Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor, PhD (Ecology), PhD (Geography), Habil. (Urban Planning) Associate Professor, Doctoral Advisor and Director of the Doctoral School of Urban Planning, "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urban Planning, Bucharest, Romania 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), "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urban Planning, Bucharest, Romania 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 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 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 the coastlines under the pressure of urbanization: evidence from Europe and Africa, Land 9(8):275 Petrisor A.-I., Sirodoev I., Ianos I. (2020), Trends in the national and regional transitional dynamics of land cover and use changes in Romania, Remote Sensing 12(2):230 Petrisor A.-I. (2019), The use and misuse of statistics in research: theory and practice, Revista Română de Statistică 67(2):59-70 Petrisor A.-I., Tirziman E. (2019), Communism and environmentalism: documenting environmental conflicts induced by changing political regimes, Problemy ekorozwoju - Problems of sustainable development 14(1): 175-184 Petrisor A.-I. (2018), Predatory Publishers using Spamming Strategies for Call for Papers and Review Requests: A Case Study, DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 38(3):199-207