**About the Editor**

#### **Andrei Sarbu**

Andrei Sarbu. Graduated in 1972 from the University "Politehnica" Bucharest, Faculty of Industrial Chemistry. In 1984, he received a doctoral degree in engineering from the University for Oil and Natural Gas Ploiesti. In the period of 1972 to 2022, he has been researcher at the National Research—Development Institute for Chemistry and Petrochemistry—ICECHIM in Bucharest, where he worked in the Polymer Department. Since 1990, he has been the main scientific researcher. From 2004 until 2013, he was the Vice Director of the Polymer Department. Between 2013 and 2020, he was the leader of Team 1: Polymer Advanced Materials and Polymer Recycling. He has written 230 technological research works and has 155 published and accepted papers (124 ISI); He has also written 4 book chapters, 444 scientific communications, and 43 patents, including 1 European patent and 19 patent application. Between 1990 and 2008, he was an associated teacher at the University "Politehnica" Bucharest, Faculty of Industrial Chemistry. From 2003 to 2021, he was an associated researcher at the University of Bucharest, PROTMED Center. From May 2000 to May 2002, he was an invited researcher at the Technical Superior Institute of Lisbon. From 2011 to 2022, he has been invited to spend between 2 weeks to 1 month as a professor at the University of Toulon.
