Aristita Busuioc, mathematician, researcher. Recipient Stefan Hepites award, Romanian Academy, 2005; fellow, European Commission, 1993, Max Planck Meteorological Society, Hamburg, 1994-1995, 1997, University Gothenborg, Earth Sciences Center, 1998-1999, Servizio Meteorologico Regionale Emilia Romagna, Bologna, 2003-2004.