I. Pioro is a leading world expert in nuclear energy and related engineering systems. His contributions to the field are well documented in 535 publications including reputable journal publications (100), publications in refereed proceedings of international conferences (300), 50 chapters, 26 inventions, 11 books, and 2 handbooks he edited. He has been actively involved in heat transfer, thermalhydraulics, and developments of Generation-IV reactor concepts. He has trained many students, who are now practicing engineers in these fields. Also, he is a Fellow of ASME, CSME, EIC, Foreign Fellow of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, P.Eng. (Ontario), and Founding Editor - Editor-in-Chief of ASME Journal of Nuclear Engineering
and Radiation Science.