Sergiu MUSTEATA is an archaeologist/historian from the Republic of Moldova, and a professor at the University „Valahia” Târgovi¿te, Romania. He holds his Ph.D. in the History Faculty of „Al.I. Cuza” University, Ia¿i, Romania (1999) and habilitation thesis at the „Ion Creanga” Pedagogical State University of Chisinau (2021). He is a former research fellow of various scholarships in the USA, Hungary, Sweden, and Poland, including DAAD and Humboldt Foundation at Bonn, Freiburg, and Braunschweig universities, Fulbright Scholar at the University of Maryland, University of California Berkeley, and Stanford University. He is the author of 8 monographs, more than 300 scientific publications, editor of over 30 books, and editor of two scientific journals. His major academic interests are Medieval History and Archaeology of Eastern Europe; Cultural Heritage Preservation and History textbook analysis.