Dan Cogălniceanu
Professor in ecology and conservation, Ovidius University of Constanța, Romania
Focus regions: Palearctic
Dan Cogălniceanu is an amphibian and reptile ecologist at Ovidius University of Constanța, Romania. His research addresses population ecology, biogeography, conservation and the responses of amphibians to environmental change, with extensive experience in the Lower Danube and Danube Delta. He contributed regional knowledge, distribution data and a landscape perspective to the Danube Dragon Action Plan. His work helps connect long-term scientific evidence with the conservation needs of floodplain species living in rapidly changing human-dominated environments.