Radu Dan Constantinescu

Radu Dan Constantinescu (born 17 October 1955) is a Romanian physicist specializing in the field of nonlinear dynamical systems and constrained dynamic, gauge field theory and of mathematical models describing nonlinear phenomena. He served as Secretary General of the Romanian Physical Society, and is currently the President of the Balkan Physical Union, among other roles in the European physics milieu.

Radu Dan Constantinescu
Born	(1955-10-17)17 October 1955 Târgu Jiu, Romania
Nationality	Romanian
Citizenship	Romanian
Alma mater	University of Craiova
Scientific career
Fields	Physics, nonlinear dynamical systems and constrained dynamic systems, gauge field theory and of mathematical models describing nonlinear phenomena
Thesis	Dynamical implications of the symmetries in models from the quantum field theory[1]

Early life and education

Radu Constantinescu was born in Târgu Jiu, Romania on October 17, 1955.^[1] He graduated from the Fraţii Buzeşti National College from Craiova and attended the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Craiova from which he obtained his PhD in Physics.^[2]

Career

He began his teaching career at the Gheorghe Lazăr National College in Bucharest. He then moved to Craiova where he taught at the Tudor Vladimirescu National College, and Carol I National College. In 1990, he joined the University of Craiova as professor of theoretical physics. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Physics of the Craiova University from 1999 to 2004. Between 2005 and 2009 and 2016 to 2020 he served as vice rector of the University of Craiova on Scientific Research.^[2] He also served as the institutional coordinator of the Socrates program at the University of Craiova.^[2]

Career highlights and recognition

In 2009, Constantinescu was elected Secretary General of the Romanian Physical Society.^[3] He was also named Vice Chair of the American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences congress in 2017.^[4] In 2011, he served as representative of Romanian rectors at the Bologna Process.^[5] Between 2009 and 2015 he was appointed president of the Southeastern European Network in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics.^[6] Between 2013 and 2022 he served as the Chairman of the Committee for European Integration of the European Physical Society.^[7] In September 2022 he was elected as the 12th president of the Balkan Physical Union.^[8]

Publications

Radu Constantinescu's contributions to physics center on high energy physics, and constraint dynamics. His work was published in Physics Letters A and B, the Journal of Mathematical Physics, Physica Scripta, the International Journal of Modern Physics, the Romanian Journal of Physics, Mathematics, Symmetry, and at the UNESCO Center of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics.^[2] He authored or co-authored more than 100 articles published in scientific journals or presented in international conferences, with more than 250 citations.^[9]

References

Citations

1. University of Craiova 2017.
2. University of Craiova 2022.
3. Societatea Română de Fizică 2022.
4. American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences 2017.
5. Constantinescu 2011.
6. Djordjević 2015.
7. European Physical Society 2013.
8. Balkan Physical Union 2022.
9. ORCID 2022.

Sources

• American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences (2017). "The 41st ARA Congress". American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
• Balkan Physical Union (2022). "Presidents of the Balkan Physical Union". Balkan Physical Union. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
• Constantinescu, Radu (2011). "ECTS between workload and learning outcomes: How to allocate credits to different 29 disciplines". Bologna expert training session and learning outcomes seminar (PDF). By Roberta Avellino. Debbie Lora Dimech (ed.). p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2022.
• Djordjević, Goran (12 November 2015). A network for the Balkans (PDF). Southeastern European Network in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics SEENET-MTP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2022.
• European Physical Society (2013). "CEI Composition". European Physical Society. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
• "Radu Constantinescu". Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID). 2022. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
• Societatea Română de Fizică (2022). "Conducerea Societății Române de Fizică" [Directors of the Romanian Society of Physics]. Societatea Română de Fizică (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
• University of Craiova (2017). "Radu Dan Constantinescu". University of Craiova. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
• University of Craiova (2022). "Conf. univ. dr. Radu Constantinescu Prorector Universitatea din Craiova- Cercetare Ştiinţifică". Universitatea din Craiova (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.