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\"DAN-ALEXANDRU<\/a>DAN-ALEXANDRU GRIGORESCU<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor Emeritus University of Bucharest
\nDirector Romanian Tempus Office (1991-2000)
\nDirector National Agency Socrates \u00a0(2000-2003)
\nExpert European Commission for the Higher Education and Research project assessment (2004-2015)
\nExpert UNESCO\u00a0 for\u00a0 Global Geoparksvalidation and revalidation (2009-2017)
\nFounder of the Hateg County Dinosaur Geopark \u2013HCDG\u00a0 (2004), member of the UNESCO Global Network.Director of HCDG (2004-2013). Honorary President of HCDG (since 2013)
\nHonorary President of the European Association of Vertebrate Paleontology- EAVP(since 2003)<\/p>\n

Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

Baccalaureate Lyceum Ion Neculce, 1957
\nMSc. Geology - University of Bucharest, 1964, valedictorian
\nDr. in Geology, University of Bucharest,1971<\/p>\n

Academic career<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Preparator (1964 \u2013 66), Assistant (1966-71), Lecturer (1971-1990), Reader (1990-92) , Professor (since 1992 )<\/p>\n

Professor Emeritus (since 2011)<\/p>\n

Ph D guide in Geology (since 1994)<\/p>\n

Visiting professor<\/strong>: Punjab University, Chandigarh (India,1973), University of Corvallis-(Oregon, 1975), University of Montpellier (1983), University of Tubingen (1984), University\u00a0 of Bristol (2003), Universities of Graz and Salzburg (2005)<\/p>\n

Scientific publications and participation in scientific meetings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Author\/co-author of 18 books, didactic manuals, dictionaries<\/p>\n

More than 170 papers, short papers abstracts, published inscientific national and international journals Web of Science h index 17 Participation with oral presentations in\u00a0 numerous national (about 70) and international (45) symposia,\u00a0 conferences, congresses<\/p>\n

Several scientific discoveries in the field of Vertebrate paleontology worldwide notorious<\/p>\n

Selected publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scientific articles <\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1970,Petrography of the Glauconitic quartzarenites in the Black SchistsNappe, Revue Roumaqine de Geologie., Acad. RSR, XIV, 2, 205\u2011216<\/li>\n
  2. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1970.Etude microfaciale du Complexe Spherosideritique de la Zonne d\u2019ecailes des Carpates Orientales Roumaines,AnaleleUniv. Buc., Ser.Geol., 183\u2011209<\/li>\n
  3. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Marin I., 1971,Osmeroidesdobrogensis<\/em>\u2011 une nouvelle Elopide fossile du Turonien du Basin de Babadag (Roumanie), Analles de Paleont. des vertebres, Paris, Tom 57, 189\u2011205<\/li>\n
  4. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1972, Etude microlithostratigraphique du Complexe Schisteux de l\u2019Unite de Schistes Noirs, AnaleleUniv. Buc., Ser. , 147\u2011158<\/li>\n
  5. Brustur T., Grigorescu D .,<\/strong> 1973,Une nouvelle espece du genre Paleorhynchus\u2011 P. humorensis<\/em>, dans les dep\u00f6tsoligocenes de la zone de GuraHumorului, Revue Roum., Acad. RSR., XVII, 1, 99\u2011113<\/li>\n
  6. Dutta A.K.,Grigorescu D<\/strong>., 1974, Towards a correlation of the Mammalian fauna of the Siwaliks with their equivalents in South\u2011Eastern Europe, including Crimeea and Caucasus, Recent Researches in Himalayan Geology, New Delhi, 13 4\u2011140<\/li>\n
  7. Chiriac M., Grigorescu D<\/strong>., 1975, Asuprafaunei de Pinipede din depoziteleBasarabiene din Dobrogea de sud, Stud.Cerc. Geol. Acad. RSR, XX, 1, 39\u2011110<\/li>\n
  8. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Anastasiu N. 1976, Constituen\u021biiclasticigrosieriaidepozitelorcretacice din UnitateaSisturilornegre\u2011semnifica\u021biesedimentologic\u0103, Stud. Cerc. Geol., Acad. RSR, XXI, 95\u2011102<\/li>\n
  9. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Verma B.C., 1976, On a Geoclemys<\/em> skull (Chelonia\u2011Emydinae) from the Upper Tatrot (Upper Pliocene) near Masumpur, Haryana, Records of the Geol.Survey of India, 134\u2011140<\/li>\n
  10. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1976, Paratethyan seals, Systematic Zoology, Washington DC, XXV, 4, 407\u2011419<\/li>\n
  11. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, .Kessler E., 1977,The Middle Sarmatian Avian fauna of South Dobrogea, Revue Roum., XXI, 93\u2011108<\/li>\n
  12. Anastasiu N., Grigorescu D<\/strong>., 1977, Authigenic feldspars in the carbonate rocks of the Black Schists Formation, Revue Roum., Acad. RSR, XXI, 71\u201177<\/li>\n
  13. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1978, Paleoecologiafaunei de vertebrate marine dinSarmatianulDobrogei de Sud, Anuarul. St. Nat. Piatra Neamt, IV, 193\u2011202<\/li>\n
  14. Repenning C.A .,Ray C., Grigorescu D<\/strong>., 1979, Pinniped Biogeography, Historical Biogeography, Plate Tectonics and Changing Environment, Oregon State Univ. Press, 337\u2011369<\/li>\n
  15. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Baltres. A., 1981, Iron microsphereules of cosmic origin in the Vraconian\u2011Cenomanian of Eastern Carpathians. Revue Roum. Acad. RSR, 117\u2011121<\/li>\n
  16. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1983, Darvinismulsicaracterulcroniciigeologice, Analele Acad. RSR, Ser. IV, XXXII, 210\u2011216<\/li>\n
  17. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Manoleli D., 1983, Alternative actuale ale teorieidarwiniste, Analele Acad. RSR, Ser. IV, XXXII, 216\u2011222<\/li>\n
  18. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1983, A Stratigraphic, Taphonomic and Paleoecologic approach to a \u201cForgotten Land\u201d: The dinosaur\u2011bearing deposits from the Hateg Basin (Romania), 2nd<\/sup> on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Acta. Paleont.Polonica, XXVIII, 1\u20112, 103\u2011121<\/li>\n
  19. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1984, Paleontology and Evolutionism \u2011 Premises for a closer implication of Paleontology in the Evolutionary Theory, 75years of the Laboratory of Paleontology- Special vol., Tipografia Univ. Buc., 23\u201123<\/li>\n
  20. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1984, New paleontological data on the dinosaur beds from the Hateg Basin, 75 years of the Laboratory of Paleontology \u2013 Special vol.,Tipografia Univ. Buc., 111\u2011118<\/li>\n
  21. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1984,New Tetrapod groups in the Maastrichtian of the Hateg Basin: Coelurosaurians and Multituberculate Mammals, 3rd<\/sup>on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, AttemptoVerlag, Tubingen, 99\u2011104<\/li>\n
  22. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Hartenberger J. L., R\u0103dulescu C., Samson P., Sudre J., 1985, Decouverte de Mammifieres et Dinosaures dans le Cretacesuperieur de Pui (Roumanie), C. R. Acad. des Sci. Paris, 301, ser. II, 19, 1365\u20111368<\/li>\n
  23. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Constantinescu V., Dragomirescu L., 1986, A paleoecologic analysis of the Bassarabian (Middle Sarmatian) vertebrate association from Credinta and Ciobanita (Southern Dobrogea) based on the taphonomic characters processed through methods of numerical taxonomy, Travaux du Museum d\u2019Hist. Nat. \u201eG. Antipa\u201d XXVIII, 257\u2011283<\/li>\n
  24. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1987, Considerations on the age of the \u201ered beds\u201d continental formations in south\u2011western Transylvanian Depression, Eocene\u2011Special vol., Univ. Cluj, 189\u2011196<\/li>\n
  25. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Hann G., 1987,The first multituberculate tooth from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe (Romania), Geologica and Paleontologica, Marburg ,XXI, 237\u2011243<\/li>\n
  26. Grigorescu D<\/strong>., 1987, A Stratigraphic and Paleontologic Synthesis of the Cretaceous continental deposits of Romania, 1st<\/sup>onNonmarine Cretaceous Correlation (UNESCO-IGCP Project 245), Urumqi, Rep. of China, Abstracts vol., 6<\/li>\n
  27. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Kessler E., 1988, New contributions to the knowledge of the Sarmatian birds from Southern Dobrogea in the frame of the Eastern Paratethyan avian fauna, Revue Roum., XXXII, 91\u201197<\/li>\n
  28. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1988, Extinc\u021biilebiologice, Special vol. Evolutie\u0219iadaptareUniv. Cluj, 73\u201187<\/li>\n
  29. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1988, Celmai vechimamiferfosildinRom\u00e2nia, Sarge\u021bia, XX, 543-545<\/li>\n
  30. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1989, De la \u201everigalips\u0103\u201d la ramificatelec\u0103ialeantropogenezei, Terra, 2, 35\u201142<\/li>\n
  31. Grigorescu D<\/strong>. and Norman D., 1990, Earth science conservation in Rom\u00e2nia, Earth science conservation, Nature Conservancy Council - U.K. Edit., 27, 6-8<\/li>\n
  32. Weishampel D., Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Norman D., 1991, The Dinosaurs of Transylvania, National Geographic \u2011 Research and Exploration, Washington DC, 7 (2), 196\u2011215<\/li>\n
  33. Grigorescu D<\/strong>.,Weishampel D. Norman D., Seclaman M., 1990,Dinosaur eggs from Romania, Nature, London, no.346, 417<\/li>\n
  34. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1992, Nonmarine Cretaceous formations of Romania, in Aspects of Nonmarine Cretaceous Geology, Special vol., ICGP Project 245, China Ocean Press, Beijing, 142\u2011164 (Premiul \u201cGrigoreCob\u0103lcescu\u201d al AcademieiRom\u00e2nepentru Geologie-1992)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  35. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1993, The Latest Cretaceous Dinosaur eggs and embryos from the Hateg Basin \u2011 Romania, Revue de Paleobiologie, Geneve, VII, 95\u201199<\/li>\n
  36. Grigorescu D<\/strong>.,1993,The Geo-ecological education and Geological site conservation in Romania, The Malvern International Conference on Geological and Landscape conservation, Great Malvern,UK, Abstracts vol.,98<\/li>\n
  37. Weishampel D., Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1993, Telmatosaurustranssylvanicus<\/em> from the Late Cretaceous of Romania-the most basal hadrosaurid dinosaur, Paleontology, XXXVI, 2, 361-385<\/li>\n
  38. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Weishampel D., Norman D., Seclaman M., Rusu M., Baltres A., Teodorescu V., 1994, Late Maastrichtian dinosaur eggs from the Hateg Basin (Romania), in vol. Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge Univ. Press, 75\u201187<\/li>\n
  39. Grigorescu D<\/strong>.,1994, A brief account on the geological site conservation in Romania: past and future, Memoir. Soc. Geol. de France, Nouv. Ser., no.165, 157\u2011158<\/li>\n
  40. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1994, The geo\u2011ecological education and geological site conservation in Romania, in Geological and Landscape Conservation vol., Geological Society, London, 467\u2011472<\/li>\n
  41. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 1996, Geotope conservation in Romania, Future measure in a regional Carpato\u2011Balkan cooperation, GeologicaBalcanica, 26, no.1, Sofia, 87\u201190<\/li>\n
  42. Benton M. J., Cook E., Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Tallodi E., Popa E., 1997, Dinosaurs and other tetrapods in an Early Cretaceous bauxite\u2011filled fissure, North\u2011Western Romania, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Elsevier, 130, 275 \u2013 292<\/li>\n
  43. Grigorescu D<\/strong>.,1997, Le milieu d\u2019incubation des oeufs de Telmatosaurustranssylvanicus (Dinosauria-Hadrosauridae) du Maastrichtien du Bassin de Hateg \u2013 Roumanie, 2nd<\/sup>European Workshop on VertebratePaleontology, Quillan, Abstracts vol.19<\/li>\n
  44. Csiki Z., Grigorescu D<\/strong>., 1998, Small theropods from the Late Cretaceous of the Hateg Basin (Western Romania) \u2011 an unexpected diversity at the top of the food chain, Oryctos, 1, 87-104<\/li>\n
  45. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Venczel M., Csiki Z., Limberea R., 1999, New latest Cretaceous microvertebrate fossil assemblages from the Hateg Basin (Romania), Geologie en Mijnbouw,78, Netherlands, 301-314<\/li>\n
  46. Csiki Z., Grigorescu D.,<\/strong> 1999, New data on the multituberculate mammals from the Uppermost Cretaceous dinosaur-bearing deposits of the Hateg Basin, ,4th<\/sup> European workshop on Vertebrate Paleontology, Albaracin, Spain, Abstracts vol., 39-40<\/li>\n
  47. Csiki Z., Grigorescu D<\/strong>., 2000, Teeth of multituberculate mammals from the Late Cretaceous of Romania, ActaPalaeontol. Polonica, 45, no.1, 85\u201190<\/li>\n
  48. Grigorescu D<\/strong>., Csiki Z., 2000, Sedimentology, Paleontology, Taphonomy and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Tustea nesting site (Upper Maastrichtian, Hateg Basin, Romania), 5th<\/sup> European Workshop on Vertebrate Paleontology, Karlsruhe, Germany, Abstract vol.<\/li>\n
  49. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 2000, Forma\u021biunea\u0218isturilornegre din FlisulCretacic inferior al Carpa\u021bilororientali\u00eenopera \u0219tiin\u021bific\u0103aAcademicianuluiProfesorMiltiadeFilipescu, Memoriile Sect. \u0218tiint. Acad. Rom, IV, 20, 347-351<\/li>\n
  50. Csiki Z., Grigorescu D<\/strong>.,2002, Animal-animal interactions in the Latest Cretaceous vertebrate faunas of the Hateg Basin, , 7th<\/sup> European Workshop on Vertebrate Paleontology, Sibiu, Abstracts vol., ArsDocendi Bucuresti,14<\/li>\n
  51. Bojar A.V., Grigorescu D<\/strong>., Csiki Z.,2002, Climatic record in Maastrichtian continental deposits of Southern Carpathians, 4th<\/sup> Austrian workshop on Stable isotopes in Environmental and Earth Science , Abstracts vol., Ber. Inst.Geol. Paleont., Karl.-Franz. Univ.Graz, 6, 6-7<\/li>\n
  52. Grigorescu D., 2002, Vertebrate Paleontology in Romania \u2013 a brief account, 7th<\/sup> European Workshop of Vertebrate Paleontology,Sibiu,Abstracts vol.& Excursion Field Guide, ArsDocendi, 23<\/li>\n
  53. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Melinte M., 2002, Stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous marine sediments from the north-western Hateg Basin, Third Romanian Sympos. on Paleontology, Iasi, Acta.Palaeont. Romaniae, 3, 153-160<\/li>\n
  54. Buffetaut E., Grigorescu D., <\/strong>Csiki Z., 2002, A new giant pterosaur with a robust skull from the Latest Cretaceous of Romania, Naturwissenschaften, vol.89,Spriger-Verlag Berlin, 180-184<\/li>\n
  55. Koretsky I., Grigorescu D<\/strong>., 2002, The fossil monk-seal Pontophocasarmatica (Alekseev) (Mammalia: Phocidae: Monachinae) from the Miocene of Eastern Europe, in vol. Cenozoic Mammals of Land and Sea: Tributes to the career of Clayton Ray, Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washington D.C., 149-162<\/li>\n
  56. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 2003, Dinosaurs of Romania, in vol. Dinosaurs of Europe, Palevol., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 89-94<\/li>\n
  57. Buffetaut E., Grigorescu D<\/strong>., Csiki Z., 2003, Giant azhdarchid from the terminal Cretaceous of Transylvania (western Romania), in Evolution and Paleobiology of Pterosaurs, Special Publications, Geological Society, London, 217, 91-104<\/li>\n
  58. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 2004, Vertebrate Paleontology in Romania,\u00a0Noesis,EdituraAcademiei Rom., 97-116<\/li>\n
  59. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Kazar E., 2005, A new Middle Miocene Odontocete (Mammalia: Cetacea) locality and the Lower Sarmatian Dolphin Event, Oryctos, 6, Esperaza, France, 31-45.<\/li>\n
  60. Kazar E., Grigorescu D.,<\/strong> 2005, Revision of Sarmatodelphismoldavicus<\/em>Kirpichnikov,1954 (Cetacea: Delphinoidea) from the Miocene of Kishinev, Rep.of Moldavia, Journ.Vertebrate Paleontology, S.U.A, 25 (4), 929-935 (ISI \u2013 FI 2,21)<\/li>\n
  61. Cavin L., Grigorescu D.,<\/strong> 2005, A new Crossognathus<\/em>(Actinopterygii,Teleostei) from the Early Cretaceous of Romania with comments on Crossognathidae relationships, Geodiversitas, 27 (1), 5-16<\/li>\n
  62. Bojar A.V., Grigorescu D.,<\/strong>Ottner F., Csiki Z., 2005, Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of dinosaur and mammal \u2013 bearing continental Maastrichtian deposits, Hateg Basin, Romania, Geological Quaterly, 49, 205-222<\/li>\n
  63. Kessler E., Grigorescu D., <\/strong>Csiki Z., 2005, Elopteryx<\/em> revisited-a new bird-like specimen from the Maastrichtian of the Hateg Basin (Romania), ActaPalaeont. Romaniae, 5, ArsDocendi, Bucuresti, 249-258<\/li>\n
  64. Csiki Z., Grigorescu D<\/strong>., Rucklin M., 2005, A new multituberculate specimen from the Maastrichtian of Pui, Romania and reassessment of affinities of Barbatodon<\/em>, ActaPalaeont. Romaniae, 5, ArsDocendi, Bucure\u0219ti, 73-86<\/li>\n
  65. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Kazar E., 2005. A new Middle Miocene Odontocete (Mammalia: Cetacea) locality and the Lower Sarmatian Dolphin Event, Oryctos, 6, 53-68<\/li>\n
  66. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 2005, Rediscovery of a \u201cforgotten land\u201d. The last three decades of research on the dinosaur-bearing deposits from the Hateg Basin, ActaPalaeont. Romaniae, 5, ArsDocendi, Bucure\u0219ti, 191-204<\/li>\n
  67. Grigorescu D., <\/strong>2006, Hatchlings of Telmatosaurustranssylvanicus<\/em> (Ornithischia, Hadrosauridae) associated with Megaloolithid eggs in the Tustea nesting site (Hateg Basin, Romania), 3rd<\/sup>Sympos.on Dinosaur Eggs ,Babies and Developmental Biology, Plaza Huincul, Argentina, Abstracts & Program, 6-7<\/li>\n
  68. Grigorescu D., <\/strong>2006, Geoparculdinozaurilor\u021aaraHa\u021begului. De la cercetareageologic\u0103 la o nou\u0103strategie de dezvoltaredurabil\u0103 a regiunilor, Anuarul. Geol. al Rom\u00e2niei, 74, 75-77<\/li>\n
  69. Grigorescu D.,<\/strong>Andrasanu A.,2006, European Geoparks and sustainable development of the regions: A case study-The Hateg Country Dinosaur Geopark of Romania, Geoparks 2006 Conference, Abstracts volume, Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, Belfast,7<\/li>\n
  70. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Csiki Z., 2006,Ontogenetic development of Telmatosaurustranssylvanicus<\/em>(Ornitischia: Hadrosauria) from the Maastrichtian of the HategBasin,Romania \u2013 evidence from the limb bones, 4th Annual Meting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Budapest, Hantkeniana -5, 20-26<\/li>\n
  71. Martin J.E., Csiki Z., Grigorescu D<\/strong>., Buffetaut E., 2006, Late Cretaceous crocodilian diversity in Hateg Basin,Romania,4th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists, Budapest, Hantkeniana -5, 31-37<\/li>\n
  72. Csiki,Z.,GrigorescuD<\/strong>.,Weishampel,D.,2007,A new titanosaur sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Hateg Basin (Romania), 5th Annual Meeting of the European Assoc. of Vertebrate Palaeontologists,Carcassone, France<\/li>\n
  73. Harvati K., Gunz P., Grigorescu D<\/strong>., 2008, Cioclovina (Romania): Affinities of an early modern European, Journal of Human Evolution, Elsevier, 53, 732-746<\/li>\n
  74. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Cziki Z., 2008: A new site with Megaloolithid egg remains in the Maastrichtian of the Hateg Basin, ActaPalaeont. Romaniae, 6, 115-121<\/li>\n
  75. Redelstorff R., Csiki Z., Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, 2009, The heritage of Nopcsa: dwarf status of Hategornithopods supported by the histology of long bones, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29(3), p. 170<\/li>\n
  76. Grigorescu, D.<\/strong>, 2010, The Latest Cretaceous fauna with dinosaurs and mammals from the Ha\u0163eg Basin \u2013 A historical overview. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293, 271\u2013282<\/li>\n
  77. Grigorescu, D<\/strong>., Garcia, G., Csiki, Z., Codrea, V. &Bojar, A.-V., 2010. Uppermost Cretaceous megaloolithid eggs from the Ha\u0163eg Basin, Romania, associated with hadrosaur hatchlings: Search for explanation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293, 360\u2013374<\/li>\n
  78. Csiki, Z., Grigorescu, D<\/strong>., Codrea, V. &Therrien, F., 2010. Taphonomic modes in the Maastrichtian continental deposits of the Ha\u0163eg Basin, Romania \u2013 Palaeoecological and palaeobiological inferences. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293, 375\u2013390<\/li>\n
  79. Weishampel, D.B., Csiki, Z., Benton, M.J., Grigorescu, D<\/strong>. &Codrea, V., 2010. Palaeobiogeographic relationships of the Ha\u0163eg biota \u2013 Between isolation and innovation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293, 419\u2013437<\/li>\n
  80. Benton, M.J., Csiki, Z., Grigorescu, D.<\/strong>, Redelstorff, R., Sander, P.M., Stein, K. &Weishampel, D.B., 2010. Dinosaurs and the island rule: The dwarfed dinosaurs from Ha\u0163eg Island. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293, 438\u2013454<\/li>\n
  81. Grigorescu, D<\/strong>., 2010. The \u201eTustea Puzzle\u201d: hadrosaurid (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) hatchlings associated with Megaloolithidae eggs in the Maastrichtian of the Hateg Basin (Romania). Ameghiniana, Buenos Aires, 47(1): 89-97<\/li>\n
  82. Kranioti, EF, Harvati, K., Ciprut, T. &Grigorescu, D.<\/strong>, 2010. Cioclovina: A virtual assessment of endocranial morphology in an early European fossil. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Suppl. 50: 147-148.<\/li>\n
  83. Grigorescu D.,<\/strong>Melinte-Dobrinescu M., Csiki Z, Vasile S, \u015eecl\u0103man M, B\u0103rzoi S. Studiulintegrat al GeodiversitatiiCretacicului superior cu dinozauri din Tara Hategului- Retezat,Volum special:Conservarea Geo-siBiodiversitatiisidezvoltareadurabila in Tara Hategului-Retezat,EdituraAcademieiRom\u00e2ne, sub redac\u021bia P.I.Otiman, 53-248<\/li>\n
  84. Grigorescu D<\/strong>., 2010. La naissance des collections de Pal\u00e9ontologie a Universit\u00e9 de Bucarest., Le patrimoine pal\u00e9ontologique. Volum special, Geoecomar, 59-72<\/li>\n
  85. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Le patrimoine pal\u00e9ontologique. special, Geoecomar, 285-294<\/li>\n
  86. Grigorescu D<\/strong>., 2010. Les pr\u00e9misses g\u00e9ologiques et pal\u00e9ontologiques de la th\u00e9orie darwiniste, Acta PalaeontologicaRomaniae, 7, 191-197<\/li>\n
  87. Grigorescu D<\/strong>., Andr\u0103\u015fanu A., Csiki Z., Vasile \u015e., 2011, Geoconservation in Romania: urgent measures and actions required. The 8th<\/sup> Romanian Symposium on Paleontology, Abstract Book, 62-63<\/li>\n
  88. Andrasanu A., Grigorescu D<\/strong>., 2012, Geoheritage and conservation in Romania, Geoheritage in Europe and its conservation, ProGEO special publication, 274-287<\/li>\n
  89. Grigorescu D.,<\/strong>2017,The \u2018Tu\u015ftea puzzle\u2019 revisited: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Megaloolithus eggs associated with Telmatosaurus hatchlings in the Ha\u0163eg Basin, Historical Biology,29:5-6, 627-640<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Books (selection)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Grigorescu D<\/strong>., 1980. \u00cenainteaapari\u021bieiomului, Edit. Albatros, Bucure\u0219ti, 311 pp<\/li>\n
    2. Hanganu E., Suraru N., Grigorescu D., <\/strong>1981, Paleontologie, Edit. Didactic\u0103\u0219iPedagogic\u0103, 1981, 496 pp.<\/li>\n
    3. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Avram E (coordonatori).Guide to Excursions, UNESCO IGCP Project 245- Nonmarine Cretaceous correlation of the world and Project 262 - Tethyan Cretaceous correlations, Inst. Geol. \u0219iGeof. Bucure\u0219ti,109 pp.<\/li>\n
    4. Grigorescu D.,<\/strong>Anastasiu N., Seclaman M., 1991, Geologie, Manual pentruclasa a XI. Edit. Didactic\u0103\u0219iPedagogic\u0103, Bucure\u0219ti, 148 pp.<\/li>\n
    5. Anastasiu N., Grigorescu D<\/strong>., Mutihac V., PopescuGh., 1999, 2007 (edit. II), Dic\u021bionar de Geologie, Edit. Didactic\u0103\u0219iPedagogic\u0103, 400 pp.<\/li>\n
    6. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Csiki Z., 2002, Excursions Field Guide, 7th<\/sup> European Workshop on Vertebrate Paleontology, Sibiu, Edit. ArsDocendiBucure\u0219ti, 49-69<\/li>\n
    7. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Andrasanu A., Csiki Z., 2003, Geological heritage conservation and regional development strategies for the South Eastern European countries, Workshop & Excursion Field Guide, Annual Workshop of ProGEO Network of South-Eastern European Countries for conservation of the Geological heritage, Bucharest, Edit. ArsDocendi, Bucure\u0219ti, 9-78<\/li>\n
    8. Grigorescu D.,<\/strong> 2003,Stratigrafie\u0219iGeologieistoric\u0103.ParteaI-a:Stratigrafie, Edit. Ars Docendi, 127 pp.<\/li>\n
    9. Grigorescu D.<\/strong>, Csiki Z., Vasile S., 2011,The Eighth Romanian Symposium on Paleontology, Bucharest, 29-30 September 2011, Pre-Symposium Field Trip A2, Maastrichtian Continental deposits with dinosaur remains from Southeastern Transylvania. ArsDocendi, Bucharest, 26 p.<\/li>\n
    10. Grigorescu D<\/strong>., Enache M., Bogdan A. (coordonatori), Conservarea geo- \u015fibiodiversit\u0103\u0163ii\u015fidezvoltareadurabil\u0103\u00een\u0162araHa\u0163egului-Retezat. Vol.1 .Volum Special, EdituraAcademieiRom\u00e2ne, sub redac\u021biaP.I.Otiman, 615 pp.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Significant achievements in the field of geological protection and its involvement in the\u00a0 sustainable development of the regions:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

      Founder of the first student scientific organization for research and protection of the\u00a0 geological monuments in the University of Bucharest (1977). In March 1990 it became under the name of \u201cSocietateapentruProtec\u021biaMediului Geologic\u201d (Society for the Protection of the Geological Environment\u201d\u201d) one of the first NGO in Romania.<\/p>\n

      Initiation, organization and team coordination of the activities which lead in 2004 to the creation of the \u201cHa\u0163eg Country Dinosaurs Geopark\u201d, member since 2005 of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network, as the first UNESCO Geopark in ex-communist countries of Eastern Europe. At the base of this important national achievement in the field of nature protection are the\u00a0 paleontological and geological searches in the Hateg Country which I started in 1977 with the involvement of students and scientific researchers.<\/p>\n

      Founder member of the \u201cEuropean Association for the geological protection \u2013ProGEO\u201c, 1991.<\/p>\n

      Science popularization<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Numerous public conferences on various scientific subjects, mostly paleontology, Earth history, nature preservation; articles and comments in media (journals, radio, TV national and international, <\/strong>including on\u00a0 Discovery and National Geographic channels.<\/p>\n

      \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Organizer of national and international scientific symposia:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      1990, Bucharest \u2013 International Symposium on World Correlation of the Non-marine Cretaceous, UNESCO \u2013 IGGP 245<\/strong>1999,Ha\u0163eg, Romania\u2013National Symposium \u201cCosmic and Biologic eclipses in the Earth\u2019s Past\u201d<\/strong>2002, Sibiu, Romania \u2013The 7th European Symposium of Vertebrate Paleontology2003, Bucharest and <\/strong>Ha\u0163eg- Workshop of the ProGEO Balkan Working Group<\/strong>2005 \u2013Bucharest, Centennial of the Laboratory of Paleontology<\/strong>,University of Bucharest<\/p>\n

      \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Organizer of National and International Conferences on Higher Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      1996, Craiova: International TEMPUS Conference: \u201cThe University-Enterprise cooperation - a double way connection\u201d<\/p>\n

      1997, Cluj: International TEMPUS Conference:\u201cEuropean Studies Today\u201d<\/p>\n

      1998, Bra\u015fov: \u00a0International TEMPUS Conference: Universities in their Social and Economic Environment<\/p>\n

      2000, Sibiu:The Impact of the TEMPUS Program on the development of the Open Distance Learning in Romania<\/p>\n

      Membership of professional bodies<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

      Member of the Romanian Society of Geology (since 1967)
      \nMember of\u00a0 the American Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (1972-2015 )
      \nPresident of\u00a0 the Society for Geological Protection from Romania (1990-1998)
      \nMember of the European Association\u00a0 for Conservancy of the Geologic Heritage ProGEO \u2013country responsible for Romania (since 1991)
      \nMember of the Romanian Association of Paleontology (since 1995)
      \nMember of\u00a0 the European Association of Vertebrate Paleontology (since 2002)
      \nMember of the Coordination Committee\u00a0 of\u00a0 the European Geoparks Network (since 2005)<\/p>\n

      Project expertise<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

      Academic Expert\u00a0 in the National Council for University Research (CNCSIS)\u00a0 - Life & Earth Sciences (1997-present)<\/p>\n

      Academic external expert for assessing Higher Education projects under Erasmus and Tempus programs of the European Commission (2004-2015)<\/p>\n

      Expert UNESCO in assessing Geoparks (2008-2017)<\/p>\n

      Administrative functions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Chief of the Department of Geology and PaleontologyUniversity of Bucharest(1992-1996)<\/p>\n

      Director of the\u00a0 National TEMPUS Office for Higher Education (1991-2000)<\/p>\n

      Director of the National SOCRATES Agency (2000-2003)<\/p>\n

      Member of the National Council for the Higher Education in Romania (1994-2000)<\/p>\n

      Director of the Hateg Country dinosaurs Geopark (2004-2013)<\/p>\n

      Scientific prizes and honors: <\/strong><\/p>\n

      Romanian Academy prize \u201cGrigoreCob\u0103lcescu\u201d for Geology (1992)<\/p>\n

      Chevalier des Palmes Academiques de France (1996)<\/p>\n

      Honorary Diploma of the Oradea University (1997)<\/p>\n

      Doctor HonorrisCausa of the University of Petrosani (1998)<\/p>\n

      National Medal \u201cFor Merit\u201d in the grade of Commander (2000)<\/p>\n

      Honorary President of the European Association for Vertebrate Paleontology (since 2003)<\/p>\n

      Profesor Honorris Causa of\u00a0 the Transilvania University, Brasov (2007)<\/p>\n

      Diploma of Honour of the University of Bucharest (2011)<\/p>\n

      Professor Emeritus University of Bucharest (2011)<\/p>\n

      Honorary President of the Hateg Country Dinosaurs Geopark (since 2013)<\/p>\n

      Honorary Citizen of the Hateg town (since 2016)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      DAN-ALEXANDRU GRIGORESCU Professor Emeritus University of Bucharest Director Romanian Tempus Office (1991-2000) Director National Agency Socrates \u00a0(2000-2003) Expert European Commission for the Higher Education and Research project assessment (2004-2015) Expert UNESCO\u00a0 for\u00a0 Global Geoparksvalidation and revalidation (2009-2017) Founder of the Hateg County Dinosaur Geopark \u2013HCDG\u00a0 (2004), member of the UNESCO Global Network.Director of HCDG (2004-2013). Honorary President of HCDG (since Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2219,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3539","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/institutlevant.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/institutlevant.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/institutlevant.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/institutlevant.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/institutlevant.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/institutlevant.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3539\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/institutlevant.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/institutlevant.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}