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Gheorghe Popa
Company / Organization
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Iași, Romanian Academy
Title / Position
Professor Emeritus, Honorary Member
Short description
Gheorghe Popa holds a PhD in plasma physics and is a former professor at the Faculty of Physics, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași. He has served as Prorector for Research and as Rector of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași. Between 2003 and 2005, he held the position of State Secretary for Research within the Ministry of Education, Research, and Youth. In this role, he initiated a program aimed at restructuring the system for providing access to scientific literature. This program became operational in 2013 through the activities of the “Anelis Plus” Association, which established a national system ensuring access to international scientific literature in electronic format for members of the Romanian academic community. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and an Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy. He has also been awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by Alecu Russo University of Bălți, Republic of Moldova.