Maria Bostenaru Dan

Dipl.-Ing. in architecture (focus on urban planning), dr. in architecture, researcher in architecture, postdoctoral training in architecture and geography, research manager and expert evaluator

Bucharest, Romania

About

Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Maria Bostenaru Dan is an architecture engineer specializing in urban planning, with extensive international research experience in disaster risk, vulnerability, and heritage preservation. She graduated from Universität Karlsruhe (Germany) and holds a PhD from the “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism (Bucharest), where she is currently a research scientist (grade III). Her work sits at the intersection of architecture, urban studies, and disaster risk, with a strong interdisciplinary and international orientation. She has been awarded three Marie Curie Fellowships and has conducted research in Germany, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Romania, and Canada. Her work has also been supported by national institutions such as the Canadian Centre of Architecture, the German Research Foundation, Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (in Romania) and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She has contributed extensively to European research networks (including COST Actions and ESF NeDiMAH), taking on coordination and management roles and supporting international collaboration. Her experience includes: - research and project management - evaluation and review of research proposals and projects - academic publishing (author and editor of multiple books) - long-term involvement in international scientific events (EGU General Assembly session convener) She is also engaged in interdisciplinary and applied research, including collaborations with NGOs and contributions to cultural and scientific initiatives.

Experience

  • "Ion Mincu"​ University of Architecture and Urban Planning (18 yrs 8 mos)
    • Scientific Researcher Grade III at the Department for Research Management
      Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

      1. Responsible for the Herita-Digi lab in the PNRR Digitalisation of universities project, OS8 in this description https://www.uauim.ro/cercetare/transformarea-digitala-a-uauim/ 2. Grant awarding coordinator (mandatory leadership position) and management committee member for the COST action CA23145 - Architectural and Urban Ambiances of European Cities (CitySenZ) 3. Management committee member and WG2 co-leader "Educator Training and Capacity Building" for the COST action CA24106 - Building Education and One Health with Adaptive Convergence and Open Networks (BEACON) 4. Management committee member for the COST action CA23141 - Managing Artificial Intelligence in Archaeology (MAIA). 5. Working group member in the COST actions CA20137 - Making Young Researchers' Voices Heard for Gender Equality (VOICES) which will continue with a COST innovator grant 6. Working group member and science communication co-coordinator in the COST action CA23113 - Climate change impacts on mental health in Europe (CliMent). 7. Member of commissions for project reviews and project positions. 8. Sharing project calls with the academic community 9. Organising the information for the research reporting of the university for CNFIS 10. Providing the data for the university report for the Performance Evaluation of Research Organizations process to align with the European Research Area. 11. Deputy representative for ECLAS (European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools)

    • Scientific Researcher Grade III (Research Networking Day in FDI CULTADISER)
      Jul 2025 - Nov 2025 · 5 mos

      Curating the exhibition

    • Principal Investigator
      Jun 2022 - Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      PN-III-P4-PCE-2021-0609 FUTURE_ON_THE_PAST "From early 20th century architecture photography collection to database: digital humanities applied to investigate local seismic, flood, fire culture" 2.06.2022-31.12.2024

  • expert evaluator at Research Executive Agency, Executive Agency for SME (since 2018)
    Mar 2012 - Present · 14 yrs 4 mos

    Marie Curie Career Integration Grants (2012 and 2013, in the panels ENG, SOC, ENV and ECO) REFLECTIVE 7 and Individual Fellowships from the schemes Reintegration, Global Fellowships and Career Restart (2014) Mat-Eng in 2015-2020. FP7 review SECURITY (2015) H2020 project selection and monitoring&review in the area of cultural heritage and climate change.

  • Domus creative fellowship at Hungarian Academy of Sciences
    May 2025 - Dec 2025 · 8 mos

    Fellowship for Hungarians abroad in order to complete the habilitation requirements. Preliminary topic: Preservation of housing buildings from the first half of the 20th century across Europe. The focus will be on the former Danube monarchy, including also landscape and environment issues.

  • Domus scholar at Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem (MATE)
    Apr 2025 - Aug 2025 · 5 mos

    Természet alapú megoldások feltérképezése Budapesten Magyarorszagi osztöndíj

  • Domus scholarship at Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem (MATE)
    Aug 2021 - Sep 2021 · 2 mos

    Domus scholarship about the Károlyi gardens, in landscape architecture, under the leadership of prof. dr. Albert Fekete.