MAGDALENA-IOLANDA STAVINSCHI

Official address:

Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy

Bucharest, str. Cuţitul de Argint 5, RO-040557, Romania

phone: +4021 335 68 92, +40722 736 864,

e-mail: magda_stavinschi@yahoo.fr, magda.stavinschi@gmail.com

Present Position:

Honorary researcher of the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, whose director has been for 15 years.

Field of interest:

Astrometry, celestial mechanics, history of astronomy, astronomical education, transdisciplinarity

Education:

License - Faculty of Mathematics-Mechanics, Astronomical Department, University of Bucharest

Ph.D. – mathematics, specialty: astronomy, Faculty of Mathematics-informatics,

University “Babes-Bolyai" of Cluj-Napoca

Membership of professional bodies:

Affiliations within the International Astronomical Union, IAU

Division A Fundamental Astronomy:

Division C Education Outreach and Heritage:

Commission C1 Astronomy Education and Development,

Commission C2 Communicating Astronomy with the Public

Division A WG Astrometry by Small Ground-Based Telescopes

Commission C1 WG Network for Astronomy School Education – NASE,

Commission C1 WG Theory and Methods in Astronomy Education

Executive Committee WG Women in Astronomy

Past affiliations within the IAU

• .Past President of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (2006-2009) 

• .Past Organizing Committee Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (2006-2009) 

• .Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (2012-2015) 

• .Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012) 

• .Past Member of Commission 8 Astrometry (2011-2015) 

• .Past Member of Commission 41 History of Astronomy (2011-2015) 

• .Past Member of Commission 41 History of Astronomy 

• .Past Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (2009-2015) 

• .Past Member of Commission 55 Communicating Astronomy with the Public (2011-2015) 

• .Past Member of Commission 46 PG Network for Astronomy Education NASE (until 2012) 

• .Past Member of Commission 55 WG Outreach Professionalization & Accreditation (until 2015) 

• .Past Member of Commission C2 WG Outreach Professionalization & Accreditation (2015-2018) 

• .Past Member of Commission 55 WG Public Outreach Information Management (until 2015) 

• .Past Member of Commission C2 WG Public Outreach Information Management (2015-2018) 

• .Founder member of the European Astronomical Society, EAS; 

• .EAS councilor (2000-2004); 

• .Chair of the EAS South East Branch for SEE (from 2000); 

• .Chair of the Sub-Regional European Astronomical Committee, under UNESCO-ROSTE aegis (2004, 2005) 

• .Member of the European Society „Astronomy in Culture”, SEAC;  

• .Chair of the SEAC WG „Astronomy and cultural heritage” (from 2004); 

• .Founder member of international society “Euroscience”; 

• .Member of COSPAR (Committee on Space Research); 

• .Member of the WG “Eclipse ‘99” of the European Council (1998-2000); 

• .Member in the Scientific Council of the Romanian Space Agency; 

• .President of the Scientific Council of the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy (1990-2005); 

• .Director of the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy (1990-2005); 

• .President of the international association "Eclipsa '99", now „Astronomia 21” (1996-2018); 

• .Member of the bureau of the National Romanian Astronomical Committee (from 2002); president (1998-2002), vice-president (1994-1998); 

• .Member of the Romanian Committee for History and Philosophy of Science and Technique – CRIFST (from 2002); 

• .National node for the international campaign VT-2004 (Venus transit), 2004 

• .Member International Center for Transdisciplinary Research – CIRET (from 2004) 

• .Coordinator of the Romanian team of the FP6 program EUROPLANET (2005-2013); 

• .Member of the board of the OPTICON WG on “Enhancing Community Skills”; 

• .Executive President of the Association for the Dialogue between Science and Theology in Romania -ADSTR (from 2005); 

• .President of the Institute for Transdisciplinary Studies for Science, Spirituality, Society (from 2010); 

• .President of the National Committee for the Astronomical Olympiads; 

• .Member of the Armenian Astronomical Society; 

• .Member of the society “Les Roumains de France; 

• . Deputy director of the NOESIS Editorial board (since 2021). 

• . ATLAS Honorary member 

Awards:

• . Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite, décret du Président de la R. Française de 8 avril 2005;  

• .Special Recognition Award: Global Perspectives on Science and Spirituality: A Program of the Université Interdisciplinaire de Paris and Elon University with funding from the John Templeton Foundation. (March 2005); 

        Others:

• .Radio Cultural Excellence Award for promoting the Romanian and international astronomical research during the scientific programs, 2002; 

• .UNESCO Excellence Award “Cecilia Banc” for Science Popularization, 2004 

• .Medal 70 years since the creation of the first research institutions and 55 years since the founding of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova / Medalia 70 de ani de la crearea primelor instituţii de cercetare şi 55 de ani de la fondarea Academiei de Ştiinţe a R. Moldova, awarded by the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, June 2016. 

• .„Golden Medal” of the Academy of Transdisciplinary Learning and Advanced Studies ATLAS 2018 

• .The Romanian Academy Award "Petre Sergescu" for the history of science and technology, attributed to the works “Nicolae Coculescu, a life among the stars”, ed. Eikon and “Astronomy and the Romanian Academy”, Ed. Academiei Române, both published in 2016 

• .RoAJ, vol 28, no.1, 2018, in honour of Magda Stavinschi 

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Publications:

• -.about 300 scientific papers, more than half in refereed journals 

Coeditor for:

• -.Theoretical and Observational Problems Related to Solar Eclipses (1997), Advances in Solar Research at Eclipses from Ground and from Space (2000),  

• -.Leçons d’astronomie (2003),  

• -.14 Steps to the Universe (2015). 

• -.More than 80 books in the Series „Science and Religion”, „Science, Spirituality, Society”, “Curtea Veche” Publishing. 

Books:

• -.Gabriela Banu, Magda Stavinschi, Aurel Goci Constantin Banu, omul care a aprins „flacăra” iubirii de ţară, Ed. Eikon, Bucureşti 2023,  

• -.Magda Stavinschi, Bogdan Andrei Fezi, Liceul Teoretic „Alexandru Vlahuţă”, Bucureşti. Scurt istoric, , Editura Universitară „Ion Mincu”, Bucureşti, 2023 ,  

• -.M. Stavinschi, Astronomical Observatory, 75 years of existence, CIP Press, 1983,  

• -.C. Cristescu, G. Oprescu, M. Stavinschi, Cometa Halley / The Halley Comet, Ed. Stiintifica si Enciclopedica, Bucuresti, 1985,  

• -.E. Toma, M. Stavinschi, La drum cu Pământul / Let's go with the Earth, Ed. Stiintifica si Enciclopedica, Bucuresti, 1986, 

• -.M. Stavinschi, Coopération entre astronomes roumains et français – une longue tradition, Éd. Observatoire de Paris, 1995,  

• -.M. Stavinschi, Întuneric în plină zi / Darkness in the daylight, Ed. Tehnica, 1999,  

• -.M. Stavinschi, Mic dicţionar al eclipselor / Small Dictionary of Eclipse, Ed. Tehinca, Bucuresti, 1999,  

• -.M. Stavinschi, Small Dictionary of Eclipses, internet, 2000,  

• -.M. Stavinschi, Timpul de-a lungul...timpului / Time throughout... Time, Ed. Amco Press, Bucuresti, 2002,  

• -.M. Stavinschi, După 122 de ani: Venus şi Soarele / After 122 years: Venus and the Sun, CD Press, Bucuresti, 2004,  

• -.M. Stavinschi, Histoire celeste. Entre Roumanie et France, Bucuresti, 2008,  

• -.M. Stavinschi et al., Bucharest Observatory Centenary, 1908-2008, 100 years, Bucuresti, 2008,  

• -.M. Stavinschi, Istoria astronomiei româneşti / History of the Romanian Astronomy – DVD, Bucuresti, 2014,  

• -.M. Stavinschi, Constantin Pârvulescu, erou şi cercetător al cerului / Constantin Pârvulescu, Hero and Researcher of the Sky, Ed.  Grafoanaytis, Ploiesti, 2015,  

• -.M. Stavinschi, Astronomul Nicolae Donici; enigme descifrate / The astronomer Nicolae Donici - Decoded enigmas, Curtea Veche Publishing, Bucuresti, 2015 

• -.M. Stavinschi, Astronomia si Academia Română / Astronomy and the Romanian Academy, Ed. Academiei Romane, Bucuresti, 2016 

• -.M. Stavinschi, Nicolae Coculescu – o viaţă printre stele / Nicolae Coculescu - A Life among the Stars, Ed. Eikon, Bucureşti, 2016 

• -.M. Stavinschi, Nicolae Donitch, a Pioneer of the International Astronomical Union, Ed. Eikon, Bucureşti, 2018 

• -.M. Stavinschi (editor), Petre Sergescu si gândirea matematică / Petre Sergescu and Mathematical Thinking, Ed. Eikon, Bucureşti, 2018 

• -.M. Stavinschi, A chapter in Astrometry for Astrophysics: Methods, Models and Applications Celestial Coordinate Systems and Positions, ed. William F. van Altena, Cambridge University Press, 2012 

• -.M. Stavinschi, Matematica şi astronomia / Mathematics and Astronomy, in the volume “Pagini din istoria matematicii româneşti / "Pages in the History of Romanian Mathematics", coordinators Barbu, V., Marinoschi, Gabriela, Tomescu, I., series "Civilizaţia românească / Romanian Civilization"", Ed. Academiei Române, 2018 

Editor of 20 volumes, Astronomical Yearbook (from 1980 until 1990, as member in the editorial board, 1991-2005 editor in chief),

Hundred of articles or different presentations in mass-media

International meetings organized or co organized:

• -.International symposium “120 years from the birth of N. Donici”, 1994, Chisinau, R. Moldavia; 

• -.A.R. Workshop "CCD and photometric receptors applied to the Observations of the Saturnian satellites during the 1995-1996 opportunity" - PHESAT 95, 1994, Bucharest, Romania; 

• -.ESAC III, Annual Meeting, International Conference on Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy, 1995, Sibiu, Romania; 

• -.Romanian-Russian conference “Symbolic Calculations and Their Application in Fundamental Researches”, 1995, Bucharest, Romania; 

• -.NATO ARW, "Theoretical and Observational Problems Related to Solar Eclipses", 1996, Sinaia, Romania; 

• -.4 Romanian-Serbian round tables (Timisoara, 1995; Belgrade, 1996; Cluj-Napoca, 1997; Belgrade, 1998); 

• -.International workshop “On present and future Astrometry”, Prague, 1997; 

• -.Romanian-Russian colloquium „Processing and Application for Astronomical Data and Scientific-Technical Information Interchange”, Bucharest, Romania, 1997; 

• -.Romanian-Russian colloquium „Processing and Application for Astronomical Data and Scientific-Technical Information Interchange”, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1998; 

• -.International jury of the IAU contest for the best programs proposed for 1999 TSE 

• -.International workshop „Astrolabes”, Poznan, Poland, 1998; 

• -.NATO ASI „Advances in Solar Research from Ground and from Space”, Bucharest, Romania, 1999; 

• -.The 24th International School for Young Astronomers ISYA (IAU/UNESCO), Bucharest, Romania, 1999; 

• -.International Seminar „Solar Researches in the South-Eastern European Countries: Present and Perspectivesˮ, Bucharest, Romania, 2001; 

• -.Joint Discussion „Astronomy with Small Telescopes”, JENAM 2001, München, Germany, 2001 

• -.International colloquium "Science and religion. Antagonism or complementarity?", Bucharest, Romania, 2001. 

• -.Journées 2002, „Systèmes de référence spatio-temporelsˮ, Bucharest, Romania, 2002 

• -.IAU WG meeting „The Future Development of the Ground-Based Astrometry”, Bucharest, Romania, 2002 

• -.The second international Seminar of the SEE branch of EAS „New Results in Stellar Physicsˮ, Timisoara, Romania, 2002; 

• -.Astronomy summer school „South-Eastern Europe Youth at the Telescopeˮ (Belogradchik, Bulgaria), 2003 

• -.Special Session of IAU WG The Future Development of Ground-Based Astrometry, Sydney, Australia, 2003; 

• -.Initiator of the IAU resolution concerning the teaching of the astronomy 

• -.JENAM 2003, Special Session „Astronomy Education in Europeˮ, Budapest, Hungary, 2003; 

• -.1st Meeting of the Sub-Regional European Astronomical Committee, Bucharest, Romania, 2004; 

• -.„Semaine franco-roumaine des sciences et de la technique”, 2003, 2004 and 2005, Bucharest, Romania ; 

• -.Conference „Georgi Manev – Historical and Contemporary Aspects of Astronomy, Theoretical and Gravitational Physics”, Chair of the SOC, 2004, Sofia, Bulgaria; 

• -.Special Session „Training and Communicating Astronomy”, JENAM-2004, 13-17 September 2004, Granada, Spain; 

• -.Scientific Session „Astrometry with Small Telescopes”, 2004, Bucharest, Romania; 

• -.2nd Meeting of the Sub-Regional European Astronomical Committee, 2004, Bucharest, Romania; 

• -.Special session „Astrophysics, and how to attract young people into Physics”, JENAM 2005, 4-7 July 2005, Liège, Belgium; 

• -.2005 Yale Summer Workshop on Basic Astrometric Methods, July 2005, Yale University, New Haven CT, USA; 

• -.Scientific session „Scientific programs and astronomy education”, 2005, Bucharest, Romania;  

• -.3rd Meeting of the Sub-Regional European Astronomical Committee, 2005; 

• -.International Congress „Science and Orthodoxy, a necessary dialogue”, 22-26 October 2005, Bucaharest and Constanta, Romania; 

• -.International Congress „Transdisciplinary Approaches of the Dialogue between Science, Art and Religion in the Europe of Tomorrow”, 9-11 September 2007, Sibiu, Romania; 

• -.International Congress „The Dialogue between Science and Religion in the Orthodox World”, 25-28 September 2008, Bucharest, Romania;  

• -.International Congress „Romania, as Laboratory of the Dialogue between Science and Spirituality in the Contemporary World”, 19-20 October 2009, Bucharest, Romania; 

• -.International Workshop „Science, Religion, Spirituality and Society as Background of a Stable Peace in the Contemporary World”, 6-9 December 2010, Bucharest, Romania; 

• -.JENAM 2007, Session „Astronomy education”, 20-25 August, 2007, Yerevan, Armenia; 

• -.JENAM 2008, Symposium „ Education and Communicating Astronomy in Europe - Preparation for IYA2009”, 7-13 September 2008, Vienna, Austria 

• -.JENAM 2009, Session „The IYA 2009 in Europe”, 20-23 April 2009, Hertfordshire, UK; 

• -.JENAM 2010, Special Session „ Education and Outreach after IYA2009 in Europe”, 6-10 September 2010, Lisbon, Portugal; 

• -.EWASS 2012, Symposium “Astronomy Education in Europe”, 5 July 2012, Roma, Italy; 

• -.EWASS 2013, Special Session „Astronomy Education and Public Outreach”, 8 July 2013, Turku, Finland; 

• -.EWASS 2014, Special Meeting „Inter-, Multi- and Trans-disciplinarity in Astronomy Education”, 30 June-4 July 2014, Geneva, Switzerland; 

• -.International Session “The Astronomer Nicolae Donici. 140 Years since his Birth”, 8 September 2014, Bucharest, Romania 

• -.International Symposium “The Astronomer Nicolae Coculescu – 150 Years since his Birth”, 31 October 2016, Bucharest, Romania 

• -.Session Petre Sergescu, artizan al cooperării internaţinale în domeniul istoriei ştiinţei / - Petre Sergescu, artisan of the international co-operation in the history of science, Romanian Academy, 24 May 2018 

• -.2018 ATLAS T3 International Conference Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, 3-6 June 2018