Vasile Parvulescu - Curriculum Vitae#

Education

• License: June 1978, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Chemistry
  
• Master: June 1978, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemical Technology, specialty: Catalysis and Catalysts
  
• PhD: November 1986, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest

Positions

• 1979 - 1980 Vega Petrochemical company, Chemist
  
• 1980 - 1991 Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Rare and Non-Ferrous Metals Bucharest
  
  • 1980 -1983 Chemist/researcher
    
  • 1983 - 1989 Senor researcher
    
  • 1989 - 1991 High senor researcher
    
• 1993 - present University of Bucharest
  
  • 1991 - 1993 Lecturer
    
  • 1993 - 1993 Associate professor
    
  • 1999 - Professor
    
  • 2006 - 2019 Director Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis

Interest: Inorganic Syntheses, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Catalysis for Environments and Energy Production, Photocatalysis, Catalytic Processes (hydrogenation, oxidation, catalysis on membrane), Fine Chemistry, Biomass Valorisation, Catalysis in/with ionic solvents, Catalysts Characterization, Catalysis under Laser irradiation and activation by Plasma

Records

10 books, 25 book chapters, over 410 papers, 31 patents; H=51, H1000=2, over 12500 citations

Coordination of Scientific Projects

Director of over 110 Projects in Romanian and Group Leader in various International competitions: 2 NATO, FP6 (CONCORDE), FP7 (SYNFLOW), H2020 (PIONEER and CCIMC)

Inter-governmental projects with: Katolieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium, 3), Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium, 3), ETH Zurich, University Thessaloniki (Greece) (2), University of Ljublijana (Slovenia) (2), Institute of catalysis Pune (India) (1), University of Cyprus (1), University of Athens (1).

Guest Professor (2000) Institute of Coal Chemistry, Taixuan, China, (2002) Laval Universite, Quebec, Canada, (2002, 2006 and 2013) Universite de Lille; (2011) RTWH Aachen, (2013 and 2019) Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse