Prof. V.I. Pârvulescu
Prof. Vasile I. Parvulescu received his PhD in Catalysis in 1986 at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest (Romania).
After one year stage in the Petroleum Company Vega-Ploiesti (Romania) he moved in the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Rare and Non-Ferrous Metals Bucharest (Romania) till 1991, when he joined the University of Bucharest, where become full professor in 1999.
Meantime he received several fellowships: PECO and NATO fellows, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Alexander von Humboldt, Max Planck. He is also invited Professor of a series of Universities: Louvain-la-Neuve, Aachen, Lille, Toulouse, Quebec, Taywen, Toulouse, etc.
He has over 40 years’ experience within the field of synthesis of catalysts, catalysts characterization, asymmetric, environmental, oxidation, plasma catalysis, etc.
He authored more than 390 papers, 38 review papers and chapters, 10 books (Wiley, RSC, Elsevier, Romanian Academy), and 28 patents.
Prof. V.I. Parvulescu is member of several Editorial Boards: Appl. Catal. B, Appl. Catal. A, ChemCatChem, Chemistry, Rev. Roum. Chem., Current Catal., Associate Editor: Frontiers in Green and Environmental Chemistry.
Also, he served as Secretary of the European Federation of the Catalysis Societies (2011-2015), member of the ESF COST (CMST) Chemistry and Molecular Science and Technology Board (2000-2014), International Association of Catalysis Societies Board (IACS) (2014-), President of the Division of mathematics and nature sciences CNCSIS (National Council of the Scientific Research of Universities (CNCSIS)): (2003-2011) and of the Division of chemistry CNCSIS (National Council of the Scientific Research of Universities) (2016-2017).
For this work Prof. Vasile I. Parvulescu was awarded with the Prize of the Romanian Academy of Sciences and „Grigore Moisil“ Award for exact sciences of the National Grand Lodge of Romania, and Proclaimed Knight of the National Order for Merits by the Romanian President.
Currently, he serves as a President of the Romanian Catalytic Society and he is Director of the Research Centre of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes at University of Bucharest.