Dr. Istvan Barabas is a Fellow of the Romanian Society of Automotive Engineers, a member of the public body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Automotive Engineering and Transport Department at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (TUCN). He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from TUCN in 2003. His main research interests include biofuels and bioenergy, the properties of fuel blends, and the application of nano-additives in fuels and lubricating oils. He has published over 150 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings and is the author of several books on automotive fuels. Dr. Barabas serves on the editorial boards of Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering and Technical Review, and participates in the advisory and organizing committees of several international conferences.