Prof. Dr. Ing. Nicolae Goga is a distinguished interdisciplinary scientist and educator, holding prominent positions at both the University Politehnica of Bucharest, where he is a full professor, and the University of Groningen, where he is a senior researcher in the Molecular Dynamics Group. His research intersects physics, chemistry, computer science, biology, and medicine, contributing significantly to the development of algorithms used in the Gromacs molecular dynamics package, employed by top universities and companies globally. Goga boasts an h-index of 7 on Web of Science, 17 on Google Scholar, and 11 on Scopus, with over 2000 citations on Google Scholar.

He chairs the IEEE Blockchain Sections for Region 8 (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) and serves as the Vice Chair for IEEE Standard P3228 for Recurrent Transactions using DLT. Additionally, he is the Honorary President of HL7 Romania and a member of the SPM Covid University of California, Berkeley. His contributions to ISO/IEEE medical device standards earned him the IEEE Technology Merits Award in 2011. Goga's teaching portfolio spans networking, distributed systems, software engineering, statistics, and databases, with instructional engagements across Romania, Africa, the US, and Inter-American countries. He holds multiple advanced degrees in computer science, informatics, and mathematics from University Politehnica of Bucharest and Eindhoven University of Technology.