Personal information
First name(s) / Surname(s) Grădinariu, Gică
Address(es) 5, Rece, 707027, Iaşi, Romania
Telephone(s) +40 232 407529 Mobil: +40 745 920 413
Fax(es) +40 0232 274 932
E-mail ggradin@uaiasi.ro

Nationality Romanian

Date of birth 18.05.1954

Gender M

Work experience

Dates 2004-2012
Occupation or position held Dean of Faculty of Horticulture
Main activities and responsibilities -courses and seminars; academic administration; coordinate scientific publications; consultant and trainer for fruit growing field.
Name and address of employer University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Iasi, 3, M. Sadoveanu, Iaşi, 700490;
Type of business or sector Didactic; scientific research; academic administration

Dates 1995 – 2008
Occupation or position held Professor
Main activities and responsibilities -courses and seminars; -coordinate scientific publications; consultant and trainer for fruit growing field.
Name and address of employer University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Iasi, 3, M. Sadoveanu, Iaşi, 700490;
Type of business or sector Didactic; scientific research; academic

Dates 1986-1995;
Occupation or position held Researcher
Main activities and responsibilities Research
Name and address of employer I.C.D.I.M.P.H. Horting Bucharest and S.C.P.P. Iaşi.
Type of business or sector Scientific research

Education and training

Dates 1995
Title of qualification awarded PhD in Agronomy;
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Horticultural Technologies; Fruits preservation and storage
Name and type of organization providing education and training Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry Bucharest
Level in national or international classification Postgraduate

Dates 1980
Title of qualification awarded Bachelor Degree
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered General domain of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences
Plant Breeding, Fruit Growing, Planting material production, Ecology, Physiology, Biochemistry.
Name and type of organization providing education and training University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Iasi, Faculty of Horticulture
Level in national or international classification University education

Dates 1975
Title of qualification awarded Baccalaureate
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered General Knowledge
Name and type of organization providing education and training General Culture High School , real section – Dorohoi, Botoşani.
Level in national or international classification Pre-university

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue(s) Romanian

Other language(s)
English
French

Social skills and competences As a specialized researcher, project manager and executive I have carried out activities in which teamwork is essential. Communication in public context. Didactic and administrative competence.

Organizational skills and competences Organizational spirit – (leading position during: 1995-2008)
These skills and competencies have been acquired through activities conducted as:
- project manager in more than 10 contracts in the framework of national research programmes;
- project executive in 12 contracts in the framework of national and international research programmes;

Computer skills and competences Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Publisher);
Statistics programs (SPSS), (CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, PhotoShop); Internet (context professional)

Artistic skills and competences Music; design, literature

Other skills and competences Technical - judiciary expert – The Minister of Justice, Evaluator expert CNCSIS – MEC, RELANSIN, BIOTECH;

Driving license driving license, Class B

Additional information Key Qualifications:
Université des Sciences et Technologies Lille I (2000, 2005);
Universitaty of Agriculture Toronto, Canada (2002);
Università degli Studi di Tuscia (2003); Università degli Studi di Perugia (2003);
Seul University, Korea (2006); National Institute of Fruit Growing Tsuchuba - Tokyo, Japan (2006);
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russian Federation (2007).
Technologies elaboration: Technology for conditioning, storage and walnuts way of use in Romania. nr. 8212/1989;
Standards: Fresh fruits-Green Walnuts, STAS Collections 1992, Bucharest.

LIST OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
Grădinariu G., Istrate M., Zlati Cristina, Corneanu G., Petre L., Grădinariu Felicia Sanda, 2006, The National Germoplasm And New Sweet Cherry And Hibrids Obtained In Iaşi, Roumania, XXVII ISHS International Horticultural Congress, Seul, Korea, Acta Hort. 760, pg. 439-446.
Grădinariu G., M. Istrate, M. Dascălu, Cristina Zlati, 2007 - Researches regarding the influence of storing fertilization at planting upon chemical soil proprieties and trees productivity, ESNA XXXVII Annual Meeting, Dubna, Russian Federation, ISBN 5-9530-0164-9.
Grădinariu G., Istrate M., Zlati Cristina, Morariu Aliona, Ciobotari Gheorghii, 2008 - Researches regarding the influence of physiological and biochemical processes upon scion-rootstock interaction and its importance in grafted fruit trees incompatibility expression, ESNA XXXVIII Annual Meeting Krakow – Poland, Book of Abstracts, ISBN 83-60127-99-9, p. 159-160.
Grădinariu G., Zlati Cristina, M. Istrate, M. Dascălu, 2009 – Investigation on anatomical and histological structure of graft union in plum, Lucrări ştiinţifice vol. XXV, ICDP Piteşti, ISSN 1584-2231.
Zlati Cristina, Grădinariu G., Istrate M., Draghia Lucia, 2011 – Formation of Graft Union in Pear: A Histological Study by Using Light Microscopy. Journal of American Pomological Society 65(4): 185-191 (F.i.=0,37691; Si.= 0,45815).