Maria Gavrilescu

PeerJ Editor

Summary

Maria Gavrilescu is Professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection - Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania. Her research interest includes: chemical and biological process engineering, biotechnology/ environmental biotechnology, environmental risk assessment and management, ecological risks, industrial safety, integrated pollution prevention and control, sustainable industrial production, eco-design, eco-technologies, cleaner production, environmental evaluations.

She is author or co-author of •36 books and chapters (Wiley, Springer, Elsevier, Signpost)•9 student books •148 papers published in ISI ranked journals and ISI Proceedings (6)•91 papers published in peer-reviewed journals•37 papers in peer-reviewed Proceedings•49 conferences and keynotes •176 presentations at conferences •44 research reports •12 patents (9 in Derwent Innovations Index).
Prof. Gavrilescu is the Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Engineering and Management Journal (EEMJ) edited under the aegis of “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi Romania, and included in relevant international databases. The impact factor (Thomson Reuters) ISI in 2016 is 1.098, according to Journal Citation Reports.
The scientific visibility is illustrated by over 2800 citations (WOS h-index 25, Scopus h-index 25).

Environmental Contamination & Remediation Environmental Impacts

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Technical University of Iasi

Work details

Full Professor

Technical University of Iasi

Department of Environmental Engineering and Management

"Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi (TUIASI) is a prestigious Romanian university, classified as a university for advanced research and education, is also a relevant component of the research and development system of national interest. The activity in the area of scientific research, innovation and technology transfer in multi- and transdisciplinary fields in the last five years is materialized in the ongoing over 700 research contracts won as coordinator, by national competitions, over 300 contracts as partner, while over 60 grants were won by international competitions. Also over 250 research contracts were accomplished for industry. All these research tasks were materialized also by the publication of more than 2600 papers in ISI indexed/ranked journals, and registration of 30 patents with OSIM. Dissemination of research results, facilitating the exchange of scientific information with other research groups abroad is done by the means of Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, an ISI ranked journal, which is edited under the aegis of TUIASI and the Bulletin of the Polytechnic Institute of Iasi, publication with 10 specialized sections, of which six sections are included in the category B+. The University provides administrative support, human resources, research infrastructure, the informational basis of University’s Library, consulting and monitoring needed to adequately develop and implement all scientific research projects.