PROGRAM I: RESEARCHES IN SOLAR AND STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS, GALACTIC AND EXTRAGALACTIC ASTRONOMY AND COSMOLOGY
Project I.1: Dynamics of the solar atmosphere and heliosphere
Processing of observational ground- and space-based data
Analysis of solar active regions and active phenomena
Numerical and statistical modeling of solar active phenomena
Dynamics of the Heliosphere
Study of the transfer of solar radiation through the terrestrial atmosphere
Project I.2: Stellar astrophysics and planetary systems
Study of the eclipse binary systems observed from ground or by space missions
Study of exoplanets and exoplanet systems observed from ground or by space missions
The pulsating and asteroseismic study of variable star classes observed from ground or by space missions
Study of the variability of light curves and the periods of pulsating variable stars and of eclipse binary star systems (Cluj-Napoca)
Multicolor CCD Photometry in the Johnson-Kron-Cousins System of Medium and Short Periodic Variable Stars using the 30- and 40-cm Meade telescopes of the Cluj-Napoca Observatory (Cluj-Napoca)
Project I.3: Galactic, extragalactic and cosmology astronomy studies
Modeling of stars and interstellar components of galaxies (dust, gas and cosmic rays)
Modeling our Galaxy
Panchromatic observational astrophysics (radio, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, gamma radiation)
Astrophysics of swarms and groups of galaxies, the dark matter of the universe - synergies between high energy astrophysics and low energy astrophysics
PROGRAM II: STUDIES OF ASTROMETRY, CELESTIAL MECHANICS AND PLANETOLOGY
Project II.1: Space-time reference systems, CCD astrometry
Astrometric Observations of Solar System bodies
Improvement of asteroid orbits using CCD astrometric observations reported to the ICRF reference system
Connecting the star system to the local land system, geodetic astronomy
Bucharest Virtual Observatory: scanning the historical archive of photographic plates
Project II.2: Study of the dynamics of celestial bodies by quantitative and qualitative methods
Modeling the movement of celestial bodies in the post-Newtonian formalism
Study of satellites dynamic using numerical methods
Study of regularization methods
The study of planetary orbits stability by numerical methods
Project II.3: Planetology
Physical properties of Solar System objects
Formation and evolution of the Solar System
Comparative planetary science based on laboratory data
Interpretation and analysis of data obtained by space missions
Numerical modeling in planetary sciences
PROGRAM III: STUDIES OF HISTORY AND ASTRONOMY EDUCATION
Project III.1: History studies and astronomical education in Romanian and European context
Study of Early Romanian Contributions to Astronomy
Archeo-astronomy studies
Studies on astronomy teaching methodology
PROGRAM IV: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN SPACE SCIENCES
Project IV.1. : Research and development in multispectral instrumentation for astronomy
Development of astronomical instrumentation
Automation of instruments for the acquisition of astronomical data
Devopment of algorithms and pipelines for data reduction; big data, AI, and ML
