• A glimpse into my professional life

    I am the Director of Operations of the Department of Translational Neurosciences at the College of Medicine-Phoenix at the University of Arizona.

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    College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Phoenix

    The Department of Translational Neurosciences at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix aims to combine basic research and clinical medicine perspectives to understand and model central nervous system diseases and leverage innovative technologies to develop new treatments.

  • A glimpse into my PREVIOUS professional life

    Between 2016 - 2023, I worked as an Administrative Director and Research Program Manager at Arizona State University (ASU), in the Department of Psychology and the Biodesign Institute.

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    Biodesign Institute, ASU

    Funded by the NCI, ACE is a multi-institution collaborative project that seeks to understand the fundamentals of cancer through evolutionary and ecological lens. Learn more about ACE here.

     

    I co-founded the ACE Scholars Program, an integrative multi-scale approach to undergraduate research training and mentoring which combines scientific mentoring with career and professional development sessions. The program is team and project-based and students are working together to examine questions centered on cancer across the tree of life. Projects include but are not limited to comparative oncology, adaptive therapy, computational methods, the language of cancer, and outreach and science communication. Learn more about the ACE Scholars Program here.

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    Department of Psychology, ASU

    The ASU Interdisciplinary Cooperation Initiative (ICI) brings together scholars from across the disciplines who are joined by a shared interest in understanding the fundamental principles that drive cooperation. Learn more about ICI, the bi-annual symposium and winter school here.

     

    I co-founded the Cooperation Scholars Program, which provides students with seminars on cooperation across systems and professional development opportunities.

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    Department of Psychology, ASU

    The Cooperation in the Apocalypse research team spans several institutions and disciplines. Researchers from psychology, anthropology, disaster management, literature, arts and more use science and scholarship to understand human behavior in times of crisis. Learn more here.

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    Department of Psychology, ASU

    Across nine field sites around the world, this transdisciplinary project is seeking to understand why and how people help each other in times of need. Learn more about the Human Generosity Project here.

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    Department of Psychology, ASU

    In this lab, researchers are studying cooperation and conflict across systems, from human societies to cooperative multi-species (kombucha). From the rules of friendship to empathy and its influences on prosociality, from conning to cancer in multicellular bodies. Learn more here.

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    Biodesign Institute, ASU

    Cancer is part of multicellular life. The research conducted in this lab brings in ecological and evolutionary perspectives to cancer research. Learn more here.

  • A glimpse into my PREVIOUS professional life

    Between 2009 - 2013, I worked as a Junior Accountant (2009-2010) and Guest Relations Manager (2010-2013) at Carol Parc Hotel, a luxury boutique hotel located in Bucharest, Romania.

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    Carol Parc Hotel

    Bucharest, Romania

    One of the best 136 hotels in the world (Conde Nast Traveler, 2008).

     

    Carol Parc Hotel is a five star luxury boutique hotel located on the highest geographic point of Bucharest, the Filaret Hill. Opened in 2007, the hotel gained international recognition and attracted foreign dignitaries and VIPs.

     

     

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