Centre Director
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics
A meteorologist and climatologist specialising in severe storms and extreme weather in Romania and Europe. He combines historical records with modern observations to understand weather risks, and communicates climate and weather science to wider audiences.
High-Level Mentor
Head of Paleoclimate Dynamics, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
His research combines Earth system modelling with evidence from past climates to understand ocean circulation and abrupt climate change. He investigates transitions out of ice ages and what they reveal about the climate system’s response to future warming.
Six researchers from abroad advise on the Centre’s strategy, research agenda, and results.
Universidade da Coruña, Spain
His research explores the relationship between people and their environment, focusing on sustainable behaviour and the social dimensions of climate change and the energy transition.
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Her research uses isotope geochemistry to trace the origins and movement of metals in the environment. She investigates pollution, reconstructs past environmental conditions, and explores how natural processes and human activities leave chemical signatures in sediments, dust, and ice.
Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
Her research explores droughts, heatwaves, and other climate extremes by combining modern observations with evidence from past climates. She investigates the mechanisms behind these events and their long-term variability to improve understanding and prediction of climate risks.
University of Manchester, United Kingdom
His research explores how cyclones, weather fronts, and severe storms develop, with a focus on improving forecasts and understanding their impacts on society. His work also spans scientific communication and education, helping researchers explain their findings clearly.
The University of Texas at Austin, United States
His research explores everyday life, cultural interactions, and environmental change in ancient societies, including through archaeological fieldwork at Histria, Romania. He investigates how past communities responded to major disruptions and what their experiences can teach us about resilience today.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, GEODE laboratory, Toulouse, France
His research combines archaeology and environmental sciences to explore long-term interactions between societies, climate, and landscapes. His work in Romania, particularly in the Danube Delta, investigates how prehistoric communities shaped their surroundings and responded to environmental change.
WP2 coordinator
UB, Faculty of Geology and Geophysics
His research combines field geology and isotope geochemistry to understand how continents and mountain ranges evolve. His group has helped explain how the deep roots of magmatic arcs detach and sink into the mantle, and why mountain-building regions experience recurring pulses of magmatic activity. He has developed isotope laboratories in Arizona and Bucharest and authored over 230 peer-reviewed papers, with more than 16,000 citations and a Google Scholar h-index of 71. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and a member of the Romanian Academy.
WP3 coordinator
UB, Faculty of History
Specialist in funerary archaeology and human osteology, also at the “Francisc J. Rainer” Institute of Anthropology. Three books and 68 peer-reviewed articles on prehistoric and medieval cemeteries. He established a genetics laboratory and a bioarchaeology teaching partnership with Utica College, USA. His book on a Bronze Age settlement in southern Romania received a Romanian Academy award.
WP4 coordinator
UB, Faculty of Physics
Professor at the Faculty of Physics and associated member of the Paleoclimate Dynamics group at the Alfred Wegener Institute. He works on climate variability from interannual to millennial timescales, AMOC dynamics, and early warning signals for tipping components. 46 papers in journals including Science, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, and Geophysical Research Letters. Former Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, director of the Interdisciplinary School of Doctoral Studies at UB.
WP5 coordinator
UB, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences
His research explores the links between health, behaviour, and the environment, including stress and psychological resilience. A clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, he combines research with clinical practice to understand how people cope with illness and demanding life circumstances.
Institutional representative P1
IFIN-HH
Head of the Applied Nuclear Physics Department, involved in commissioning the 3 MV Tandetron at IFIN-HH. He leads the core project Ion Beams Applications for Science, Education and Technology with a team of 60 researchers.
Institutional representative P2
IAVP
Senior researcher in archaeozoology and bioarchaeology, with syntheses on animal palaeoeconomy of communities between 6200 and 3500 cal BC. Published in Radiocarbon, Nature, and the European Journal of Archaeology. 15 international and 15 national projects.
Institutional representative P3
INCDFP
Head of the Applied Geophysics, Prevention and Education Department. Seismic instrumentation, geophysical data processing, and GIS. Geoscience Field Officer for Romania appointed by the European Geosciences Union, and main organiser of seven editions of the Măgurele Summer School of Science and Technology.
Institutional representative P4
UBB
Associate professor and Dean of the Faculty of Geography, specialising in geoinformatics, WebGIS, and GIS modelling of natural and socio-economic processes. Co-author of the Atlas of urban marginalised areas from Romania.
Institutional representative P5
ARFCN
Manager of ARFCN and senior researcher in literary and philological methodology. Team leader for the Chronological Dictionary of the Romanian Novel and contributor to The Encyclopaedia of Romanian Imaginaries.
Group leader
UB, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
170 papers, 2 books, 8 book chapters, on computational historical linguistics, language similarity, and authorship identification. Founder of the Human Language Technologies Research Center and of the Natural Language Processing master’s programme at UB.
Group leader
UB, Faculty of Geography
His research combines geomorphology, geoarchaeology, and the reconstruction of past environments to understand how landscapes evolve. With a particular focus on the Danube Delta and the Black Sea coast, he investigates how climate, sea-level changes, and human activities shape coastal environments and influence human settlements.
Group leader
UB, Faculty of Letters
His research explores ethnology, folklore, and the ways cultural traditions are represented and transformed in contemporary society. He examines how digital media reshape the transmission of cultural heritage, including traditional crafts and practices.
Six partners, nine disciplines.
Coordinator (UB)
Research teams from the Faculties of Physics, Geology and Geophysics, History, Mathematics and Computer Science, Psychology and Education Sciences, and Letters.
Partner 1 (IFIN-HH)
Applied Nuclear Physics, Life and Environmental Sciences, and Nuclear Physics departments. Radiocarbon dating, accelerator mass spectrometry, ion beam analysis, X-ray computed tomography.
Partner 2 (IAVP)
Bioarchaeology department with its Anthropology, Zooarchaeology, and Palaeovegetation laboratories.
Partner 3 (INCDFP)
Applied Geophysics, Prevention and Education Laboratory (GeoEduLab). Diachronic spatial mapping of social-ecological systems, geophysical and unmanned aerial vehicle survey.
Partner 4 (UBB)
Geography, urban planning, psychology, informatics. High-resolution numerical modelling and pro-environmental behaviour change studies.
Partner 5 (ARFCN)
“Sextil Pușcariu” Institute of Linguistics and Literary History and “George Barițiu” Institute of History. Eco-linguistics and historical analysis.
