Cornel Ioana (M’03) received the Dipl.-Eng. degree in electrical engineering from the Romanian Military Technical Academy of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, in 1999 and the M.Sc. degree in telecommunication science and the Ph.D. degree in the electrical engineering field, both from University of BrestFrance, Brest, France, in 2001 and 2003, respectively. Between 1999 and 2001, he activated as aMilitary Researcher with the Research Institute of the Romanian Ministry of Defense (METRA, Bucharest). Between 2003 and 2006, was as Researcher and Development Engineer in ENSIETA, Brest-France. Since 2006, he has been an Associate Professor-Researcher with the Grenoble Institute of Technology/GIPSA-Lab, Grenoble, France. He is the Co-Head of the SIGMAPHY (Signal Image Physics) research team of GIPSA-lab. His current research activity deals with the signal processing methods for energy and environment applications. His scientific interests are non-stationary signal processing, natural process characterization, radar and acoustic systems and distributed sensors monitoring in energy and environnement systems.