Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor, PhD (Ecology), PhD (Geography), Habil. (Urban Planning) Professor, Doctoral Advisor and Director of the Doctoral School of Urban Planning, "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urban Planning, Bucharest, Romania Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Urban Planning and Architecture, Technical University of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova Education 1997 BS (Urban Ecology), University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania 2000 MSPH (Biostatistics), University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, US 2004 PhD (Microbial Ecology), University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, US 2011 PhD (Geography), University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania 2013 Certificate Degree (European Project Management), Bucharest Academy of Economics, Bucharest, Romania 2014 Habilitation (Urban Planning), Ministry of Education and Research, Romania Additional Certifications 2007 Registry of Urban Planners from Romania, elaboration of specific parts of urban and spatial plans Work Experience 2004-2005 Research Associate, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, US 2005-2007 Expert, Ministry of Transport, Bucharest, Romania 2007-2009 Associate Professor of Ecology, Spiru Haret University, Bucharest, Romania 2007-2017 Researcher (Scientific Director since 2010, Chairman of the Scientific Council since 2011), NIRD URBAN-INCERC, Bucharest, Romania 2008-present Fencing Instructor, Engarde Fencing Club, Bucharest, Romania 2009-present Assistant Professor of Statistics and Ecology (2009-2015), Associate Professor (2015-present), Professor (2022-present), "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urban Planning, Bucharest, Romania 2022-present Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Urban Planning and Architecture, Technical University of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova International Memberships 2011 International Academic Forum (IAFOR) International Academic Advisory Board 2014 Society for Urban Ecology (SURE) 2020 International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE) Selected Honors and Awards 2001 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, US 2007 Hübners Who is Who Verlag für Personenenzyklopädien AG, Austria 2009 Urban Concept Diploma for the constant preoccupation for sustainable spatial development, Romania 2014 Urban Concept National Award for developing and promoting spatial development in Romania, Romania 2014-2019 Gold Medal of the European Exhibition of Creativity and Innovation, category "innovative research"; Gold Medal of the INVENTICA, the International Exhibition of Research, Innovation and Technological Transfer; Gold Medal of the INFOINVENT Specialized International Exhibition, Chisinau, Moldova; Gold Medal of the Kaohsiung International Invention and Design Expo, Taiwan; Bronze Medal of Thailand Inventors' Day, Bangkok, Thailand; Bronze Medal of Istanbul International Inventions Fair, Istanbul, Turkey; Gold medal of the International Engineering Invention and Innovation Exhibition, Perlis, Malaysia; Gold Medal of the New Time salon of inventions and new technologies - Sevastopol; Silver Medal of the INOVA Croatia exhibition of inventions; Gold Medal of the International Warsaw Invention Show; Gold Medal of the European Exhibition of Creativity and Innovation, category "innovative research"; Silver Medal of 46th International Exhibition of Inventions, Geneva, Switzerland; Gold Medal of iCAN, Toronto, Canada 2017 Member of the Commission for architecture and urban planning of the National Council for the Attestation of Academic Titles, Diplomas and Certificates 2017 Member of the Commission for arts, architecture, urban planning, physical education and sports of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education Interests Urban and landscape ecology Geographical Information Systems and remote sensing Environmetrics and biostatistics Courses Frequently Taught Techniques for the oral and written dissemination of scientific information, Doctoral level Ethics and academic integrity, Doctoral level Urban and Territorial Ecology, Doctoral level Statistical analysis methods used in the research of territorial phenomena, Doctoral level Selected Publications (relevant for the whole career, listed in inverse chronological order) Petrisor A.-I., Hamma W., Nguyen H. D., Randazzo G., Muzirafuti A., Stan M.-I., Tran V. T., Astefanoaiei R., Bui Q. T., Vintila D.-F., Truong Q. H., Lixandroiu C., Tenea D.-D., Sirodoev I., Ianos I. (2020), Degradation of coastlines under the pressure of urbanization and tourism: Evidence on the change of land systems from Europe, Asia and Africa, Land 9(8): 275 Petrisor A.-I. (2016), Evolving strategies of the predatory journals, Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science 21(1): 1-17 Petrisor A.-I., Ianos I., Iurea D., Vaidianu M.-N. (2012), Applications of Principal Component Analysis integrated with GIS, Procedia Environmental Sciences 14: 247-256 Petrisor A.-I. (2010), The Theory and Practice of Urban and Spatial Planning in Romania: Education, Laws, Actors, Procedures, Documents, Plans, and Spatial Organization. A Multiscale Analysis, Serbian Architectural Journal 2(2): 139-154 Petrisor A.-I., Ianos I., Talanga C. (2010), Land cover and use changes focused on the urbanization processes in Romania, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 9(6): 765-771