Liviu Ciprian Matenco - Curriculum Vitae#
Education
- 1991 - MSc degree in Geology, University of Bucharest (Thesis: Application of balanced cross sections in the external nappes of the East Carpathians, promotor: prof. Corneliu Dinu)
- 1997 - PhD degree in Tectonics, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Thesis: “Tectonic evolution of the Outer Romanian Carpathians: Constraints from kinematic analysis and flexural modelling”, promotor: prof. Sierd Cloetingh)
- 1997 - 2003 Relevant post-graduate courses: prof. dr. S. Schmid, prof. dr. A.W. Bally, prof. dr. P. Ziegler, prof. dr. S. Cloetingh
Research Interests
Sedimentary basins formation and evolution; Long-term sediment dynamics and coupling with anthropogenic systems; Orogenic structure and coupling with sedimentary basins; Lithosphere dynamics; Evolution of tectonic-driven sedimentary sequences; Source to Sink systems.
Refereed scientific journal articles
Authorship of 92 publications in international refereed journals, 4 special thematic volumes of the international journals Global and Planetary Change and Tectonophysics.
Employment history
- 2017 Professor of Tectonics and Sedimentary Basins, Utrecht University, The Netherlands;
- 2012 Associate Professor, Utrecht University, The Netherlands;
- 2011 Associate Professor, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
- 2006 Research Leader of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of The Netherlands, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 2003 Researcher, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 1991 Assistant professor, Lecturer, Associate Professor, University of Bucharest, Romania.
Relevant (inter)national activities and awards
- 2017 - present - Editor in Chief, Global and Planetary Change
- 2015 - present - Chairperson (i.e. Leader), International Lithosphere Program Task Force VI - Sedimentary Basins.
- 2010 - 2017, Co-chair and Panel member PE10 Earth System Science, ERC Starters and Consolidators Grants.
- 2011 - 2013, Director Teaching committee Netherlands Research School of Sedimentary Geology
- 2011 - 2013, Co-chair, Implementation Team, The Planet Earth Institute
- 2001 - 2016 – Expert evaluator, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Republic of Serbia, Ministry of Science and Technological Development, Romanian National University Research Council, Slovenian Research Agency, Slovak Research and Development Agency, Serbian Ministry of Research, Croatian Academy of Sciences
- 2006 - 2015 - Research Leader of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Netherlands
- 2002 Burgen Award of Academia Europaea
- 1999 “G.M. Murgoci” Geosciences award; Romanian Academy of Sciences
- 2001 - present, member of American Geophysical Union, European Geosciences Union
Regular participation in PhD defence committees in Netherlands or abroad (15 theses in the last 8 years)
