Dr. Ileana Apostol

ETH Zürich Dr. Ileana Apostol Inst. f. Raum- u. Landschaftsentwicklung HIL H 28.2 Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 15 8093 Zürich Phone: +41 44 633 94 63 E-Mail:

Education

• 2000 - 2007: Ph.D. in Planning, University of Southern California, School of Policy Planning and Development, Los Angeles, U.S.A.; Dissertation Chair: Prof. Tridib Banerjee, Dissertation Title: "The Production of Public Spaces: Design Dialectics and Pedagogy"
• 1997 - 1999: Master in Infrastructure Planning, University of Stuttgart, Centre for Infrastructure Planning, Stuttgart, Germany; Dissertation Chairs: Prof. Peter Treuner und Prof. Wolfram Ressel, Master's Thesis Title: "Transportation Planning in Romania with respect to Integration in the E.U."
• 1995 - 1997: Master in Urbanism, University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest, Romania; Master's Thesis Title: "The Pedestrian Arcade: A Joint in the System of Urban Open Spaces"
• 1989 - 1995: B.Arch., University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest, Romania; Diploma Project "Bucharest Fire Department: Center for Instruction and Intervention"

Professional Experience and Activities

• Since May 2011: Marie Curie Experienced Researcher, Institute for Spatial and Landscape Planning, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
• 2008 - 2010: Visiting Researcher at LIP6, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
• 2006 - 2008: Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Urban Planning and Design, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, U.S.A.
• 2001 - 2005: Instructor in Planning and Teaching Assistant in Real Estate Development, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
• 1995 - 2000: Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Urban Planning and Design, Universitatea de Arhitectura si Urbanism "Ion Mincu", Bucharest, Romania
• 1995 - 2005: architect and urban planner with various private firms in Bucharest and Los Angeles
• 1991 - 2006: participation in international urban planning workshops in Berkeley, USA; Vancouver, Canada; Los Angeles, USA and Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany; Stuttgart, Germany and Izmir, Turkey; New York City, USA and Constanta, Romania; Paris, France and Bucharest, Romania.

Fellowships and Grants

• Marie Curie Intra-European (IEF), Fulbright, Irvine, USC Graduate School, and Initiativkreis Ruhrgebiet Fellowships, DAAD, TEMPUS, and Romanian Government Grants.