Alina Bărbulescu graduated from the University of Craiova (Romania), Faculty of Mathematics, and from the Petre Andrei University of Iași (Romania), Faculty of Law. After an MSc in Mathematics at Bucharest University (Romania), she obtained a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi (Romania), a Ph.D. in Cybernetics and Economic Statistics from the Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest (Romania), and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Magna cum Laude, from the Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, (Romania). She obtained a habilitation in Civil Engineering in 2014, with the thesis "Modeling the Spatially Distributed Precipitations", and in Cybernetics and Economics Statistics in 2019, with the thesis "Contribution to Statistical Analysis and Modeling in Economics and Finance". She is a Professor at Transilvania University of Brașov, Department of Civil Engineering. Before her current position, she taught at the Ovidius University of Constanța, Romania. Higher Colleges of Technology, U.A.E., and was a visiting professor at Abu Dhabi University. Her research interests span applied statistics, econometrics, hydrological modeling, and water and air pollution. She is a member of IAHS and IAENG, a topic editor, and a member of the editorial board for different journals, including Water, Hydrology, and Atmosphere (Clarivate Analytics).