Pavel Atănăsoae has held a Ph.D. in power engineering since 2001. He has experience in operating cogeneration plants; before 2013 he worked as a dispatcher at the Suceava Combined Heat and Power Plant. He has been certified as an energy auditor for buildings since 2008. He is currently an Associate Professor and Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava. His research activities include cogeneration, renewable energy sources and distributed generation, power system analysis, buildings energy efficiency, and energy market. His research has resulted in 5 books in power engineering, 2 laboratory guidelines, over 80 scientific publications (29 WoS), 21 research projects of which he has acted as a project coordinator in 10, and 1 European patent. He is a member of the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE).