Teaching Experience
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2024:
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Hosted Realismul Magic Azi - Magic Realism Today for adults at the bookstore Cărturești Mercy in Timișoara, Romania
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Hosted Personaje Preferate - Favourite Characters for 10-year olds at Liceul Grigore Moisil in Timișoara, Romania
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Hosted Kaleidoscopic Narratives online
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Hosted Write Your Self as IWD workshop for women​
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2023: Co-hosted Memory and Imagination with Claudia Tănăsescu at PLAI Festival
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2022:
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Hosted Discovering Your Untamed Voice for Happy Writing
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Hosted Kaleidoscopic Narratives for Beyond Form Creative Writing
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2019: Co-hosted Writing the Fantastic with Steve Toase at the Orangerie Art Gallery in Munich
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2016-2017: Founder and workshop leader at Creative Writing in Munich (currently Creative Questers)
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2015-2017: Teacher at Sarah Selecky Writing School
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The Story Intensive​
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The Story Workshop
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2012-2015: Leader of the online writing community Fața Cărții
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2011: Leader of in-person creative writing sessions in Timișoara, Romania
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Curatorial Experience
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2020: Curator of the literary section of Arcana 2020, an international online digital collaboration
comprising work by 40 artists and writers (art curator and overall curator: Hazel Ang)
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Editorial Experience
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2019: Board-Certified (BELS) Editor in the Life Sciences (ELS)
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2017-2018: Reader and editor of flash fiction at Flash Fiction Magazin
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2010-2011: Editor-in-Chief of the PDAC Newsletter, U of C
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Education and Professional Development
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2024: ​
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Ongoing: Art Life Coach Certification with Holistico
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Ongoing: Forest Therapy Practitioner with Forest Therapy Hub
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Outdoor First Aid with the Natur- und Wildnisschule Waapiti
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Forest Bathing Guide with Forest Therapy Hub
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Nature Journaling Workshop Leader with Forest Therapy Hub
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Tin House Craft Intensive - Writing Place and Land with Dur e Aziz Amna
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Psychological First Aid (John Hopkins University; Coursera)
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2023:
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​​Granta/Professional Writing Academy Nature Writing (UK; online)
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Surreal Prose Poetry with Jose Hernandez Diaz (US; online)
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Hitting a New Note - Poetry Class with Alina Ștefănescu (US; online)
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Mornin’ Poets (Romania; online)
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2019-2023: Corporeal Writing Workshop (US; online)
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2020-2021: Beyond Form Creative Writing Workshops (Scotland; online)
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2018-2020: AWP Conferences (Virtual; Portland, OR; Tampa, FL; USA)
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2011-2018: EMWA Certificates - Foundation and Advanced Medical Writing
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2017: Life Purpose Coach Certification with Transformation Academy​​
- 2015:
- Lemon Tree House Writing Retreat (Tuscany, Italy)​
- Iceland Writers Retreat (Reykjavik, Iceland)​
- 2014-2020: Workshops with Creative Nonfiction Magazine (The Flash Essay, Advanced Memoir, The Book Proposal, etc.)
- 2013: Sarah Selecky Writing School - The Story Intensive
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2012: Writing in the Sciences, graduated with distinction, Stanford University through Coursera
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2011:
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​Banff Science Communications Graduate with a Canadian Science Writers Association and Genome Alberta scholarship
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Writers' Guild of Alberta Annual Retreat (Banff Centre for the Arts, AB, Canada)
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2010: Creative Writing I and II at the University of Calgary - Continuing Education (AB, Canada)
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2009: PhD at TU Dortmund/IMPRS-LM (International Max Planck Research School for Living Matter), Germany
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One-month research internship as guest scientist at University of California, Irvine, Orange County, USA​
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2006: MSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Bremen, Germany
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2004: BSc in Chemistry at the West University of Timișoara, Romania
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Professional Memberships
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AWP (The Association of Writers and Writing Programs)
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Women Who Submit Europe
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Babes Who Write
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See also Writing Communities​​
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