Emil Constantinescu
President of Romania
1996-2000;
Rector of the University of
Bucharest 1992-1996
Academic Profile
EDUCATION
- Diploma in Legal
Sciences, Faculty of Law, Bucharest University, 1960
- Diploma in
Geology, Faculty of Geology and Geography, Bucharest University, 1966
- Doctor in
Geology, Bucharest University; Doctor ès Sciences, Duke University, USA
PROFESSIONAL
CAREER
- Honorary
President, Bucharest University Senate, since 1996
- Rector
(President), Bucharest University, 1992 – 1996
- Chairman,
National Council of Universities Rectors, 1992 – 1996
- Vice-Rector
(Vice-President), Bucharest University, 1990 – 1992
- Professor of
Mineralogy and Crystallography, Faculty of Geology, Bucharest University,
since 1991
- Visiting
Professor, Natural Sciences Department, Duke University, North Carolina
USA, 1991 – 1992
- University
assistant, lecturer for the courses on: Crystallography, Mineralogy,
Petrography and Physical Methods of Minerals Analysis, Bucharest
University, 1966 - 1990
- Junior judge,
District Court, Pitesti, 1960 - 1961
RESEARCH
ACTIVITIES
- Head of the
Thermal Analysis Laboratory, Faculty of Geology, Bucharest University,
1970 – 1982
- Head of X-Ray
Diffraction Laboratory, Faculty of Geology, Bucharest University, 1980 –
1987
- Scientific
Counselor, Geological and Geophysical Exploration Company, Bucharest, 1987
– 1990
PERSONAL
CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF GEOLOGY. SELECTION
- Nine rare
minerals, so far unknown in Romania – Identified and fully described:
clintonite, idaite, siegenite, kalsilite, crandalite, kobellite, scorodite,
coloradoite
- A new hypothesis
on the metasomatic origin of micrographic intergrowths
- Model of skarn
mineralogenesis under recurrent variations of CO2 pressure
- Genetic models of
manganese minerals association and of RE and uranium minerals association
in metamorphic formations
- Identification
and description of alpine veins on the territory of Romania
- Fractal features
of dendrites
- First
Crystallographic Atlas of Romania
- Scientific
collection MINERALS OF ROMANIA, Bucharest University: samples, crystals,
thin sections, polished sections
- Project for a new
Faculty of Geology and Geography, University of Algiers, Algeria,
co-author, 1980
LECTURES IN
UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES
- Oxford, Cambridge
Universities; British Geological Survey, Nottingham – Great Britain
- Berkeley,
Stanford, Georgetown, Washington D.C.; Columbia, New York Universities;
Indiana University, Bloomington; South California University, Los Angeles
- Tübingen, Ausburg,
Munchen, Karlsruhe Univerisities, Germany; Harvard, Royal Geological
Society; "National Geographic" Society, Washington, USA,
-
Sorbonne University, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris
- Turku University;
Geological Survey of Finland, Helsinki - Finland
- Caroline
University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Patras
University, Athens Polytechnic University, Kapodistrian University,
Athens, Greece
- Institute of
Mineralogy, Guyang; Geological Institute of the Chinese Academy, Beijing;
Beijing University, China
- Rio de Janeiro
University, Sao Paolo University, Brasil
- Sydney
University, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- National
University, Cairo; Alexandria University, Cairo American University,
Library of Alexandria, Egypt
- Geology and
Mining Institute, Zagreb, Maribor University, Croatia
- Warsaw and Krakow
Universities, East-European Institute, Lublin, Poland
- Nobel Institute,
Oslo, Norway
- Amsterdam and
Maastricht Universities, Holland
ELECTED MEMBER
AND HONORARY MEMBER OF ACADEMIC FORA
- Member, World
Academy of Art and Science, San Francisco, 2007
- "National
Geographic" Society, USA, since 1998
- Mineralogical
Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, since 1996
- Society for
Geologic Resources, Japan, since 1996
- Geography
Society, France, since 1996
- Geological
Society of Greece, since 1995
- International
Association of University Presidents (IAUP), 1994-1996
- German
Mineralogists Society, since 1993
- Steering
Committee of the European Universities Associations (CRE), 1992-1993,
reelected 1994-1998
- Mineralogical
Society of America, since 1992
- British
Geological Society, since 1991
- National
Committee of Romanian Geologists, since 1991
- National Council
for the accreditation of university professors and doctors in science,
Romania, 1990-1996
- Editorial Board,
Geological Review of the Romanian Academy, since 1988
- Romanian
Geological Society, General Secretary, 1987-1990, 1990-1993
FOUNDING MEMBER
OF SOME CIVIC FORA
- Founding
President of the Romanian Academic Forum, Bucharest, 2008
- Founding member
of the Council of Presidents, Tallinn, 2008
- Founding member
of the Advisors on Cuban Transition (ACT), Budapest, 2008
- Co-president of
the Institute for Italy-Romania Relationships (ITRO), Rome, 2008
- Honorary
President of the World Justice Project, Prague/Vienna, 2007
- Member of the
International Board of the International Center for Democratic Transition
(ICDT), Budapest, 2007
- Member, Belarus
Task Force, Vilnius/Warsaw, 2007
- Founding
President, European Generation Foundation, Bucharest, 2006
- Member, High
Council of the International Organization of Francophony, Paris, 2004
- Member of the
Board of Directors, East West Institute, New York, 2001- 2008
- President of the
International Committee for monitorising the parliamentary (2001) and
presidential (2007) elections in Senegal, Dakar
- Founding
President of the Citizen Education Association, Bucharest, 2001
- Founding
President of the Institute for Regional Cooperation and Conflicts
Prevention, Bucharest, 2001
- Founding member
of the Balkan Political Club, Sofia, 2001
- Founding
President of the Romanian Foundation for Democracy, Bucharest, 1992
- President of the
Civic Academy, Bucharest, 1991-1992
- Spokesman of the
University Solidarity, Bucharest, 1990-1992
CHAIRMAN, KEY
SPEAKER, INVITED SPEAKER at INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC EVENTS
- International
Berlin Gathering - Myths, Beliefs and Politics in the Balkans,
Berlin, July 2009
- Congress of the
Romanian-American Academy - Uncertainty, a Permanent Challenge for the
Modern Culture and Science, Sibiu, June 2009
- UNESCO-CEPES
International Conference - A Higher Education for a Democratic Society
in the 21st Century, Bucharest, May 2009
- Freedom Forum -
The Pedagogy of Suffering and the Lesson of Freedom, Oslo, May 2009
- East West
Institute Board Meeting – The World Financial Crisis. A Historical
Chance for a New Political Project, New York, October 2008
- World Justice
Forum International Conference – Rule of Law - a Fundamental Choice for
Man and Nations, Vienna, July 2008
- Annual Conference
of History of Religions – The Presence of the Islam in Europe,
Bucharest, May 2008
- Conference of the
Strategic International Relationship Institute (IRIS) - Francophony and
Francophily – between Communication Tool and Way of Life, Paris, May
2008.
- "Europe -
Ukraine" Forum , Ukraine – European Union Relationship. Hopes and
Challenges, Kiev, February 2008
- Global Forum of
New Democracies, Taipei - Opening speech, January 2008
- International
Conference The Changing Role of Women in a Changing World -
Budapest, November 2007
- International
Conference of the Balkan Political Club - Responsibilities towards the
Future Generations - Sofia, October 2007
- World Justice
Project - Rule of Law as A Way of Life, Prague, July 2007
- Eurasian Economic
Summit - Cooperation Opportunities in Eurasia: from the Vicious Circle
of Underdevelopment to the Virtuous Circle of Sustainability,
Istanbul, May 2007
- Forum for
Democracy and Free Trade – From Aladdin’s Lamp to a Modus Vivendi in
the Globalized World, Doha, Qatar, April 2007
- East West
Institute, the Conference Crisis Management – a Success in Romania,
Istanbul, December 2006
- Conference „The
First Two Years of the New European Union Members” – Europe of the 27
and the Future Challenges, Budapest - December 2006
- Balkan Political
Club - PECO and the Francophony in the Globalized World. The Success
Era: the Education, Sofia - September 2006
- Institute for
Peace Studies in Alexandria - February 2006
- Hungarian Civic
Foundation – Future of the Civic Popular Alternative in Central Europe,
Budapest - June 2005
- Vienna Economic
Forum – The Infrastructure Construction in South Eastern Europe: from
the Vicious Circle of Underdevelopment to the Virtuous Circle of
Sustainability, Bucharest, June 2005
- World Energy
Congress – Sustainability. Living in One World, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, 2001
- Conference of the
International Association of Universities Presidents – The University
of the 21st Century. Towards a New Ethics of Responsibility, Brussels,
Belgium, 1999
- Symposium on
Cultural Values and Human Progress – The Borders of civilizations:
Clash or Dialogue, Harvard University, USA, 1999
- European
Universities Association Conference – University Politics for Europe,
Budapest, Hungary, 1994
- European
Conference – Perspectives of Higher Education Reform in Central and
Eastern Europe, Menaggio, Italy, 1993
- European
Community Conference – The European Community and the Balkans,
Corfu, Greece, 1993
- European
Conference – The Universities in the Service of Students Development,
Barcelona, Spain, 1993
- Transatlantic
Conference of American and European Rectors (ACE/CRE) – New Demands,
Enduring Values: The Challenge of Human Resources, Williamsburg, USA,
1993
- Conference
AUPELF-UREF – Days of Reflection upon the Francophone Channels,
Paris, France, 1992
- International
Symposium on International Policies and Strategies, München,
Germany, 1992
- International
Conference Geological Research in Eastern European Countries,
London, United Kingdom, 1991
- European
Conference on Technology – Integration of Technology Assessment and
Humanities in Engineering Education, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1991
- UNESCO Conference
on The Blue Danube Ecological Programme, Vienna, Austria, 1990
- Balkan Rectors’
Conference on University Education and Research Interaction,
Istanbul, Turkey, 1990
- International
Symposium on Gold Geology, Shenyang, China, 1989
- International
Symposium on Genesis of Minerals, Heidelberg, Germany, 1983
- 13th Congress of
the International Association of Mineralogy, Varna, Bulgaria, 1982
- Conference of the
International Association of Mineralogy, Orléans, France, 1980
- International
Congress of Geology, Paris, France, 1980
SCIENTIFIC
PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO THE GEOLOGY SCIENCES
Books
- Mineralogy in the
System of Earth Sciences, London, Imperial College Press, 1999, 384 p.
- Mineral Genesis
of Skarns of Sasca Montana, in Romanian, Bucharest, Romanian Academy
Press, 1980, 170 p
- Determination of
Opaque and Transparent Minerals, in Romanian, Bucharest University Press,
1979, 183 p.
- Mineralogy.
Treatise, in Romanian, Bucharest, Didactica Press, 1979, 927 p.,
co-authors Ianovici V., Stiopol V.
- Principles of
Classification and Systematization of Minerals, in Romanian, Bucharest
University Press, 1979, 120 p., co-author Stiopol V.
- Rare Ores, in
Romanian, Bucharest, Publishing House Grand, 1999, 316 p., co-author Matei
L.
- Determinative
Mineralogy, in Romanian, Bucharest University Press, 1996, 550 p.,
co-author Matei L.
- Physical
Properties and Chemistry of Minerals, in Romanian, Bucharest University
Press, 1983, 223 p., co-authors Ianovici V., Stiopol V.
- Methods of
Physical Analysis of Minerals and Rocks, in Romanian, Bucharest University
Press, 1986, co-authors Matei L., Cioran A., Crăciun C.
- Crystallography –
Mineralogy, in Romanian, Bucharest University Press, 1990, co-authors
Fabian C., Ştefan L.
- Mining Engineer's
Textbook, Chapter on Crystallography and Mineralogy, Technical Publishing
House, Bucharest, 1984
Scientific Papers
published in periodicals. Selection
- Metasomatic
Origin of Some Intergrowths, American Mineralogist, Vol. 57, No. 5-6,
pp. 932-940, 1972, co-author Şeclăman M.
-
Tectonostructural Position of Foidic Rocks in the Romanian Carpathians,
Révue Roumaine, Série de Géologie, Tome 27, p. 13, Romanian Academy Press,
1982, co-author: Anastasiu N.
- Some Features
of Ore Fabric, Ore Genesis, The State of the Art, pp. 784-793,
Springler Verlag, Heidelberg, London, New York, 1982, co-author Udubaşa Gh.
-
Particularités cristallographiques, optiques et
chimico-structurals de l'adulaire cantonnée dans les filons alpins de
Roumanie; Contributions au "problème de l'adulaire",
Travaux du 12-ème Congres de l'Assoc. Geol.
Carpatho-Balcanique, An. Inst. Geol. Geofiz. LXII, pp. 9-18, 1983,
co-author Săbău G.
- Mineralogy of
Alpine Veins from the Romanian Carpathians, An Inst. Geol. Geofiz.
LXIV, Special Issue, The 27th International Congress on Geology, pp.
33-43, Moscow, 1984, co-author Săbău G.
- Isomorphism
and Chemical Peculiarities of Some Ludwigites and Szaibelytes from Romania,
Proceedings of International Geological Congress, Kyoto, 1992, co-author
Marincea Şt.
- About Fractal
Features of Iron and Manganese Hydroxides Dendrites, Abs. of 30th
International Geol. Congress, Beijing, China, p. 490, Beijing, 1996,
co-authors Pălăşeanu E., Milutinovici S., Caracaş R.
- Pyrophylite in
Anchimetamorphic Schists of the Parâng Mountains, Southern Carpathians,
Romania; Petrogenetic Significance, Crystal Chemistry of Minerals,
Schweizerb. Verlagbuchhandlung Stuttgart-New York, 1987, co-author Popescu
Gh.
- Gold
Mineralogy in Romania, Proceedings of the International Symposium on
Gold Geology, Publishing House of North University Schenyang, China, 1989.
- First
Occurrence of Coloradoite in Romania, Révue Roumaine, Série des
Géologie, Tome 36, pp. 33-34, Bucharest, 1992, co-author Popescu Gh.
- Bi-Mineral
Assemblages in Copper Ore Deposits in South-Western Banat, Romania,
Abs. suppl. no.1 to Terra Nova 5, p. 443, Strasbourg, 1993, co-author
Şimon Gr.
- The Alkaline
Massif of Ditrau, a Petrogenetical Retrospective View, Bucharest
University magazine, Geology, XLIII, Bucharest, 1994, co-author Anastasiu
N.
- Plagioclase
Feldspats in the Banatites from Maidan-Oravita, Romania, Bucharest
University magazine, Geology, XLIII, Bucharest, 1994, co-author Bindea G.
- Measuring
Fractal Dimension of Iron and Manganese Hydroxides Dendrites, Romanian
Journal of Mineralogy, 77, p. 13, Bucharest, 1995, co-authors Pălăşeanu
E., Milutinovici S., Caracaş R.
- Relatively
Unoxidized Vivianite in Limnic Coal from Căpeni, Baraolt Basin,
Romania, Canadian Mineralogist 35, 3, p. 713, Ontario, Canada, 1997,
co-authors Marincea Şt., Ladriere I.
- Alpine
Granitoid Series and Associated Mineralisation in the Carpathian – Balkan
Fold Belt, Journal of Resource Geology, Tokyo, Japan, 1998, co-authors
Berza T., Vlad Ş. N.
- New Data on
Ardealite from the Type Socality (the Dry Cioclovina Cove, Sureonu
Mountains), Romania, Geo 2005-Proceedings, Rosia Montana, co-authors
Dumitros
- 36 geological
reports; 5 geological expertise; 3 geological maps.
PUBLICATIONS IN
THE HUMANISTIC SCIENCES FIELD
Books
- Tetralogy Time of
Tearing Down Time of Building.
Volume I: The Two
Faces of the Wall, Bucharest, Universalia Publishing Houses, 2002, 685 p.
Volume II:
Touchstones, Bucharest, Universalia Publishing Houses, 2002, 900 p.
Volume III: The
World We Live In, Bucharest, Universalia Publishing Houses, 2002, 914 p.
Volume IV: Books of
Change, Bucharest, Universalia Publishing Houses, 2002, 740 p.
- Time of tearing
down, time of building, second edition, revised (English version),
Bucharest, Universalia Publishing Houses, 2005, 479 p.
- Truth about
Romania, Bucharest, Universalia Publishing House, 2004, 598 p.
Contributions in
volumes. Selection
- Risks and
ecological policies in Romania, Nefrit Publishing House, Bucharest,
1994, 150 p.
- Relationship
between democracy and the economy in the post- communist transition,
in Democracy in Asia Its Problems and Prospects, Asia-Pacific Peace Press
Publishing House, Seoul, 1995
- Introductory
study to the book „Il semipresidenzialismo: dall’ archipelago europeo al
dibato italiano”, Torino, Giappichelli Publishing House, 1998
- The 21st
Century University: Towards au Ethies of Responsibility in the book
Touchstones for a Modern Culture Proceedings of XII Trienal Conference of
the International Association of University Presidents, John Nolan
Publishing House, Brussels, 1999
- The
Intellectual Elites in the 21st Century: Between Historical Mission and
the populist draft. The Intellectual Elites Populism: the lost of the
self-esteem, in the book Mobility of Elites in the 20th century
Romania, Paralela 45 Publishing House, Iasi, 2008, co-author
Studies and
papers published in periodicals. Selection
- The Market
Economy and the Citizen’s Trust, Eurasian Economic Summit Magazine
„The Future is Eurasia”, no 12, Marmara Foundation, Istanbul, 2009
- The Balkan
Myth of the Sacrifice of Creation: a Plea for Redeeming Self-Respect,
Changing Balkans Magazine, no. 10, Sofia, February 2009
- Justice
fundamentum regnorum, FAR XXI Magazine, no.2, Bucharest, February 2009
- For a
Francophony in the Service of the Knowledge Society, International and
Strategy Magazine, N°71, Fall 2008
- Romanian
Intellectual Elites facing a new national historical project, FAR XXI
Magazine, No.1, Bucharest, August 2008
- Romania’s
Relations with the Russian Federation: What we have accomplished, What is
Left to Be Done - Foreign Policy, Bucharest, June 2008
- Europe’s
Children, vol. The Future is Eurasia, Marmara Group Strategic and
Social Research, Istanbul, May 2008
- Construction
of infrastructure in South Eastern Europe: from the vicious circle of
underdevelopment to the virtuous circle of sustainability,
International Politics Magazine, no.IX-X/2007
- Europe of the
27 and the Future Challenges - International Politics Magazine,
no.5-6/2006
- New spaces of
international political cooperation for the Francophony in Europe,
Changing Balkans Magazine, no. 9, Sofia, September 2006
- Bosnia and
Herzegovina: Crossing from Dayton’s to Brussels’ Phase and the Role of the
International, Sofia, Changing Balkans Magazine, no. 8/2006
- Southeast
Europe - an Open and Flexible „Collaboration Space”, Sofia, Changing
Balkans Magazine, no.7, June 2005
- Cultural
Diversity and Francophony, Cultural Diversity and Francophony in the
Francophone Space and at the World Level Magazine, Paris, January 19 and
20, 2004
- Regional
Cooperation in Combating Organized Crime, Changing Balkans Magazine,
no. 5/2003
- The Cultural
Potential of the Balkan Countries as a Factor of Development, Changing
Balkans Magazine, no. 4/2003
- South Eastern
Europe with and without Milosevic, International Politics Revue, 2005
- University, a
Place for Pluralism, Revue Universités, vol.2, no 1/1999
- The European
Prospects of the Balkan Countries, Changing Balkans Magazine, no.
3/December 2002
- The Economic
Revival of Southeastern Europe, Changing Balkans Magazine, no. 2/ July
2002
- Regional
Security in the Balkans and the role of the Balkan Political Club,
Changing Balkans Magazine, no.1/March 2002
- The Black Sea
Region: A Great Opportunity for an Economic Development Based on the East-
West Bridge, pag. 21-23, Romanian Journal of International Affairs,
vol. IV, Bucharest, 1998
HONOURS AND
ACADEMIC AWARDS
- Doctor Honoris
Causa conferred by Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France; University
of Liège, Belgium; Polytechnion University, Athens, Greece; University of
Montreal, Canada; New Delhi University, India; University of Beijing,
China; Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey; University „Saint Ivan Rilski”,
Sofia, Bulgaria; University of Maribor, Slovenia; Srinakharinwirst
University, Bangkok, Thailand; Eurasian University, Astana, Kazakhstan;
University “Saint Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Romanian Academy
Award for outstanding scientific contributions in the field of geology,
Bucharest, Romania, 1980
- Palmas Academicas
– Gold Collar, conferred by Brazilian Academy of Letters, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
- Great Gold Medal
conferred by Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Honorary Medal of
the Caroline University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Honorary Medal of
the Sao Paulo University, Brazil
-
Medal Arthur Bertrand, Academie des Sciences, Institut de France, Paris,
France
- Medals conferred
by National Institute of Sciences and Arts, France; Université de Paris –
Sorbonne, France; University of Amsterdam, Netherlands and University of
Szeged, Hungary
ORDERS
- National Order
Romania's Star: Head of the Order 1997-2000
- Legion of Honour,
Great Cross, French Republic
- Saint Michael and
Saint George Order, Great Cross, United Kingdom
- Order of the
Elephant, Denmark
- Saint Olaf Order,
Great Cross, Norway
- White Rose of
Finland, Collar, Republic of Finland
- Order Infante Dom
Henrique, Collar, Portuguese Republic
- Cross of the
South, Collar, Federal Republic of Brazil
- Saviour Order,
Great Cross, Hellenic Republic
- State Decoration,
Republic of Turkey
- Stara Planina
Order, with Ribbon, Republic of Bulgaria
- Aztec Eagle
Order, Collar, United States of Mexico
- Double White
Cross Order, Republic of Slovakia
- King Tomislav
Order, Collar and Great Star, Republic of Croatia
- Sun of Peru,
Great Cross with Brilliants, Republic of Peru
- Independence
Order, Collar, Qatar
- Yaroslav the Wise
Order, 1st Class, Collar, Ukraine
- Order of the
Republic of Moldova
- Saint Andrew
Order, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
- Holy Grave
Knights Order, Collar Degree and Grand Cross
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