Alina Barbulescu

Alina Bărbulescu graduated from the University of Craiova (Romania), Faculty of Mathematics, and from the Petre Andrei University of Iași (Romania), Faculty of Law. After an MSc in Mathematics at Bucharest University (Romania), she got a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi (Romania), a Ph.D. in Cybernetics and Economic Statistics from the Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest (Romania), and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, with Magna cum Laude, from the Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest (Romania). She got the habilitation in Civil Engineering in 2014, with the thesis Modeling the spatially distributed precipitations, and in Cybernetics and Economics Statistics in 2019, with the thesis Contribution to statistical analysis and modeling in economics and finance. She is a Professor at Transilvania University of Brașov, Department of Civil Engineering. Before her current position, she taught at the Ovidius University of Constanța, Romania, Higher Colleges of Technology, U.A.E, and was a visiting professor at Abu Dhabi University. Her research interests span applied statistics, econometrics, hydrological modeling, and water and air pollution. She has authored over 200 articles, 30 books, and book chapters, was a coeditor of 20 special issues of scientific journals and conference proceedings, and presented invited lectures at international conferences. She is a member of IAHS, IAENG, SSMR, and a topic editor at different journals, including Water, Atmosphere (Clarivate Analytics).

Publications

Analysis Methods for Hydrological Drought
Analysis Methods for Hydrological Drought
Carmen Maftei, Gabriel Dobrica, Alina Barbulescu, Cristina Serban. © 2024. 24 pages.
According to the World Meteorological Organization, the total economic impact of drought in Europe in the past 30 years was close to €100 billion. A recent publication by the...