INCAS National Institute for Aerospace Research “Elie Carafoli”
Director of Business Development with the objective of building relationships and provide strategic direction in order to grow the institutes involvement in the EU and international market. Background of aerospace engineering, started in INCAS in 2004 with a technical job as junior researcher at the subsonic wind tunnel. Starting 2008 got involved in activities within the European environment participating and coordinating European CSAs and representing INCAS in European and world-wide organizations – Association of European Research Establishments in Aeronautics, member of the Executive Secretariat and Chair of the group 2024 – 2025; and International Forum for Aviation Research – IFAR, representing INCAS in the Steering Committee; since 2023 also member of the Clean Aviation State Representative Group representing Romania. Starting January 2023 – acting also as Head of Brussels INCAS Office.