Radu-Dumitru Pentiuc holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and electrotechnologies, and he is a professor and director of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Stefan cel Mare University in Suceava. His research activities include energy management, industrial energy efficiency, energy balances, electrical engineering, the distribution and use of electricity, energy audits, and lighting. His research has been realized by publishing 8 books in energy engineering, over 130 scientific papers, 56 research projects of which he has acted as project coordinator and director in 24 (6 international), and 15 invention patents of which 1 is a European patent and 1 is an innovation. He is a Ph.D. supervisor in the doctoral field of electrical engineering, with four doctoral students in internship. He is a member of the scientific committees of four national and international scientific journals. He is a member of the Energy Efficiency Department of the Romanian Ministry of Energy. He is an honorary member of the Romanian National Committee-World Energy Council.