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Senior PhD Researcher | 25+ Years Academic Experience | Web of Science Author | Scientific Manuscript Review & Research

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I am a Senior Researcher (PhD) with more than 25 years of experience in academic research, specializing in land-use change, agricultural systems, environmental geography, and climate-related impacts on land resources. I am currently a principal researcher with an extensive publication record, including multiple articles indexed in Web of Science journals and an H-index of 10. My research focuses on land-use and land-cover dynamics, agricultural sustainability, environmental change, and spatial analysis using GIS and modelling tools. I have authored and co-authored numerous scientific articles and book chapters and have been actively involved in national and international research projects, including European and FP7 initiatives related to climate change, environmental assessment, and territorial planning. I also serve as a peer reviewer for several international scientific journals. Through consulting and collaboration, I can support researchers, institutions, and organizations with manuscript review, literature review, research design, environmental and agricultural research analysis, and scientific consulting.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Farm Management
• ☆ Agricultural Economics
• ☆ Organic Farming
• ☆ Geography & Cartography
• ☆ Human Geography
• ☆ Environmental Science
• ☆ Environmental Policy
• ☆ Ecosystem Management
• ☆ Landscape Ecology
• ☆ Agroecology
• ☆ Demography
• ☆ Land Use Planning
• ☆ Urban Studies
• ☆ Rural Studies
• ☆ Rural Development
• ☆ Sustainable Development
• ☆ Socioeconomics

Services

• Writing
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing

Consulting Manufacturing Consulting

Data & AI Data Mining

Work Experience

Senior Researcher

Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy

December 2000 - Present

Romanian Academy

December 2000 - Present

Education

PhD in Earth Sciences

Romanian Academy

October 2001 - October 2008

PhD (Institute of Geography)

Romanian Academy

October 2001 - October 2008

MSc (Faculty of Geography, Geomorphology and Environmental Protection)

University of Bucharest

October 1999 - June 2000

MSc

University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography

October 1995 - June 2000

BSc (Faculty of Geography, Geography, Geomorphology-Pedology, Environmental protection)

University of Bucharest

October 1995 - June 1999

Certifications

• Monitoring Land Use

  Wekeo by Copernicus

  February 2024 - Present

• Spatial Data Science: The New Frontier in Analytics

  ESRI

  April 2020 - Present

• Exploring ENVI

  ESRI Romania

  July 2010 - Present

• GEPIC worshop

  Universite De Geneve

  May 2010 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Popovici, E.-A., Damian, N., Grigorescu, I., Persu, M.(2022). Indicator-based analysis of organic farming in Romania. Regional spatial patterns . International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 20. (5). p. 874-891.

Kucsicsa, G., Popovici, E.-A., Bălteanu, D.(2022). LAND-USE/COVER PATTERN SCENARIOS IN ROMANIA MODELLED FOR 2075 . Romanian Journal of Geography. 66. (2). p. 99-115.

Grigorescu, I., Popovici, E.-A., Damian, N., Dumitraşcu, M., Sima, M., Mitrică, B., Mocanu, I.(2022). The resilience of sub-urban small farming in Bucharest Metropolitan Area in response to the COVID-19 pandemic . Land Use Policy. 122.

Grigorescu, I., Kucsicsa, G., Popovici, E.-A., Mitrică, B., Mocanu, I., Dumitraşcu, M.(2021). Modelling land use/cover change to assess future urban sprawl in Romania . Geocarto International. 36. (7). p. 721-739.

(2020). Assessing the Potential Future Forest-Cover Change in Romania, Predicted Using a Scenario-Based Modelling. Environmental Modeling & Assessment.

(2020). Estimation of Future Changes in Aboveground Forest Carbon Stock in Romania. A Prediction Based on Forest-Cover Pattern Scenario. Forests.

Kucsicsa, G., Popovici, E.-A., Bălteanu, D., Dumitraşcu, M., Grigorescu, I., Mitrică, B.(2020). Assessing the Potential Future Forest-Cover Change in Romania, Predicted Using a Scenario-Based Modelling . Environmental Modeling and Assessment. 25. (4). p. 471-491.

Dumitraşcu, M., Kucsicsa, G., Dumitrică, C., Popovici, E.-A., Vrînceanu, A., Mitrică, B., Mocanu, I., Şerban, P.-R.(2020). Estimation of future changes in aboveground forest carbon stock in Romania. A prediction based on forest-cover pattern scenario . Forests. 11. (9).

(2019). Modelling land use/cover change to assess future urban sprawl in Romania. Geocarto International.

Gheorghe Kucsicsa, Elena-Ana Popovici, Dan Bălteanu, Ines Grigorescu, Monica Dumitraşcu, Bianca Mitrică(2019). Future land use/cover changes in Romania: regional simulations based on CLUE-S model and CORINE land cover database . Landscape and Ecological Engineering. 15. (1). p. 75--90. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Kucsicsa, G., Popovici, E.-A., Bălteanu, D., Grigorescu, I., Dumitraşcu, M., Mitrică, B.(2019). Future land use/cover changes in Romania: regional simulations based on CLUE-S model and CORINE land cover database . Landscape and Ecological Engineering. 15. (1). p. 75-90.

(2018). PAST AND FUTURE LAND USE/COVER FLOWS RELATED TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN ROMANIA. AN ASSESSMENT USING CLUE-S MODEL AND CORINE LAND COVER DATABASE. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

(2018). Regional disparities related to socio-economic determinants of agriculture in the Romanian plain. Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis.

(2018). Land concentration and land grabbing: Implications for the socio-economic development of rural communities in south-eastern Romania. Outlook on Agriculture.

(2018). Farming practices and policies in shaping the organic agriculture in Romania. A showcase of southern Romania. Romanian Agricultural Research.

Elena-Ana Popovici, Ines Grigorescu, Bianca Mitrică, Irena Mocanu, Monica Dumitrașcu (2018). Farming Practices and Policies in Shaping the Organic Agriculture in Romania. A Showcase of Southern Romania . Romanian Agricultural Research.

Popovici, E.-A., Grigorescu, I., Mitrică, B., Mocanu, I., Dumitraşcu, M.(2018). Farming practices and policies in shaping the organic agriculture in Romania. A showcase of southern Romania . Romanian Agricultural Research. 2018. (35). p. 163-175.

Popovici, E.-A., Mitrică, B., Mocanu, I.(2018). Land concentration and land grabbing: Implications for the socio-economic development of rural communities in south-eastern Romania . Outlook on Agriculture.

Popovici, E.-A., Kucsicsa, G., Balteanu, D., Grigorescu, I., Mitrica, B., Dumitrascu, M., Damian, N.(2018). Past And Future Land Use/Cover Flows Related To Agricultural Lands In Romania. An Assessment Using Clue-S Model And Corine Land Cover Database . Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences. 13. (2). p. 613-628.

(2018). REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN THE URBAN SPRAWL PHENOMENON IN ROMANIA USING CORINE LAND COVER DATABASE. Rev. Roum. Géogr./Rom. Journ. Geogr.

Grigorescu, I., Kucsicsa, G., Popovici, E.-A., Mitrică, B., Dumitraşcu, M., Mocanu, I.(2018). Regional disparities in the urban sprawl phenomenon in Romania using corine land cover database . Romanian Journal of Geography. 62. (2). p. 169-184.

Mocanu, I., Grigorescu, I., Mitrică, B., Popovici, E.-A., Dumitrașcu, M.(2018). Regional disparities related to socio-economic determinants of agriculture in the Romanian plain . Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis. 10. (1). p. 79-99.

Micu, D., Popovici, E.-A., Havriş, L.-E., Dragotă, C.-S.(2017). Heat stress-crop yields interactions under summer warming trends: Insights for the southern cropping lowlands of Romania . Romanian Journal of Geography. 61. (2). p. 169-192.

Mitrică, B., Mateescu, E., Dragotă, C.-S., Grigorescu, I., Dumitraşcu, M., Popovici, E.-A.(2015). Climate change impacts on agricultural crops in the timiŞ plain (Romania) . Romanian Agricultural Research. (32).

(2013). Assessment of changes in land-use and land-cover pattern in Romania using CORINE Land Cover database. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Grigorescu, I., Mitricǎ, B., Kucsicsa, G., Popovici, E.-A., Dumitraşcu, M., Cuculici, R.(2012). Post-communist land use changes related to urban sprawl in the Romanian metropolitan areas . Human Geographies. 6. (1). p. 35-46.

(2010). LAND USE CHANGES AND LAND DEGRADATION IN POST-SOCIALIST ROMANIA. Rev. Roum. Géogr./Rom. Journ. Geogr.

BOOK

Grigorescu, I., Popovici, E.-A., Mocanu, I., Sima, M., Dumitrașcu, M., Damian, N., Mitrică, B., Dumitrică, C.(2022). Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture as a Nature-Based Solution to Support Food Supply, Health and Well-Being in Bucharest Metropolitan Area During the COVID-19 Pandemic . Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. 242 LNCE. p. 29-37.

CONFERENCE PAPER

(2020). SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES IN METROPOLITAN FARMING: FROM MULTI-FUNCTIONALITY TO ORGANIC. A SHOWCASE OF BUCHAREST METROPOLITAN AREA. GEOLINKS 2020.

BOOK CHAPTER

(2016). Land use/cover changes along the Romanian Danube Valley. Land Use/Cover Changes in Selected Regions in the World.

(2016). Utilizarea terenurilor si dezvoltarea actuala a agriculturii. Romania. Natura si Societate, Ediția a II a.

(2003). LAND TENURE AND LAND RELATIONS IN ROMANIA. International Encyclopedia of Land Tenure and Land Relations in the World.