Ioan I. Calinescu received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in technology of organic compounds from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania. He is a Professor of Technology of Organic Compounds and Pollution Prevention and Control in the Department of Technology of Organic and Macromolecular Compounds, Polytechnic University of Bucharest. He has more than 22 years of experience in organic synthesis and in selective preparation of different organic compounds. He has authored more than 90 published papers in the fields of organic synthesis and microwave applications in chemistry. He teaches courses on the technology of organic compounds and pollution prevention in chemistry.