**About the Editor**

#### **Alina Barbulescu**

Dr. Alina Barbulescu is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Transilvania ˘ University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania. She graduated from the University of Craiova (Romania), Faculty of Mathematics, and from the Petre Andrei University of Ias, i (Romania), Faculty of Law. After achieving an MSc in Mathematics at Bucharest University (Romania), she achieved 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, with Magna cum Laude, at the Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest (Romania). She received a habilitation in Civil Engineering in 2014, with the thesis entitled "Modeling the spatially distributed precipitations", and in Cybernetics and Economics Statistics in 2019, with the thesis entitled "Contribution to statistical analysis and modeling in economics and finance". She is currently a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Transilvania University of Bras, ov. Before adopting her current position, she taught at the Ovidius University of Constant,a, Romania, Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE, and was a visiting professor at Abu Dhabi University. Her research interests span applied statistics, econometrics, hydrological modeling, water, and air pollution. She has authored over 170 articles and 30 books and book chapters; she was the co-editor of 20 Special Issues in scientific journals and conference proceedings; and she has been an invited speaker at multiple international conferences. She is a member of IAHS, IAENG, and SSMR, and a topic editor at various journals, including *Water* and *Atmosphere*.
