Graduate of the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania (1987),  faculty member of National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Department of Strength of Materials since 1990 and professor since 2004. Scientific interests: fracture mechanics, stress analysis, biomechanics. Fellowships at the University of Tokyo and University of Porto. Author of over 150 papers in journals (International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, International Journal of Fracture, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Materials and Design, Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, International Journal of Structural Integrity, Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics, Aerospace, etc.) and at international conferences. Director of three grants in biomechanics. Secretary of the Danubia Adria Society on Experimental Mechanics. Member in the scientific committees of several international conferences. Editor of the UPB Scientific Bulletin, series D, editor of the Scientific Bulletin of the Romanian Association of Fracture Mechanics (between 1999-2002), responsible for bilateral ERASMUS scientific exchange programs with the University of Porto, Portugal (since 2003), University of Trieste, Italy (since 2017), University of Plzen, Czech Republic (since 2018) and University of Kragujevac, Serbia (since 2025). Secretary of the Romanian Association of Stress Analysis and Testing of Materials ARTENS. Reviewer at several international scientific journals.