Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor

Born in 1975, Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor earned from the University of Bucharest a BS in ecology (1997) and PhD in geography (2011), from the University of South Carolina a MSPH in biostatistics (2000) and PhD in ecology (2004), from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies a certificate degree in project management (2012), and from the Romanian Ministry of Education a Habilitation in urban planning (2014) and highest research rank in biology (2013) & geography (2017). He is Professor and Director of the Doctoral School of Urban Planning at Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest, Romania, and associated Professor at the Technical University of Moldova (Chişinău, Moldova). His work in over 60 research grants resulted into over 600 publications (including over 270 journal articles, 50 books and chapters, and 50 conference proceedings in conferences) and 450 presentations, lectures & courses (including over 250 oral presentations and 75 posters), and parts of 30 urban and spatial plans, recognized internationally by memberships, including Sigma Xi, the Society for Urban Ecology and International Association for Landscape Ecology, and awards in international invention shows, including the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva. He is member of many editorial boards of journals including Land (Clarivate & Scopus), Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis (Clarivate ESCI), Present Environment and Sustainable Development (Clarivate ESCI), and Chief Editor of Urbanism Architecture Constructions (Scopus). His research interests include land cover and use changes and their transitional dynamics, structural & functional organization of man-dominated ecological systems, numerical methods in ecological, biological & geographical research, GIS applications, and predatory publishing. His h index is 14 on the Web of Science, 12 on Scopus, 19 on ResearchGate, and 23 on Google Scholar.