1 special volume published by Quaternary International - vol. 293/2013).

Collaborator in international grants:
1. Home mentor in Sciex Fellowship 13.341 (2014-2015): NROM - Assessing climate variability and human impact based on the study of sediments and glacial deposits in Rodna Mountains, Northern Romania (funded by Switzerland).
2. Responsible for Romania in Protecting forests and livelihoods in the Romanian Carpathians through community management practices (2014-2016). Funded by The Trust for Mutual Understanding, New York, USA.
3. Senior Researcher in Forest response to climate change predicted from multicentury climate proxy-records in the Carpathian region - CLIMFOR (EEA-JRP-RO-NO-2013-1-0204) no. 18 SEE/2014: http://www.silvic.usv.ro/climfor/team.php