Ionut Purica
Prof.Dr. Ionut PURICA
Presently an associate senior researcher in the Romanian Academy’s Institute for Economic Forecasting, Dr.Purica was also President – State Secretary of the Romanian Agency for Nuclear Energy and Radioactive Waste and counselor of the Minister of Research, the Minister of Economy and previously the Minister of the Environment and an expert for the Parliament of Romania He participated in the elaboration of the EU accession strategy for Romania and the energy (electricity and heat) strategy (for the Ministry of Economy and Trade) and did risk analysis and transaction structuring and project management with the World Bank, USEA, JBIC, MARSH, ITOCHU, MVV, etc.
Previously he worked as a project officer for energy and infrastructure in the World Bank, in Romania and the Balkans (e.g. energy Assessment in Kosovo 1999), being trained in project guarantees, value at risk, procurement to complete his expertise in engineering acquired as director for international projects of the Romanian Power Company RENEL and senior engineer managing a joint Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd-IMG-Bucharest quality engineering group for the manufacture of nuclear reactor components for the CANDU units in Romania. He worked also 3 years as an international researcher for ENEA Rome – the Italian Commission for Energy New Technology and Environment – and 5 years as an associate researcher at ICTP Trieste.
Prof. Purica has authored books in his field of expertise published by Imperial College Press, Academic Press, Elsevier, etc. and published articles in journals like Risk Analysis, IEEE Power Engineering Review, Foundations of Control Engineering, etc. He took his second PhD in economics, (the first one in Nuclear Energy Engineering) and, he is also a Professor teaching a course in Risk management to masters of science in the Polytechnic University of Bucharest and Hyperion University. He is a member of the WEC study group for energy scenarios 2050 and 2060 and a member of the Advisory Group for Energy of the EU Commission. He is also a member of the Advisory Council for Sustainable Development of the Prime Minister of Romania.