Dr. Gabriela Ioana-Toroimac has a PhD in Geography at the University of Lille & the University of Bucharest. She is currently a lecturer at the Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest. She works in physical geography and studies rivers based on old maps, aerial photos, and satellite imagery in GIS. She tries to understand a river’s behavior in terms of channel dynamics, water, and sediment variability. Her overall objective is to set priorities for river restoration.
Dr. Gabriela Adina Moroșanu has a PhD in Hydrology at the University Grenoble Alpes & the University of Bucharest. She is a research assistant at the Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy and also a collaborating teaching assistant at the Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest. She has experience in watershed hydrology, sediment fingerprinting and hydro-sedimentary dynamics.
Master student
Ionuț-Andrei Șandor has a Bachelor Degree in Geography (Hydrology-Meteorology program). He is a master student in Geography – Master of Climatology and Water Resources at University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography. Ionuț likes fieldwork, meeting new people and biking and he wants to find our more about scientific research.
Dr. Dana Maria Constantin has a PhD. in Geography at University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography. She is a lecturer at Department of Meteorology and Hydrology. In the past she managed the school network of National Geographic Magazine, Romanian Edition. At present she leads the Climatology and Environmental Air Protection Scientific Students Circle. Her research focus is the area of Geography, Climatology, Meteorology, Environmental Economics and Environmental Education. Dana is the author of four books, eleven book-chapters and over a hundred articles. She has participated in numerous national and international conferences and research projects.
Dr. Cătălina Stoica holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology, Department of Systemic Ecology and Sustainability. She currently works as a freshwater ecologist within the Bioassay-Biological Analysis Laboratory of NRDI ECOIND. Her research activity focuses on freshwater ecology, water resources management as well as ecology and taxonomy of benthic invertebrates. She is actively involved in topics related to ecological status assessment of freshwater systems, the impact of various chemicals on microorganisms, and genotoxicity. Recently, her target is to learn molecular biology techniques to evaluate the biological diversity through metagenomics and metabarcoding methods.
Training during the project
Metode si tehnici de vizualizare a datelor si de analiza a textului în R (Ggplot2 Graphics, Text mining, World Cloud & Sentiment Analysis) organized by University of Bucharest, online, 21-22 March 2024 (Dana Maria Constantin)
Apele noastre – refacerea conectivității longitudinale a râurilor din România, organized by Fauna & Flora NGO, Romania Programme, 8 November 2023 (Gabriela Ioana-Toroimac)
Cartarea domeniilor științifice folosind citespace și analiza diversității semantice a termenilor teoretici cheie organizat de Universitatea din București, online, 18 October – 8 November 2023 (Gabriela Adina Moroșanu)
Advanced Hydromorphology for River Restoration, Level III (online), organized by the River Restoration Centre, September–October 2023, online (Gabriela Adina Moroșanu)
Tabăra ecologică / Ecological camp FISH for LIFE, pe râul Gilort / Gilort River, 28-30 August 2023 (Gabriela Adina Moroșanu)
WCPA restoration (and rewilding) meeting, organized by the World Commission for Protected Areas, 4-5 May 2023 & online 22 August 2023 (Cătălina Stoica, Gabriela Ioana-Toroimac)
Putting Ecology into River Restoration: An Introduction organized by the River Restoration Center, online, 12 July 2023 (Gabriela Adina Moroșanu, Cătălina Stoica)
Developing a Catchment-wide River restoration plan, organized by the River Restoration Center, online, 21 June 2023 (Gabriela Adina Moroșanu)
Analiza datelor cu R, organized by University of Bucharest, online, 14-15 June 2023 (Dana Maria Constantin)
Teste statistice cu aplicații în R, organized by University of Bucharest, online, 6-7 June 2023 (Dana Maria Constantin)
Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration of Riverscapes, organized by University of Lyon, online, 25 May 2023 (Gabriela Ioana-Toroimac)
River Habitat Survey in Werington, UK, organized by the River Restoration Center, 21-24 March 2023 (Gabriela Adina Moroșanu)
Analiza de regresie cu aplicații în R [in Romanian], organized by University of Bucharest, online, 7, 10 and 12 October 2022 (Dana Maria Constantin)