Born in 1971 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Prof. Ioan-Cezar Marcu received his BSc in Chemistry & Physics in 1995 and his MSc in Heterogeneous Catalysis in 1996 at the University of Bucharest (UB). In 2002, he received his PhD in Catalysis at the Institute of Catalysis, University "Claude Bernard" Lyon 1, France, and was promoted to a Lecturer position at UB. From October 2006 to September 2007, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute Charles Gerhardt of Montpellier, France; then, starting from 2007, he became a Senior Researcher at the Research Center for Catalysts and Catalytic Processes of UB. He obtained his Habilitation in Catalysis in 2013 and was appointed Professor of Chemical Technology and Catalysis at UB in February 2020. Currently, he is the Head of the Department of Inorganic & Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry & Catalysis at UB. His research interests cover the field of catalysis by metal oxides. He co-authored more than 80 research papers, including three book chapters and four encyclopedia articles.