Freelance science writer specializing in life sciences, chemistry, physics, medicine and environmental health.
Education
University of Bucharest
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD / Doctorate) in Biology
2005 - 2010
Employment
2005 - Present; University of Bucharest; Scientific Researcher
Research in the field of human physiology and neurobiology. Research planning, performing experiments, training master and undergraduate students. - Planned and performed experiments, analyzed data for several scientific projects using different techniques: calcium imaging, patch-clamp, RT-PCR, transfection, primary cultures of dorsal root ganglion neurons, siRNA. - Published five papers in international scientific journals and participated at science meetings. - Supervised and trained undergraduate and master students for their final theses.
2012 - 2013; Insoft; Instructional Designer
Planned, designed and wrote scripts for interactive biology and chemistry lessons for e-learning applications (grades 9 – 12).
02.2009 - 12.2009; University College Cork, Ireland; Research Assistant
Biological research activity; techniques used: gene cloning, mutagenesis, PCR, calcium imaging, patch-clamp. - Supervised students and helped them to write their final university projects.