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Mr. Marcel Mindrescu

Ph. D. Habil.

Associate Professor - UNIVERSITATEA "ŞTEFAN CEL MARE" DIN SUCEAVA

Researcher | Teaching staff | Scientific reviewer | Manager | Consultant

Curriculum Vitae (15/04/2020)

Expertise & keywords

The last European old-growth (“subnatural”) fir-BEech forests: a loNg-term and global stuDY for their better understanding, conServation and management Call name:
2019 - 2022

Role in this project: Partner team leader

Coordinating institution: University of Toulouse, GEODE

Project partners: University of Toulouse, GEODE ()

Affiliation: University of Toulouse, GEODE ()

Project website: https://anr.fr/fileadmin/documents/2019/Aapg-selection-prc-prce-jcjc-2019.pdf

Abstract:

Task 1: Legacies from the past: driving forces and forest dynamics from the last 7000yrs

Task 2: Sub-recent and current forest biological diversity states with a special attention to soils

Task 3: Human-forest relationships, knowledge and practices, cultural diversity

CRYPtogams’ Traits In the Carpathians Call name:
2018 - 2020

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest

Project partners: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest ()

Affiliation: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest ()

Project website: http://buczko.eu/cryptic/project_members/project_members.php

Abstract:

Les vieilles FORETs des Maramures (Carpates orientales) face à l’EXploitation forestière Intensive : plan d'urgence pour une étude gLobale en vue de leur préservation et gestion durable Call name:
2016 - 2018

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: University of Toulouse, GEODE

Project partners: University of Toulouse, GEODE ()

Affiliation: University of Toulouse, GEODE ()

Project website:

Abstract:

Forest response to climate change predicted from multicentury climate proxy-records in the Carpathian region Call name:
2014 - 2017

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA "ŞTEFAN CEL MARE" DIN SUCEAVA

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA "ŞTEFAN CEL MARE" DIN SUCEAVA (RO); INSTITUTUL NAŢIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE ÎN SILVICULTURĂ "MARIN DRĂCEA" (RO); Islandic Forest Service (RO); Norwegian Institute For Nature Research (NINA) (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA "ŞTEFAN CEL MARE" DIN SUCEAVA (RO)

Project website: http://silvic.usv.ro/climfor

Abstract:

The overall goal of the CLIMFOR project is to reconstruct the climate variability for Carpathian region for the past 1000 years and to predict forest response to climate changes.

In light of observations of climate changes over the past century, understanding the climate of the past millennium becomes increasingly important. This enables us placing the changes we witness today in a longer-term context, helping us deciphering both natural and anthropogenic forcing on the climate system.

In this context, the project "Forest response to climate change predicted from multicentury climate proxy-records in the Carpathian region" (CLIMFOR) will answer one of the most critical questions in climate research: does the magnitude and rate of the 20th century climate change exceed the natural variability in the Carpathian region? Building on this, the project will also answer a second question, of direct importance for future forest management in a changing climate: how did forests respond to past climatic changes of variable magnitude and frequency? As the instrumental records are limited to the past ca. 100 years, it is necessary to obtain paleoclimatic data from different sources, namely the so-called "proxies": tree rings (width, maximum density, stable isotopic composition of cellulose), perennial cave-ice accumulations (annual layer thickness, stable isotopic composition), lacustrine sediments (thickness of annual layers, embedded pollen etc).

Thus, within CLIMFOR, we will supply high-resolution climate reconstructions that capture 1) the magnitude and rate of change of climatic shifts and 2) the magnitude and frequency of extreme events over the last 1000 years. By integrating paleoclimatic data obtained through dendrochronological, climatological, isotopical, glaciological and sedimentological methods we aim to obtain, for the first time in Romania, a precise and complex view of the climatic changes in the Carpathian region during the late-Holocene and Anthropocene.

CLIMFOR will be the successor of a preliminary study, being the only one in Romania where all proxies have be studied, so that all members of the CLIMFOR research team have done previous studies and are familiar with challenges that might arise. This project will consolidate an existing research network in the field of paleoclimatology in Romania and will strengthen present co-operation between Romanian and donor countries and foreign research institutes. Thereby, competitiveness will be gained with respect of the newly launched EU program Horizon 2020.

CLIMATE VARIABILITY RECORDED BY GLACIAL DEPOSITS AND LAKE SEDIMENTS Call name: Projects for Young Research Teams - TE-2012 call
PN-II-RU-TE-2012-3-0386 2013 - 2016

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA"STEFAN CEL MARE" SUCEAVA

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA"STEFAN CEL MARE" SUCEAVA (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA"STEFAN CEL MARE" SUCEAVA (RO)

Project website: http://www.georeview.ro/cirques&lakes

Abstract:

The goal of the project is to synthesize data from glaciolacustrine records (laminated/varved lake sediments) and glacial deposits from surrounding areas that span the Last Termination (ca 22–11.5 ka) and Holocene for climate reconstruction. We propose the investigation of three key regions (glacial lakes within classical glacial cirques from three corners of the Romanian Carpathians - Maramures, Iezer and Retezat) for understanding the pattern of glaciation(s)/deglaciation(s) and Holocene climatic events in the Carpathians in the context of rapid climate variability. The project will provide new data relevant for palaeoclimate evolution at regional scale and the high-resolution sedimentological and chronological data employed will allow signal calibration and comparative analysis of different proxies and time-series. Our multi-proxy approach is intended to i) overcome limitations of palaeoclimatic and dating methods; ii) combine different climatic signals into a composite profile; and iii) carry out palaeoclimatic reconstructions taking into account regional and global climatic profiles and identify regional constraints of rapid climate oscillations. The project is not intended to be a singular effort in investigating palaeoclimate evolution in the Romanian Carpathians, and should be regarded as the framework for further investigations of the hitherto neglected Carpathian-Lower Danube region-Balkan Mts. due to its multidisciplinary approach.

Assessing climate variability and human impact based on the study of sediments and glacial deposits in Rodna Mountains, Northern Romania Call name:
2014 - 2015

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: University of Bern

Project partners: University of Bern ()

Affiliation: University of Bern ()

Project website:

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