Alexandru Cristian Șuțeanu

Alexandru Cristian Suteanu: n. 29 august 1958, Bucuresti.

Functia: Profesor, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada, in catedra Geography and Environmental Studies si in catedra Environmental Science. Seful Catedrei Environmental Science timp de trei legislatii (9 ani).

Studii: Institutul Politehnic (1983), Masterat in Filosofia Culturii (Universitatea Bucuresti, 1999), Doctorat in Fizica, specialitatea Fizica Globului (Institutul de Geodinamica al Academiei Romane, 1997). Teme de cercetare: Analiza si modelarea sistemelor naturale complexe. Aspecte epistemologice ale relatiilor om-mediu. Aplicatii privind dinamica climei, hazardele naturale si energia reinnoibila.

Diseminarea rezultatelor cercetarii: • Peste 200 de articole si lucrari la conferinte internationale; cercetari prezentate la evenimente stiintifice in 18 tari, de ex. International Geographical Congress (IGC), Congress of the International Geographic Union (IGU), Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), Annual Meeting of the Seismological Society of America (SSA), Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU), Congress of the European Association of Geographical Societies (EUGEO), etc. • Peste 35 de prelegeri invitate la conferinte sau/si institutii de prestigiu: European Geosciences Union General Assembly; International Conference on Fractals and Dynamic Systems in Geoscience; Atlantic Conference on Statistical Modelling; Institute of Coastal Research–GKSS Helmholtz, Hamburg; Technical University of Munich; Institut de Physique du Globe–Paris; Institute of Europe–Bruxelles; Laurentian University (Canada); University of British Columbia (Canada); University of Victoria (Canada).

Premii si distinctii: • Comitetul National Roman de Geodezie si Geofizica si Societatea Romana de Geofizica, 1993: Premiul si Medalia Sabba S. Stefanescu. • Academia Oamenior de Stiinta din Romania, 2006: Premiul Radu Botezatu. • Comitetul International de Experti al Canadian Research Knowledge Network, 2013: Exemplu admirabil de tratare si utilizare a informatiei digitale in cercetare. • Renewable Energy Global Innovations (“liderul mondial privind informarea in domeniul energiei reinnoibile”), 2017: statutul de “articol stiintific cheie” pentru lucrarea mea “A methodology for the time-scale-sensitive evaluation of wind speed and direction variability”. • Uniunea Studentilor din Saint Mary’s University, 2021: Premiul de Excelenta Pedagogica (acordat profesorului din facultate care este cel mai apreciat de studenti).

Societati si organizatii stiintifice: Canadian Association of Geographers, American Geophysical Union, European Geosciences Union, International Association for Mathematical Geosciences, Royal Geographical Society. Cursuri predate la Saint Mary’s University, Canada (selectie): ▪ APSC 6601 Research Techniques 1 ▪ ENVS 2310 Environmental Science: Energy, Resources, and Pollution ▪ ENVS 4431 Environmental Information Management ▪ ENVS 4460 / GEOG 4444 Environmental Pattern Analysis ▪ GEOG 4416 Seminar in Applied Geography ▪ GEOG 1200 People, Place and Environment ▪ GEOG 3304 Environmental Management ▪ GEOG 3326 Statistical Methods in Geography ▪ GEOG 4443 Natural Hazards and Climate Change Cursuri predate la alte universitati: • Australia: Fractals and Natural Hazards, curs invitat, tinut pentru participantii la International Conference on Fractals and Dynamic Systems in Geoscience, James Cook University, Townsville, august 2009. • Canada: Islands and Environmental Studies, in cadrul Programului Master in Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, septembrie – decembrie 2004. • Germania, Technical University of Munich: o Analysis of Patterns and Pattern-Forming Processes (in colaborare), Programul International de Doctorat, iunie 2006. o Analytics of Fracture Patterns (in colaborare), curs de anul IV, mai – iulie 2001. o Fractal Geometry Based Analysis of Microfabrics, curs postdoctoral, 2000. • Italia: Fractal-Geometry-Based Treatment of Geohazards, curs invitat, tinut pentru participantii la International Conference on Fractals and Dynamic Systems in Geoscience, Perugia, Italia, University of Perugia, septembrie 2013. • Romania, Institutul de Geodinamica al Academiei Romane, cursuri pt. doctoranzi (1990 2002): o Sisteme complexe naturale – principii de analiza si modelare; o Analiza multiscara in studiul geosistemelor; o Principiile interpretarii informatiei in geodinamica; o Metode neliniare in studiul hazardelor naturale.

Referent pentru revistele: Hydrological Sciences Journal (Taylor & Francis); International Journal of Climatology (Royal Meteorological Society, UK); International Journal of Digital Earth (Taylor & Francis); Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (Elsevier); Journal of Structural Geology (Elsevier); Journal of Complex Systems (Hindawi); Journal of Regional Science (Wiley); Natural Hazards (Springer); Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Sciences (European Geosciences Union); Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (European Geosciences Union); Pure and Applied Geophysics (Springer); Quaternary International (Elsevier); Seismological Research Letters (Seismological Society of America); Surveys in Geophysics (Springer); Theoretical and Applied Climatology (Springer); The Open Atmospheric Science Journal (Bentham); Humanities (MDPI Basel); International Journal of the Humanities (CGPublisher); Theory, Culture & Society (SAGE). Organizare de evenimente stiintifice: o Centennial Congress of the International Geographic Union (IGU), Paris, Panthéon Sorbonne, 18-22 July 2022. Session Organizer & Chair. o EUGEO2019 – Congress of the European Association of Geographical Societies, Galway, Ireland, 15-18 May 2019. Session Co-convener & Chair. o 9th International Symposium on Digital Earth, Halifax, Canada, 5-9 October 2015. Member of the Local Organizing Committee. o European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April 2015. Session Co-convener. o European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 27 April – 2 May 2014. Session Co-convener. o 5th International Conference on Fractals and Dynamic Systems in Geoscience, Perugia, Italy, 26 September – 3 October 2013. Member of the Scientific Committee. o European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 7-12 April 2013. Session Convener. o 32nd International Geographical Congress, Cologne, Germany, 26-30 August 2012. Session Co-organizer & Chair. o European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 April 2011. Session Convener. o Geocomplexity International Workshop, Toronto, 28-29 May 2009. Member of the Scientific Committee. o First International Exploration Workshop in Environmental Information Dynamics, Halifax, Canada, 23-24 April 2008. Organizer & Chair. o Annual Meeting of the Seismological Society of America, Santa Fe, USA, 14-18 April 2008. Session Co-organizer & Co-chair. o 33rd Annual Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium and Annual General Meeting, Moncton, Canada, 2-3 February 2007. Session Organizer & Co-chair. Selectie de lucrari reprezentative: o C.Suteanu (carte, 2023), Scale – Understanding the Environment, 317 pagini, Springer. o C.Suteanu (2021), Disciplinary chasm: questions on identification and mending, Belgeo – Journal of the National Committee of Geography of Belgium, 4, 1-12. o C.Suteanu, L.Liucci, L.Melelli (2018), The Central Italy seismic sequence (2016): spatial patterns and dynamic fingerprints, Pure and Applied Geophysics 175, 1, 1-24. o C.Suteanu (2015) Statistical variability and persistence change in daily air temperature time series from high latitude Arctic stations, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 172, 7, 2057 2073. o C.Suteanu (2010), A scale-space information flux approach to natural irregular patterns: methods and applications, Journal of Environmental Informatics, 16, 2, 57-69. o C.Suteanu, C.Ioana (2007), Pattern identification in the dynamic fingerprint of seismically active zones, Quaternary International, 171-172, 45-51. o C.Suteanu (2005), Complexity, science and the public: the geography of a new interpretation, Theory, Culture & Society, 22, 5, 113-140.