Professor Liliana ZAHARIA

 

 Professor in the Meteorology-Hydrology Department

 Director of the research center “Water Resources and Related Risks Management” in the Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest

PhD coordinator since 2007

Curriculum Vitae 

 

Education and Training

  • September 2000 – December 2002: Postgraduate studies Hydrologie et gestion des ressources en eau / Hydrology and water resources management organized by Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Université de Neuchâtel and ETH Zürich;
  • Octomber 1993 – December 1997: PhD Geography, speciality – Physical Geography, Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest;
  • September 1982 – June 1986: Faculty of Geology and Geography, University of Bucharest, specialization Geography – French language;
  • September 1978 – June 1982: Pedagogical High School in Ploiești.

Internships / Training courses

  • Training courses (with certificates) at Paris 7 University – Denis Diderot, Doctoral School E.E.S.C, in the fields: Inition in GIS (June 6th -10th, 2005), Data Analysis (June 13th – 17th, 2005) and Remote sensing image analysis (June 20th – 24th, 2005);
  • School of projects (3rd edition), University of Bucharest, March 7-11th, 2005 (with diploma) ;
  •  AUF research training at Paris 7 University – Denis Diderot, (1-31 May 2008);
  • Course Des rivières et des hommes organized by Grenoble INP and distributed by web.platform FUN (Octomber– December, 2014) (with certificate).

Professional experience

  • Octomber 2006 – at present: Professor,University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography, Department of Meteorology – Hydrology;
  • Octomber 2002 – September 2006: Assistant professor, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography, Department of Meteorology – Hydrology;
  • February 1998 – September 2002: Lecturer, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography, Department of Meteorology – Hydrology;
  • Octomber 1992 – January 1998: Assistant, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography, Department of Meteorology – Hydrology;
  • Octomber 1989 – September 1992: Hydrologist research, National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bucharest ;
  • September 1986 – September 1989: Professor of geography and French language, Industrial High School No 3 in Buzău.

 

Teaching activity

  • Courses: General Hydrology, Potamology and Limnology, Hydrological Hazards, Watersheds, Frequencial Hydrology, Water related risks management, Urban Hydrology;
  • Coordination of bachelor and dissertation works;
  • Organization / coordination of specialized and professional practice and field trips;
  • PhD coordinator: 15 students defended their theses and 7 are during the doctoral training program.

 

Research interest

  • General Hydrology
  • Continental Hydrology
  • Water Resources and their Management
  • Water Related Hazards
  • Water related risks management
  • Physical Geography
  • French Language

 

Scientific activity

A. PUBLICATIONS

1. Scientific books/book chapter: 9 (of which 5 in volumes published abroad)

2. Academic courses, practical works and guides of field trips: 11

3. Papers in scientific journals/ reviews: 188, of which:

a. papers in journals/proceedings rated/indexed in ISI databases: 20

b. papers in journals indexed in international databases (IDB) and Bplus: 39

c. papers in foreign scientific journals: 4

d. articles/abstracts published in international conference proceedings: 99

e. articles/abstracts published in other scientific journals/national conference proceedings: 26

B. PARTICIPATIONS ON SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (CONFERENCES)
203 presentations, of which: 167 at international conferences and 36 at national conferences

C. RESEARCH PROJECTS
Participation on 23 research projects, among which 8 as director of project

1. National projects (Project Director): 3

1. Study of the water resources in Curvature Carpathians and Subcarpathians region for the optimization of their use in the water supply of the population in the departments of the region, financed by CNCSIS, 1999 – 2001.

2. Methods of maximum flow regionalization, financed by CNCSIS, 2003 – 2004.

3. Study of the hydrology of the dam reservoir Iron Gates I and of its influence on the morpho-dynamics of the Romanian slope, for the sustainable management of water resources and landscape, financed by CNCSIS, 2005 – 2007.

2. International projects (Project Director): 5

1. Approches Méthodologiques pour l’analyse des Impacts des Pressions Anthropiques sur l’état   HYdromorphologiques des Rivières (AMIPAHYR) (2016-2017), PN 3 Programme, Subprogramr 3.1., Module AUF – RO, in cooperation with Grenoble Alpes University (France) and University of Zagreb.

2. Climate changes and hydrological impacts in the Romanian Carpathians, Sciex-NMSch bilateral project, in collaboration with University of Lausanne (2012 – 2013). Directors/Mentors: Zaharia Liliana and Stuart Lane. PhD Barbu (Perju) Ruth Elena.

3. Risques associés au système hydro-géomorphologique et aménagement du territoire (2011-2012), bilateral project Brâncuşi – Egide, in cooperation with Paris 7 Denis Diderot University.

4. Les risques hydroclimatiques et leur gestion – le cas des inondations de Roumanie (2008), project in  cooperation with Paris 7 Denis Diderot University, financed by AUF.

5.  Les risques hydro-morphologiques dans la région de la courbure de l’Arc Carpatique et leur gestion (2005), project in  cooperation with Paris 7 Denis Diderot University, financed by AUF.

Member of the research team: 1

Complémentarité des approches hydrologiques et géographiques à l’étude de la dynamique fluviale, bilateral project Brâncuşi – Egide(2003-2004) in cooperation with CEMAGREF Lyon. Directors : Grecu Floare (Romania) and Philippe Ramez (France).

 

Selection of recent publications

Scientific books/book chapter:

1. Zaharia Liliana, (1999), Resursele de apă din bazinul râului Putna. Studiu de hidrologie, Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti, 305p., ISBN 973-575-334-0.

2. Zaharia Liliana, (2005), Apele şi Hazarde hidrologice, capitole în volumul Hazardele naturale din Carpaţii şi Subcarpaţii dintre Trotuş şi Teleajen. Studiu geografic, (2005), coord. Sandu Maria and Bălteanu Dan, Ed. Ars Docendi, p.47 – 59 şi 176 – 181, ISBN 973-558-200-7.

3. Zaharia Liliana, (2005), Studiul resurselor de apă din Carpaţii şi Subcarpaţii Curburii în vederea optimizării valorificării lor pentru alimentarea populaţiei din judeţele aferente regiunii in volumul „Lucrări şi rapoarte de cercetare. Centrul de cercetare „Degradarea terenurilor si Dinamica geomorfologica”, vol. I, Ed. Universităţii Bucureşti, p. 137 – 171, ISBN 973737012-9.

4. Liliana Zaharia, Florina Grecu, Gabriela Ioana-Toroimac, and Gianina Neculau 2011, Sediment Transport and River Channel Dynamics in Romania – Variability and Control Factors in Sediment Transport in Aquatic Environments, Andrew J. Manning (Ed), 293 – 316, InTech, ISBN 978-953-307-586-0. http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/sediment-transport-and-river-channel-dynamics-in-romania-variability-and-control-factors.

5. Liliana Zaharia, Gabriela Ioana-Toroimac, 2013, Romanian Danube River management: Impacts and perspectives, in European Continental Hydrosystems under Changing Water Policy, G. Arnaud-Fassetta, E. Masson & E. Reynard (Editors), Verlag Friedrich Pfeil, München, 159 – 170.

6. Gabriela Ioana-Toroimac, G. Minea, Liliana Zaharia, R. Zarea, Mihaela Borcan, 2013, Hydrogeomorphological River typology in the Ialomiţa and Buzău catchments (Romania), in European Continental Hydrosystems under Changing Water Policy, G. Arnaud-Fassetta, E. Masson & E. Reynard (Editors), Verlag Friedrich Pfeil, München, 261 – 272.

7. Salit Florence, Beltrando Gérard, Zaharia Liliana, 2013, From the impact of July 2005 flood to river management: study case of the Lower Siret River (Romania) , in European Continental Hydrosystems under Changing Water Policy, G. Arnaud-Fassetta, E. Masson & E. Reynard (Editors), Verlag Friedrich Pfeil, München, 273 – 280.

8. Florina Grecu, Liliana Zaharia, Cristina Ghiţă, Laura Comănescu, Emil Cârciumaru, Maria Albu (Dinu), 2012, Sisteme hidrogeomorfologice din Câmpia Română. Hazard – vulnerabilitate – risc, Ed. Universităţii din Bucureşti, 308 p.

9. Grecu Florina, Zaharia Liliana, Gabriela Ioana-Toroimac, Iuliana Armaş, 2016, Floods and Flash-Floods Related to River Channel Dynamics, in Landform Dynamics and Evolution in Romania, Radoane Maria, Vespremeanu-Stroe Alfred (Editors), Spronger Geography, 821 – 844, ISBN 978-3-319-32589-7, http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319325873 .

Academic courses, practical works and guides of field trips:

1. Pişota Ion, Zaharia Liliana, (1995), Hidrologie. Lucrări practice, Tipografia Universităţii Bucureşti, p. 161 – 184, ISBN 973-9160-69-7.

2. Pişota Ion, Zaharia Liliana, (2001, 2002), Hidrologie, Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti, 447p, ISBN 973-575-587-4.

3. Liliana Zaharia, Daniel DIACONU, Ioan SARBU, (2002), Ghid de activitate practică- Hidrologie, Universitatea Bucureşti, Credis, Bucureşti, 53 p., ISBN 973-8336-25-2.

4. Pişota Ion, Zaharia Liliana, (2003), Hidrologia uscatului, Editura CREDIS, Bucureşti, 170 p., ISBN 973-8336-91-0.

5. Pişota Ion, Zaharia Liliana, (2003), Hidrologia uscatului, Editura Universitară, Bucureşti, 233 p., ISBN 973-8499-26-7.

6. Liliana Zaharia, Daniel Diaconu, Ioan Sârbu, (2003), Activităţi practice de hidrologie în arealul „Porţile de Fier”, Editura CREDIS, Bucureşti, 56 p., ISBN 973 – 8336 – 77 – 5.

7. Alexandrescu V., Gheorghilaş A., Ghincea M., Matei E., Peptenatu D., Suditu B. A., Tălângă C., Zaharia L., Zamfir D., (2004), Ţara Maramureşului şi Bucovina. Ghid aplicaţie – anul III de studiu, Ed. Semne, Bucureşti, 93 p., ISBN 973-624-195-5.

8. Pişota Ion, Zaharia Liliana, Diaconu Daniel (2005), Hidrologie, Editura Universitară, Bucureşti, 256 p., ISBN 973-749-002-9.

9. Pătru Ileana, Zaharia Liliana, Oprea Răzvan, (2006), Geografia Fizică a României. Clima, Apele, Vegetaţia, Solurile, Editura Universitară, Bucureşti, 175 p., ISBN 978-973-749-065-0; 973-749-065-7.

10. Alexandrescu V., Clius M., Gheorghilaş A., Matei E., Peptenatu D., Suditu B. A., Tălângă C., Uscatu T., Zaharia L., Zamfir D., 2004, Transilvania – Maramureş – Bucovina. Aplicaţie ştiinţifică şi metodologică, Ediţia a II-a reactualizată, Ed. Semne, Bucureşti, 82 p., ISBN 973-624-195-5 (şi în format electronic).

11. Pişota Ion, Zaharia Liliana, Diaconu Daniel (2010), Hidrologie (ed. a II-a), Editura Universitară, Bucureşti, 256 p., ISBN 978-606-591-1.

Papers in journals/proceedings rated/indexed in ISI databases:

1. Zaharia Liliana, (1998), Tendances dans l’évolution des transferts de matières en suspension dans les Subcarpates de Courbure, en relation avec les modifications du milieu naturel, Revue Géomorphologie: relief, processus, environnement, nr.1, Paris, p. 3-15, ISSN 1266-5304.

2. Zaharia Liliana, Gabriela Ioana-Toroimac, 2009, Erosion dynamics – precipitation relationship in the Carpathian Curvature Region (Romania), Geografia Fizica et Dinamica Quaternaria (Geogr.Fiz.Dinam.Quat.), 32, p. 95, ISSN 1724-4757.

3. Gabriela Ioana-Toroimac, Robert Dobre, Florina Grecu, Liliana Zaharia, 2010, Evolution 2D de la bande active de la Haute Prahova (Roumanie) durant les 150 dernières années, Géomorphologie : relief, processus, environnement, 3, p. 275 – 286), ISSN 1957-777X.

4. Florina GRECU, Liliana ZAHARIA, Cristina GHITA, Lavinia VACARU, 2010, The dynamic factors of hydrogeomorphic vulnerability in the central sector of the Romanian plain, Metalurgia International vol . XV (2010), Special issue no . 9, p. 139-148 (ISSN 1582-2214).

5. Marius-Victor Bîrsan, Liliana Zaharia, Viorel Chendeş, Emilia Brănescu, 2012, Recent Trends In Streamflow In Romania (1976–2005), Romanian Reports in Physics, Vol. 64, No. 1, 275–280, http://rrp.infim.ro/2012_64_1/art24Birsan.pdf

6. Gabriela Ioana-Toroimac, Liliana Zaharia, Gabriel Minea, Mihaela Borcan, 2012, Channel typology based on stability criteria. Case study: Ialomiţa and Buzău watersheds (Romania), Procedia Environmental Sciences 14, ELSEVIER, 177 – 187, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878029612004872 .

7. Camelia-Eliza Telteu, Liliana Zaharia, 2012, Morphometrical and dynamical features of the South Dobrogea lakes, Romania, Procedia Environmental Sciences 14, ELSEVIER,164 – 176, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878029612004860 .

8. F. Salit, L. Zaharia, G. Beltrando, 2013, Assessment of the warning system against floods on a rural area:the case of the lower Siret River (Romania), Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 409–416, www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/13/409/2013/doi:10.5194/nhess-13-409-2013.

9. Birsan MV, Zaharia L, Chendes V, Branescu E., 2013, Seasonal trends in Romanian streamflow, Hydrological Processes, doi: 10.1002/hyp.9961, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.9961/abstract .

10. Grecu F., Zaharia L., Ghiţă C., 2013, Hydrogeomorphological Vulnerability in Romanian Plain, Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Vol. 57, Suppl. 3, 003-028, Stuttgart (DOI :10.1127/0372-8854/2013/S-00141).

11. Gabriela Ioana-Toroimac, Liliana Zaharia, Gabriel Minea, 2015, Using Pressure and Alteration Indicators to Assess River Morphological Quality: Case Study of the Prahova River (Romania), Water 7(6), 2971-2989; doi:10.3390/w7062971, http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/7/6/2971.

12. Florence Salit, Gilles Arnaud-Fassetta, Liliana Zaharia, Malika Madelin, Gérard Beltrando, 2015, The influence of river training on channel changes during the 20th century in the Lower Siret River (Romania), Géomorphologie : relief, processus, environnement, 21, 2, p. 175 -188, http://geomorphologie.revues.org/11002.

13. Zaharia L., Costache R., Prăvalie R., Minea G., 2015, Assessment and mapping of flood potential in the Slănic catchment in Romania, Journal of Earth System Science, Volume 124, Issue 6, p. 1311-1324 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12040-015-0608-3 .

14. Florentina-Iuliana Stan, Gianina Neculau, Liliana Zaharia, Gabriela Ioana- Toroimac, Sorin Mihalache, 2016, Study on the evaporation and evapotranspiration measured on the Căldăruşani Lake (Romania), Procedia Environmental Sciences, 32, 281-289, Elsevier, DOI 10.1016/j.proenv.2016.03.033, http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1878029616001687/1-s2.0-S1878029616001687-main.pdf?_tid=43129db8-14f8-11e6-a0bf-00000aab0f02&acdnat=1462696899_89416c9df545fd74902c20e455d10312

15. Sorina-Mihaela Bogdan, Ileana Pătru-Stupariu, Liliana Zaharia, 2016, The assessment of regulatory ecosystem services: the case of the sediment retention service in a mountain landscape in the Southern Romanian Carpathians, Procedia Environmental Sciences, 32, 12 – 27, Elsevier, DOI 10.1016/j.proenv.2016.03.033, http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1878029616001341/1-s2.0-S1878029616001341-main.pdf?_tid=8c5e4fb2-14f8-11e6-8b6d-00000aab0f27&acdnat=1462697022_03a760ee08758fa373fcb60fe82e187c.

16. Remus Pravălie, Liliana Zaharia, Georgeta Bandoc, Alexandru Petrişor, Oana Ionuş, Iulian Mitof, 2016, Hydroclimatic dynamics in southwestern Romania drylands over the past 50 years,  Journal of Earth System Science, 125 (6), 1255–1271: DOI: 10.1007/s12040-016-0730-x http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12040-016-0730-x .

17. Zaharia, L., Costache, R., Prăvălie, R. Ioana-Toroimac, G., 2017, Mapping flood and flooding potential indices: a methodological approach to identifying areas susceptible to flood and flooding risk. Case study: the Prahova catchment (Romania), Front. Earth Sci., 1-19, DOI:10.1007/s11707-017-0636-1 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11707-017-0636-1.

18. Ioana-Toroimac G., Zaharia L., Minea G., Moroșanu G.A., 2017, Using a multi-criteria analysis to identify rivers with hydromorphological restoration priority: Braided rivers in the south-eastern Subcarpathians (Romania), Science of the Total Environment, 599–600 (2017) 700–709 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.209 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969717310616.

19. Costache, R., Zaharia L., 2017, Flash-flood potential assessment and mapping by integrating the weights-of-evidence and frequency ratio statistical methods in GIS environment – case study: Bâsca Chiojdului River catchment (Romania), Journal of Earth System Science, 126: 59. doi:10.1007/s12040-017-0828-9, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12040-017-0828-9.

20. Moroşanu G.A., Zaharia L., Ioana-Toroimac G., 2017, Changes in forest and water management in the upper Jiu River Catchment (Romania): possible effects on the hydro-sedimentary dynamics, 17 th International Multidisciplinary scientific Geoconference – SGEM 2017, Conference proceedings, volume 17, Water Resources, Forest, Marine and Ocean Ecosystems, Issue 32, p. 749-756, ISSN 1314-2704, DOI: 10.5593/SGEM_GeoConference.

Papers in journals indexed in international databases (IDB) (since 2003):

1. Zaharia L., 2013, L-moments and their use in maximum discharges’ analysis in Curvature carpathians region, vol. Aerul şi Apa – Componente ale mediului, Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca, pag. 119-126.

2. Mereţ R., Zaharia L., 2014, Research and valorization history of mineral waters in Braşov County, vol. Air and Water Components of the Environment Conference, Cluj- Napoca, E. Casa Cărţii de ştiinţă, pag. 407-414.

3. Zaharia L., Ioana-Toroimac G., Costache R., Crăciun E., 2015, The flood potential and measures for flood risk mitigation in Tecuci City, vol. Air and Water Components of the Environment Conference, Cluj- Napoca, E. Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă, pag. 56-63.

4. Tănase I., Zaharia L., 2015, Impact of the reservoirs on the river low flow and measures to mitigate the negative effects, vol. Air and Water Components of the Environment Conference, Cluj- Napoca, E. Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă, pag. 332-339.

5. Mereţ R., Zaharia L., 2016, Mineral waters in Rupea City. Phyzicochemical Features and Use, vol. Air and Water Components of the Environment Conference, Cluj- Napoca, E. Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă, pag. 328-337.

6. Zaharia L., Ioana-Toroimac G., 2016, Developing soft measures for flood risk mitigation and adaptation in Romania: public informing and awareness, în Riscuri şi catastrofe, an XV, vol. 18, nr. 1, Ed. Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă, Cluj Napoca, pag. 7 – 22.

7. Zaharia L., Ioana-Toroimac G., Cocoş O., Ghiţă F.A. Mailat E, 2016, Urbanization effects on the river systems in the Bucharest City region (Romania), Ecosystem Health and Sustainability 2:11, e01247, DOI: 10.1002/ehs2.1247, ESA/ESC Open Access Journal, ISSN: 2096-4129 (Print) 2332-8878 (Online), Taylor & Francis Online, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ehs2.1247;
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ehs2.1247/full; http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1002/ehs2.1247; http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ehs2.1247; http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ehs2.1247?needAccess=true .

8. Moroșanu G.-A., Zaharia L., Belleudy P., Ioana-Toroimac G., 2017, Methodology to identify the leading factors of rivers’ electrical conductivity. Case study: Jiu catchment, Romania, vol. Air and Water Components of the Environment, Cluj- Napoca, Ed. Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă, pag. 26-33, http://aerapa.conference.ubbcluj.ro/ .

9. Mereţ R., Zaharia L., Grecu F., 2017, Characteristics and use of mineral waters and therapeutic mud from Grid village area (Braşov County), vol. Air and Water Components of the Environment, Cluj- Napoca, Ed. Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă, pag. 443-450, http://aerapa.conference.ubbcluj.ro/ .

10. Moroşanu G.A., Verniers G., Zaharia L., 2017, Assessing the physical quality of the Coșuștea River using the Qualphy method, în Riscuri şi catastrofe, an XVI, vol. 20, nr. 1, Ed. Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă, Cluj Napoca, p. 83 – 99, http://riscurisicatastrofe.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/ .

11. Zaharia L., Perju R., Ioana-Toroimac G., 2018, Climate changes and aeefects on river flow in the Romanian Carpathians, vol. Air and Water Components of the Environment, Cluj- Napoca, Roprint, pag. 211-218, http://aerapa.conference.ubbcluj.ro/ .

12. Mereţ R., Zaharia L., 2018, Mineral Waters in Braşov County. Charateristics and use, vol. Air and Water Components of the Environment, Cluj- Napoca, Roprint, pag. 271-278, http://aerapa.conference.ubbcluj.ro/ .