Nicolae Panin#
| Membership Number: | 6646 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ROMANIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://acad.ro/sectii/sectia07_geonomice/geo_NPanin.htm |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2009 National Research - Development Institute for Marine Geology and Geoecology - GeoEcoMar, Bucharest, Romania. Advisor to the Director General
- 1996 - 2008 National Research - Development Institute for Marine Geology and Geoecology - GeoEcoMar, Bucharest. Director General and Senior Scientist
- 1993 - 1996 Romanian Centre for Marine Geology and Geoecology - RCMGG, Bucharest, Romania. Director General and Senior Scientist
- 1975 - 1993 National Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Bucharest. Senior Scientist, Head of the Marine Geology and Sedimentology Department
- 1970 - 1975 Romanian Institute of Marine Research - RIMR, Constanta. Senior Scientist, Head of the Marine Geology Laboratory
- 1959 - 1970 Institute of Geology and Geophysics of Romania. Scientist and Senior Scientist.
Fields of Scholarship
- Research and geological-sedimentological evolution of the Romanian continental shelf
- Fluvial, deltaic and coastal geomorphology, geo-ecology, paleoichnology
- Advanced studies of the Danube Delta
- Evolution and environmental state of the coastal zone of the Black Sea
- Establishing principles of nomenclature of fossil animal traces, uncovering of new paleo-ichnological species and areas
- Marine, riverine and deltaic geology and sedimentology research in the Danube - Danube Delta - Black Sea and its coast system
- Paleogeography and paleoenvironmental evolution of the Carpathians units
Honours and Awards
- 2015 - present President of the Geonomical (i.e. Geosciences) section of the Romanian Academy
- 2015 - present Member of the Presidium of the Romanian Academy
- 2015 - present Full member of the Romanian Academy
- 2012 Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 2012 - 2019 President of the National Committee of the International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean (IAPSO)
- 2019 - present President of the National Committee of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
- 2015 Awarded the "Star of Romania" Order in the rank of Knight
- 2010 Medal for exceptional activity for the environmental protection of the Black Sea
- 2000 Romanian National Order "Faithful Service" in the rank of Knight
- 1997 Order "Palmes Académiques" of the French Republic in the rank of Officer
- 1989 "Grigore Cobălcescu" Award of the Romanian Academy
