Prof. Romulus Gruia, PhD is the founding dean of the Faculty of Food and Tourism, doctoral supervisor, coordinator of the Biodiversity of Food Systems Research Center with activity in production as a technical director in an agricultural enterprise, then in the university system, on a didactic and scientific research line of agri-food production. He studied at the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest (Faculty of Animal Science) and has a doctorate in the field of agro-ecosystem management and the environmental impact of agri-food systems.

In production, he worked in animal breeding farms and then in academic activity he tackled two plans: that of applied scientific research and theoretical studies, and in the last decades, the didactic one. Over the years, he has been a collaborator on numerous European projects and grants with university and institutional partners from many countries. The research results have been published in more than 30 books and hundreds of scientific papers in reputable journals and he has achieved a number of invention patents. He is the organizer of national and international conferences continuously, since 2001 (Bioatlas, Ecosanogenesis, Environmental protection through biotechnique), as well as founder and director of the Journal of EcoAgriTurism (ISSN:1844-8577), since 2005.

Through the research studies, which were presented at various international and national conferences, he makes theoretical and applied contributions regarding the sustainable management of ecosystems and the evaluation of pilot parameters in integrated food systems, as well as in the management of units in the gastro industry and hospitality. He also has theoretical contributions on a conceptual line with a systemic and integrative profile: Bioharmonism Theory and Bioharmonist Ideology (2019); Genetics of biocenoses (2017); Bioeconomic Animal Husbandry (2016); Modular Agriculture (2010); Gastronomic engineering – the theory of gastronomy and the practice of the gastro industry (2008, 2024); Ecosanogenesis – ecosystem sanogenesis and integronic nutrition (1998).