Liana Ioana Vuta, Ph.D, graduated in 1998 from the Faculty of Energy Engineering, University Politehnica of Bucharest (UPB). Currently, she is an associate professor at the Department of Hydraulics, Hydraulic Machinery and Environmental Engineering of UPB. Her areas of expertise include hydropower plants, water resources management, hydrology, water quality, and groundwater, as well as numerical modelling in water resources engineering. She leads graduation theses and dissertations in the aforementioned areas and is a member of the graduation and dissertation commissions. She has worked as researcher or principal investigator on over 10 R&D and educational projects (both at national and EU level). She is the author of more than 35 scientific papers and books on hydropower, water resources management, and water quality. Her present focus is on the sustainable development of hydropower resources, the role of reservoirs in water resource management and the environmental impacts of hydropower projects.