Daniel Constantin Diaconu

Scientific Researcher at the Research Centre “Center for Analysis and Integrated Territorial Management”, the University of Bucharest.
Associate professor the Geography Faculty, University of Bucharest.

e-mail: daniel.diaconu@unibuc.ro

Studies

The Pătârlagele Theoretical High School, Buzau county, 1992.

The Geography Department, the University of Bucharest, specialization Environmental Sciences, 1992/1997.

Refinement studies, specialization The long-lasting management of water resources - the Geography Department), 1997/1998

Master degree Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest the Water Resources Engineering: 1999/2001

Magna Cum Laude Doctor’s Degree in Geography (The Romanian Academy) awarded according to the order of the Minister of Education and Research from february, 2, 2005, with the paper Hydrological synthesis regarding the liquid and alluvium drainage in the hydrographic basin of Buzau. Coordinator teacher: Ion Zavoianu PhD.

Doctoral Leadership in Geography, 27.12.2017, according to the order issued by the Ministry of National Education no. 5740.

Specialization

Graduating the specialization program for the competence “ENVIRONMENT AUDITOR”, code COR 242305, February 2008.

Graduating the specialization program for the competence “PROJECT MANAGER”, code COR 241919, November 2011.

Certificate of entitlement as "SPECIALIST" - subterranean waters, no. 1463/ 15.05.2014 by the National Agency for Mineral Resources, Bucharest, Romania.

Graduating the specialization program for the competence “PROJECTS ASSESSOR”, code COR 241263, April 2015.

Graduating the specialization program for the competence “TRAINER”, code COR 242401, Mai 2015.

Graduating the specialization program for the competence “AUDITOR IN QUALITY”, code COR 214130, December 2015.

Notable Publications:

Books

- Apa din perspectivă geografică. (Water from a geographic perspective) Transversal Publishing House, Târgoviște, ISBN 978-606-605-183-5, 161 pp., 2018, Daniel Constantin DIACONU.

- MAES process in Romania. Nature for Decision-Making (N4D) englis version, ISBN 978-606-8038-24-7, 89 pp.2017, Iuliana Florentina Gheorghe, Florian Bodescu, Monia MARTINI, Corina GHEORGHIU, Valeria Abaza, Daniel Constantin Diaconu, Dan BĂLTEANU, Monica DUMITRAȘCU, Vladimir GANCZ, Petre GÂȘTESCU, Cristian Ioja, Manu Minodora, Teodor MARUȘCA, Răzvan MATEESCU, Mircea MIHALACHE, Mirela Mădălina MOLDOVEANU, Marilena Onete, Oliviu Grigore POP, Cristina RADNEA, Diana Silaghi, Gabriel - Ovidiu VÂNĂU, Ruxandra VINTILĂ, Virsta Ana.

- Odesa, pas cu pas, Editura Universitară, București, ISBN 978-606-28-0487-9, DOI: 10.5682/9786062804879, 217 pp., 2016, Tino Neacșu, Daniel Diaconu.

- Analiza spațio-temporală a resurselor de apă din Bazinul Argeș, Transversal Publishing House, Targoviste, 2015, ISBN 978-606-605-140-8, Daniel Constantin Diaconu (editor).

- Dictionary of hydro-geographical terms, The University of Bucharest Publishing House, ISBN 978-606-16-0194-3, 213 pp., 2012, Diaconu Daniel, Grigorescu Stefan, Marin Marian.

- Hydrology, (2nd edition), Universitară Publishing House, Bucharest, ISBN 978-606-591-046-1, 256 pp., 2010, Ion, Pişota, Liliana Zaharia, Daniel Diaconu.

- Hydrological Prognosis, Matrix Rom Publishing House, Bucharest, ISBN 978-973-755-494-9, 187 pp., 2009, Daniel Constantin Diaconu, Ortansa Jude.
- Limnology, Credis Publishing House, Bucureşti, ISBN 978-973-734-190-7, 90 pp., 2007, Daniel Constantin Diaconu.
- Hydrology, Universitară Publishing House, Bucharest, ISBN 973-749-002-9, 255 pp., 2005, Ion, Pişota, Liliana Zaharia, Daniel Diaconu.
- The water resources in the Buzau river basin, Universitară, Publishing House Bucharest, ISBN 973-7787-57-9, 238 pp., 2005, Daniel Constantin Diaconu.
- Hydrological Prognosis - Applications, Matrix Rom Publishing House, Bucharest, ISBN 973-685-385-3, 94 pp., 2002, Constantin Diaconu, Daniel Diaconu.
- Compendious dictionary and hydrological and hydrogeological terminology, Danubius Publishing House, Bucharest, 48 pp., 2001, Ştefan Grigorescu, Daniel Diaconu.

Books chapters

Deforestation and Frequency of Floods in Romania, 2020, Peptenatu D., Grecu A., Simion A.G., Gruia K.A., Andronache I., Drăghici C.C., Diaconu D.C. In: Negm A., Romanescu G., Zeleňáková M. (eds) Water Resources Management in Romania. Pp. 279-306. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22320-5_9, Print ISBN978-3-030-22319-9, Online ISBN978-3-030-22320-5.

Particularities of Drain Liquid in the Small Wetland of Braila Natural Park, Romania, 2020 Diaconu D.C. In: Negm A., Romanescu G., Zeleňáková M. (eds) Water Resources Management in Romania. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. Pp. 437-464. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22320-5_13. Print ISBN 978-3-030-22319-9. Online ISBN 978-3-030-22320-5.

Articles

Costache, R.; Bao Pham, Q.; Corodescu-Roșca, E.; Cîmpianu, C.; Hong, H.; Thi Thuy Linh, N.; Ming Fai, C.; Najah Ahmed, A.; Vojtek, M.; Muhammed Pandhiani, S.; Minea, G.; Ciobotaru, N.; Cristian Popa, M.; Diaconu, D.C.; Thai Pham, B. Using GIS, Remote Sensing, and Machine Learning to Highlight the Correlation between the Land-Use/Land-Cover Changes and Flash-Flood Potential. Remote Sens. 2020, 12, 1422.

Daniel Constantin Diaconu, Oana Ristea, Maria Marinescu, Alexandra Grecu, George Zaimes, PLASTIC WASTE ACCUMULATED IN LAKES – RISK FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. Conference proceedings, Editor: Ing. Jitka Fialová, MSc., Ph.D. 11th – 13th May 2020, Křtiny. ISBN (print) 978-80-7509-715-6, ISBN (on-line) 978-80-7509-716-3, pp.333-336.

Romulus Costache, Mihnea Cristian Popa, Dieu Tien Buie, Daniel Constantin Diaconu, Nicu Niubotaru, Gabriel Minea, Quoc Bao Phamg. Spatial predicting of flood potential areas using novel hybridizations of fuzzy decision-making, bivariate statistics, and machine learning. Journal of Hydrology, Available online 9 March 2020, volume 585, 124808, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124808

Popa MC, Simion AG, Peptenatu D, Dima C, Drăghici CC, Florescu M-S, Dobrea RC, Diaconu DC. Spatial assessment of flash-floodvulnerability in the Moldova river catchment (N Romania) using the FFPI. J Flood Risk Management. 2020; e12624.https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.1262410
Popa MC, Peptenatu D, Drăghici CC, Diaconu DC. Flood Hazard Mapping Using the Flood and Flash-Flood Potential Index in the Buzău River Catchment, Romania. Water. 2019; 11(10):2116. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11102116 (IF 2,524; AIS 0,441).

Andronache Ion, Popa Mihnea Cristian, Diaconu Daniel Constantin (2019) Danube water levels – fractal analysis, International Scientific Conference GEOBALCANICA 2019, Sofia, pp.635-641, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18509/GBP.2019.74

Popa Mihnea Cristian, Diaconu Daniel Constantin (2019) Restoring the Danube floodplain ecosystem between Oltenița – Călărași by enhaving the lateral connectivity, International Scientific Conference GEOBALCANICA 2019, Sofia, pp.553-559, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18509/GBP.2019.66

Ion Andronache, Marian Marin, Rico Fischer, Helmut Ahammer, Marko Radulovic, Ana-Maria Ciobotaru, Herbert F. Jelinek, Antonio Di Ieva, Radu-Daniel Pintilii, Cristian-Constantin Drăghici, Grigore Vasile Herman, Alexandru-Sabin Nicula, Adrian-Gabriel Simion, Ioan-Vlad Loghin, Daniel-Constantin Diaconu & Daniel Peptenatu (2019) Dynamics of Forest Fragmentation and Connectivity Using Particle and Fractal Analysis, Scientific Reports, 9:12228, doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48277-z. (IF 4,011; AIS 1,286)

Daniel Constantin DIACONU, Ion ANDRONACHE, Radu-Daniel PINTILII, Petre BREŢCAN, Adrian Gabriel SIMION, Cristian-Constantin DRĂGHICI, Karina Andreea GRUIA, Alexandra GRECU, Marian MARIN, Daniel PEPTENATU. Using fractal fragmentation and compaction index in analysis of the deforestation process in Bucegi mountains group, Romania, Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, August 2019, Vol. 14, No. 2, p. 431 - 438; DOI:10.26471/cjees/2019/014/092 (IF 0.671; AIS 0,117)

Daniel Constantin Diaconu. Review of the book “Water as hazard and water as heritage. Report of the European Geosciences Union Topical Event in Rome, 13-14. June 2016”, published by Maria Boştenaru-Dan and Alex Dill with Scientific Publishing in 2018. ISBN 978-3-7315-0736-9, DOI 10.5445/KSP/1000076621. Urbanism. Arhitectură. Construcții, Vol. 10, nr. 1. Pg. 23-24.

Diaconu D.C., Bretcan P., Peptenatu D., Tanislav D., Mailat E. The importance of the number of points, transect location and interpolation techniques in the analysis of bathymetric measurements, Journal of Hydrology, volume 570, pp. 774-785 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.12.070) (IF 3,72; AIS 1,09)

Zeleňáková, M.; Purcz, P.; Blišťan, P.; Vranayová, Z.; Hlavatá, H.; Diaconu, D.C.; Portela, M.M. Trends in Precipitation and Temperatures in Eastern Slovakia (1962–2014). Water 2018, 10, 727. http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/6/727 (IF 2,54; AIS 0,441)

Zeleňáková M., Fijko R., Diaconu D.C. and Remeňáková I.. Environmental Impact of Small Hydro Power Plant—A Case Study, Environments 2018, 5, 12; doi:10.3390/environments5010012, 2018, http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/5/1/12

Drăghici C.C., Andronache I., Ahammer H., Peptenatu D., Pintilii R-D., Ciobotaru A-M., Simion A.G., Dobrea R.C., Diaconu D.C., Vișan M-C. and Papuc R.M.,Spatial evolution of forest areas in the northern Carpathian Mountains of Romania, Acta Montanistica Slovaca Volume 22 (2017), number 2, pp. 95-106. . http://actamont.tuke.sk/pdf/2017/n2/1draghici.pdf

Paulo Roberto Bairros da Silva, Cleyton Nascimento Makara, Ana Paula Munaro, Danielle Caroline Schnitzler, Daniel Constantin Diaconu, Ion Sandu, Cristiano Poleto., Risks Associated of the Waters from Hydric Systems Urban’s, the case of the Rio Barigui, South of Brazil, REV. CHIM. (Bucharest), 68, No. 8, 2017. http://www.revistadechimie.ro/pdf/34%20PAULO%20ROBERTO%208%2017.pdf

Zeleňáková M., Gaňová L., Purcz P., Horský M., Satrapa L., Blišťan P., and Diaconu D.C., Mitigation of the Adverse Consequences of Floods for Human Life, Infrastructure, and the Environment. , Nat. Hazards Rev., 2017, 18(4): -1--15, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000255.

Diaconu D.C., Andronache I., Ahammer H., Ciobotaru A-M., Zelenakova M., Dinescu R., Aleksandr Vasilievici Pozdnyakov and Svetlana Alekseevna Chupikova, Fractal drainage model – a new approach to determinate the complexity of watershed, Acta Montanistica Slovaca, 2017, Volume 22, number 1, p. 12-21. (IF 0.938; AIS 0,065)

Ungureanu G., Ignat G., Vintu C.R., Diaconu D.C., Sandu I.G., Study of Utilization of Agricultural Waste as Environmental Issue in Romania, Revista de Chimie, 68, No. 3, p. 570-575, 2017.

Ion Andronache, Rasmus Fensholt, Helmut Ahammer, Ana-Maria Ciobotaru, Radu-Daniel Pintilii, Daniel Peptenatu, Cristian-Constantin Drăghici, Daniel Constantin Diaconu, Marko Radulović, Giuseppe Pulighe, Akomian Fortuné Azihou, Mireille Scholastique Toyi, Brice Sinsin, Assessment of Textural Differentiations in Forest Resources in Romania Using Fractal Analysis, Forests 2017, 8(3), 54; doi:10.3390/f8030054, http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/8/3/54. (IF 2,11; AIS 0,538)

Sedrati A., Houha B., Romanescu Gh., Sandu I.G., Diaconu D.C., Sandu I., Impact of Agriculture Upon the Chemical Quality of Groundwaters within the Saharian Atlas Steppe El-Meita (Khenchela-Algeria), REV. CHIM. (Bucharest), 2017, 68, No. 2, p. 420-423.

Pintilii R-D., Andronache I., Diaconu D.C., Dobrea R.C., Zelenáková M., Fensholt R., Peptenatu D., Draghici C.C. and Ciobotaru A-M., Using Fractal Analysis in Modeling the Dynamics of Forest Areas and Economic Impact Assessment: Maramureș, County, Romania, as a Case Study, Forests, 2017, 8, 25; DOI:10.3390/f8010025, . (IF 2,11; AIS 0,538)
Diaconu D.C., Peptenatu D., Simion A.G., Pintilii R-D., Draghici C.C., Teodorescu C., Grecu A., Gruia A.K., IlieA-M., The restrictions imposed upon the urban development by the piezometric level. Case study: Otopeni-Tunari-Corbeanca. Urbanism. Arhitectură. Construcții, 2017, Vol. 8, nr. 1. pp 27-36.
Gaňová L., Zeleňáková M., Purcz P., Diaconu D.C., Orfánus T., Kuzevičová Z., Identification of urban flood vulnerability in Eastern Slovakia by mapping the potential natural sources of flooding – implications for territorial planning, Urbanism. Arhitectură. Construcții, 2017, Vol. 8, nr. 4. pp 365-376.
Lahousse Ph., Pierre G., Ene M., Diaconu D.C. et Visan M., Le torrent de Chirlești (Carpates de la Courbure, Roumanie: un demi-siècle d'activité, Physio-Géo - Géographie Physique et Environnement, Physio-Géo, 2016, Volume 10, pg.171-190.

Other Colaborations:

Designer and engineer in the SC PPROCONS XXI SRL company, Bucharest 2001- 2003.

Engineer in the SC FILMED COM 93 SRL company, Bucharest 2003- 2004.

Employee at SC Metroul SA as an engineer between June 1st, 2004 and March 31 st 2006.

Engineer and Executive Manager of SC DANIEL DESIGN CONSULTING SRL, Bucharest 2004- 2015.

Engineer of SC DANIEL DESIGN CREATIVE SRL, Bucharest 2014 – ian.2016.
Hydrogeologist within the National Society of Mineral Waters S.A., Bucharest, February, 2, 2014 – Julay, 7, 2016 within the Departament of Exploitation.
Hydrologist expert – 211414, Divizia Mine-Preparare-Mediu, în cadrul SC IPROMIN SA București, 01.07. 2015 – 30.03.2016. Contr. Nr. 20/30.06.2015.
Technical Advisor cod COR – 215313, in cthe SC ENERGY HOLDING SRL, Paris street 24, Bucharest, 19.08.2015 – 19.11.2015. Contr. Nr. 63/18.08.2015.
Personal adviser to the Cabinet of the Secretary of State Olimpia Simona NEGRU from the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests, on water issues.23.08.2016 - 29.06.2017.

Others

Member of the Scientific commitee of the „Limnological Review. The Journal of Polish Limnological Society”
Editor Curent Trends in Civil & Structural Engineering CTCSE. ISSN 2643-6876 (https://irispublishers.com/ctcse/editorialboard.php)
Specialty reviewer in the journal Urbanism.Arhitectură.Construcții, Revista INCD URBAN-INCERC. ISSN 2069-6469. (https://uac.incd.ro/index.htm)

Hobbies

Refurbishing retro cars and motorcycles, and cleaning auto trinkets and memorabilia on ddcclassics.blogspot.com.