Professor of polymer science (since 1992); founding Director (2003) of "Polymers" Center of Excellence, "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi, Romania; founding Director of the "Multifunctional Polymeric Materials" Interdisciplinary Platform (education and research), "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi, Romania;

Member of the Romanian Academy (since 2000); 

Director (2000-2014), "Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Romanian Academy;

President (2012-2014), Iasi Branch of the Romanian Academy;

President (since 2017) of the National Research Council;

Romanian coordinator of twelve international projects supported by the EC; coordinator of more than thirty national projects; author/co-author of more than 350 papers; more than 200 invited lectures in Europe, USA, Canada, Japan.