Bogdan Antonescu RESEARCHER · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR OPTOELECTRONICS INOE2000 Str. Atomiştilor 409, Măgurele (Ilfov), 077125, ROMANIA (+82) 10-9030-1843 | [email protected] | bogdanantonescu.squarespace.com | @bogdanantonescu | bantonescu Education Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest Bucharest, Romania PH.D. IN PHYSICS 2007 – 2010 • Thesis Cloud-to-ground lightning activity of convective storms in Romania supervisor Prof. Sabina Ştefan Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest Bucharest, Romania M.S. IN PHYSICS 2003 – 2005 • Thesis Use of cloud-to-ground lightning data in severe convective storms forecasting supervisor Prof. Sabina Ştefan Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest Bucharest, Romania B.S. IN PHYSICS Mar. 2010 - Exp. Aug. 2017 Experience INOE2000 Măgurele, Romania RESEARCHER, MEMBER IN THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM OF THE PROJECTS Mar 2018–Present • FRM4RADAR (ESA contract No 4000122916/17/I-EF) - FRM4RADAR – 94 GHz Miniature Network for EarthCARE Reference Measurements is a Eu- ropean Space Agency project aiming to establish an observation network for validation, verification and calibration of EarthCARE cloud profile measurements based on ground-based, high-quality remote sensing observations. • ACTRIS (PN-III-P3-3.6-H2020-2016-0058) - The Research Infrastructure (RI) ACTRIS – Aerosols, Clouds and Trace Gases - is the pan-European RI that consolidates activities amongst European partners for observations of aerosols, clouds, and trace gases and for the understanding of the related atmospheric processes, to provide RI services to wide user groups. Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER Jun 2016–Dec 2017 • I was part of a team working on the What’s the Worst That Can Happen? Re-examining the Most Destructive Convective Storms over Europe, a project lead by Prof. David M. Schultz and funded by the Risk Prediction Initiative of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences. During this project, I have developed climatologies for convective storms over Europe and studied their impacts. I have also contributed to the analysis of the 24–25 June 1967 tornado outbreak over Western Europe (e.g., GIS analysis of the damages). Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER Jan 2016–May 2016 • My research, Assessing the Threat of Severe Convective Storms over Europe, funded by AXA Research Fund, exploited a recent developed pan- European datasets (e.g., severe weather reports) for the first time to i) create spatial and temporal distributions of severe weather events, ii) better understand the factors controlling the distribution of severe weather events over Europe, and iii) develop physically-based conceptual models for convective storms that will benefit our understanding and forecasting. Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER Dec 2010–Dec 2013 • The goal of the TROSIAD project (TROpopause folding, Stratospheric Intrusions And Deep convection) lead by Prof. Geraint Vaughan and Prof. David M. Schultz was to build a conceptual model linking tropopause folds and tropopause level cyclonic anomalies to the occurrence of deep convection, that may be used by operational meteorologists to improve weather forecasts. During the TROSIAD project, I was involved in the measurements campaigns (i.e., radiosonde launches from Capel Dewi, Wales) and analysis of the measurements. National Meteorological Administration Bucharest, Romania RESEARCH METEOROLOGIST Jan 2006–Oct 2010 • I was a part of a team that developed and implemented short-range weather forecasting techniques. I have also managed the Romanian National Lightning Detection Network. National Meteorological Administration Bucharest, Romania SHORT-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTER Apr 2004–Dec 2005 • I was responsible for short-range forecasting of severe convective storms over southern Romania. I have also made the first-ever verified tornado forecast for Romania. Research contributions SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 BOGDAN ANTONESCU · CURRICULUM VITAE 1 Articles MY ARTICLES HAVE BEEN CITED 202 TIMES BETWEEN 2010–2019 (ACCORDING TO WEB OF SCIENCE) AND MY H-INDEX IS 8. 24. Púčik, T.,C. Castellano, P.Groenemeijer, T.Kühne, A. Rädler, B. Antonescu, and E. Faust: Large hail incidence and its economical and societal impacts across Europe. Mon. Wea. Rev., in press. 23. Antonescu, B., D.M. Schultz, H.M.A. Ricketts, and D. Ene, 2019: Theories on tornado and waterspout formation in ancient Greece and Rome. Weather Clim. Soc., in press. 22. Brâcuş, M, D. M. Schultz, B. Antonescu, C. Dearden, and S. Ștefan, 2019: Origin of strong winds in an explosive Mediterranean extratropical cyclone. Mon. Wea. Rev., in press. 21. Nicolae, V., C. Talianu, S. Andrei, B. Antonescu, D. Ene, D. Nicolae, A. Dandocsi, V.-E. Toader, S. cStefan, T. Savu, and J. Vasilescu, 2019: Multiyear typology of long-range transported aerosols over Europe. Atmosphere, 10, 482. 20. Marin, C.A., L. Marmureanu, C. Radu, A. Dandocsi, C. Stan, F. Toanca, L. Preda, and B. Antonescu: Wintertime variations of gaseous atmo- spheric constituents in Bucharest peri-urban area. Atmosphere, 10, 478. 19. Antonescu, B., Hugo M. A. Ricketts, and D. M. Schultz, 2019: 100 Years Later: Reflecting on Alfred Wegener’s Contributions to Tornado Re- search in Europe. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 100, 567–578. 18. Fragkos, K., B. Antonescu, D.M. Giles, E. Ene, M. Boldeanu, G.A. Efstathiou, L. Belegante, and D. Nicolae, 2019: Assessment of the total precipitable water from a sun photometer, microwave radiometer and radiosondes at a continental site in southeastern Europe. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 1979–1997. 17. Cârstea, E., K. Fragkos, N. Siomos, B. Antonescu, and L. Belegante, 2019: Columnar aerosol measurements in a continental southeastern Europe site: Climatology and trends. Theor. Appl. Climayol, 137, 3149–3159. 16. Nicolae, D., J. Vasilescu, C. Talianu, I. Binietoglou, V. Nicolae, S. Andrei, and B. Antonescu, 2018: A neural network aerosol-typing algorithm based on lidar data. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 14511–14537. 15. Antonescu, B., J. G. Fairman Jr., and D. M. Schultz, 2018: What’s the worst that could happen? Re-examining the 24–25 June 1967 tornado outbreak over Western Europe. Weather Clim. Soc., 10, 323–340. 14. Antonescu, B., and F. Cărbunaru, 2018: Cloud-to-ground lightning fatalities in Romania. Weather Clim. Soc., 10, 241–252. 13. Groenemeijer, P., T. Púčik, A. M. Holzer, B. Antonescu, K. Riemann-Campe, D. M. Schultz, T. Kühne, B. Feuerstein, H. E. Brooks, C. A. Doswell III. H.-J. Koppert, and R. Sausen, 2018: Severe convective storms in Europe: Ten years of research at the European Severe Storms Laboratory. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98, 2641–2651. 12. Vaughan, G., B. Antonescu, D. M. Schultz, and C. Dearden, 2017: Invigoration and capping of a convective rainband ahead of a potential vorticity anomaly. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 2093–2117. 11. Antonescu, B., D. M. Schultz, A. Holzer, and P. Groenemeijer, 2017: Tornadoes in Europe: An Underestimated Threat. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98, 713–728. 10. Antonescu, B., D. M. Schultz, F. Lomas, and T. Kühne, 2016: Tornadoes in Europe: Synthesis of the observational datasets. Mon. Wea. Rev., 144, 2445–2480. 9. Antonescu, B., and A. Bell, 2015: Tornadoes in Romania. Mon. Wea. Rev., 143, 689–701. 8. Vaughan, G.,J. Methven, D. Anderson, B. Antonescu, L. Baker, T. P. Baker, S. P. Ballard, K. N. Bower, P. R. A. Brown, J. Chagnon, T. W. Choular- ton, J. Chylik, P. J. Connolly, P. A. Cook, R. J. Cotton, J. Crosier, C. Dearden, J. R. Dorsey, T. H. A. Frame, M. W. Gallagher, M. Goodliff, S. L. Gray, B. J. Harvey, P. Knippertz, H. W. Lean, D. Li, G. Lloyd, O. Martínez–Alvarado, J. Nicol, J. Norris, E. Östrïm, J. Owen, D. J. Parker, R. S. Plant, I. A. Ren- frew, N. M. Roberts, P. Rosenberg, A. C. Rudd, D. M. Schultz, J. P. Taylor, T. Trzeciak, R. Tubbs, A. K. Vance, P. J. van Leeuwen, A. Wellpott, and A. Woolley, 2015: Cloud banding and winds in intense European cyclones: Results from the DIAMET Project. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96, 249–265. 7. Schultz, D. M., B. Antonescu, and A. Chiariello, 2014: Searching for the elusive cold-type occluded front. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 2565–2570. 6. Antonescu, B., G. Vaughan, and D. M. Schultz, 2013: A five-year radar-based climatology of tropopause folds and deep convection over Wales, United Kingdom. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 1693–1707. 5. Antonescu, B., S. Burcea, and A. Tanase, 2013: Forecasting the onset of cloud-to-ground lightning using radar and upper-air data in Romania. Int. J. Climatol., 33, 1579–1584. 4. Burcea, S., S. Cheval, A. Dumitrescu, B. Antonescu, A. Bell, and T. Breza, 2012: Comparison between radar estimated rain gauge measured precipitation in the Moldavian Plateau. Environ. Eng. Manag. J., 4, 723–731. 3. Antonescu, B., and S. Stefan, 2011: The urban effect on the cloud-to-ground lightning activity in the Bucharest area. Romanian Reports in Physics, 63, 535–542. 2. Antonescu, B., and S. Burcea, 2010: A cloud-to-ground lightning climatology for Romania. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 579–591. 1. Zoccatelli, D., M. Borga, F. Zanon, B. Antonescu, and G. Stancalie, 2010: Which rainfall spatial information for flash flood response modelling? A numerical investigation based on data from the Carpathian range, Romania. J. Hydrol., 394, 148–161. Chapters Brooks, H., C.A. Doswell III, X. Zhang, A. Chernokulsky, E. Tochimoto, B. Hanstrum, E. de Lima Nascimento, D.M.L. Sills, B. Antonescu, and B. Barrett, 2019: A century of progress in severe convective storm research and forecasting A Century of Progress in Atmospheric and Related Sciences: Celebrating the American Meteorological Society Centennial, Amer. Meteor. Soc., in press. Books Antonescu, B., 2017: Tornadoes in Europe: Depictions from 1555 to 1910. Blurb, 100 pp. Teaching SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 BOGDAN ANTONESCU · CURRICULUM VITAE 2 I am teaching the courses Introduction to Meteorology and Introduction to Cloud Microphysics for the Master programme, Faculty of Course Physics, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania (2018–present).