 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Popescu akagadzwa saMudzidzisi paYunivhesiti yeBucharest muna 1968 kwaakadzidzisa vadzidzi vakapedza kudzidza kusvikira muna 1972. Kutanga muna 1964 akabatawo basa rokutsvakurudza paInstitute of Mathematics yeRomanian Academy. Institute yakavharwa muna 1976 nekuraira kwaNicolae Ceaușescu nekuda kwezvikonzero zvine chekuita nemwanasikana wake Zoia Ceaușescu, uyo anga achishanda pachikoro makore maviri zvisati zvaitika, asi yakavhurwazve muna 1990, mushure meRevolution yeRomania.. 