PROFESSOR IONEL CATALIN POPESCU ON HIS 70TH ANNIVERSARY

Abstract

Professor Ionel Catalin Popescu was born on the 15^th of July 1945. After graduating from Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca (UBB) as a chemist in 1968, he became a research assistant at Petru Poni Macromolecular Chemistry Research Institute in Iasi, until 1969. Back to the Faculty of Chemistry of Cluj-Napoca, he received his PhD diploma in 1976, working under the supervision of the distinguished Professor Candin Liteanu in the field of electroanalytical chemistry. As Teaching Assistant (1972), Assistant Professor (1976), Associate Professor (1985) and Professor (1995) at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Cluj-Napoca, his work continuously contributed to the development and growth of the Departments of Analytical and Physical Chemistry. His courses in the field of applied electrochemistry were highly appreciated by the undergraduate and graduate students. Between 1979 and 1985 he worked as an associate professor at the National Institute of Industrial Chemistry, Setif, Algeria. In 1994, Prof. Popescu contributed to the foundation of the master program in Applied Electrochemistry at Babes-Bolyai University, coordinating it until 2008.