Elena Cristina Rada

Graduated in Environmental Engineering in 2002 in the Polytechnic University of Bucharest (energy and economics specialisation). Since 2005 she got three PhD titles from Italian and Rumanian universities: a PhD in Environmental Engineering, a PhD in Energy Engineering and a PhD in Engineering and Management. In 2013, she got the Italian National Qualification to function as Associate Professor in the sector of Environmental and Sanitary engineering, confirmed in 2018 and valid until 2029. In 2023, she got the Italian National Qualification to function as Full Professor in the same sector, valid until 2034. Presently she is senior researcher. In 2016, she received the Eminent Scientist Medal from the Wessex Institute of Technology. Member of scientific committees of international conferences, she is Author of co-Author of more than 300 articles in conferences and journals (more than 220 articles are indexed in SCOPUS data-base, giving an H index =37). Editor of many Special Issues on International Journals with high and medium Impact Factor of Elsevier and MDPI publishers. Presently she is senior researcher in the University of Insubria, Italy. Recently she was ranked in the top 2% of the World Ranking published by Stanford University (the last three years).