Amelia Rotar
Brooklyn, NY 11218
[email protected]
(917) 324-3131

Experience

2011
English Teacher – Collège Georges Braque, Dieppe, Seine Maritime, France

2011
Lecturer, Computer Science – University of Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, France
Taught “Preparation for C2i (Computer Science and Internet Certificate)”

2010-2011
Consultant, Climate Change – UNESCO, Paris, France
Research project: “The Impact of Climate Change on the Pastoral Communities of the Parang and Fagaras Mountains (Romania)”

2010-2011
Lecturer, Computer Science – University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot, France
Taught “Tools in Office Software and Internet”

2008-2009
Project Manager, Translation Services – Lingo24, Timisoara, Romania

2008
Research Assistant, Landscape Dynamics - UMR 7533 LADYSS Research Center, CNRS Research Institute, France
Research project: “Landscape Dynamics, Erosion and Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean Mountains. The Case of the Carnic Prealps - Italy”

2006-2008
English Teacher – Acadomia, Paris, France
Taught private English lessons

2005-2006
Tour Guide - Exact Tours, Bucharest; Ultramarin Travel, Timisoara; Escape Travel, Timisoara; Cultural Travel and Tours, Bucharest (Romania)

Education

PhD, Geography, 2008 - Present
University of Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, France & University of the West, Timisoara, Romania
Specialization: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Protected Areas
PhD Thesis: “Biodiversity, climate change, management of protected areas. Case study: Romania”

Master of Environmental Studies, 2008
University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot, France (in co-habilitation with the French National Museum of Natural History and the Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences)
Interdisciplinary approaches in: Environment, Geography, Ecology, Societies, Agriculture
Master’s Dissertation: “Landscape Dynamics and Sustainable Development in the Carnic Alps - Italy”

B.A. Geography and English (Language and Literature), 2007
University of the West, Timisoara, Romania

Erasmus Exchange Student, 2006 - 2007
University of Paris IV - Sorbonne, France

Certifications

Certified Translator and Interpreter – English & Romanian, 2008

DALF C1 (Advanced Diploma of French Language) – C1 Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level, Timisoara, Romania, 2008

French Language Test, Superior Level II, Centre de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne (French Civilization Centre of the Sorbonne), Paris, 2007

Certified National Tour Guide of Romania and Travel Agent, 2005

Certificate in Advanced English, Level 2 Certificate in English (ESOL), University of Cambridge, 2002

Selected Publications and Contributions

“Ecology versus Environmental Science”, Environmental Almanac 2010, Eurolobby Editions, Bucharest, 2010

“La problématique des zones humides. Pourquoi les conserver? Etude de cas: les marais de Satchinez, en Roumanie ” (“The Issue of Wetlands. Why Preserve Them ? Case Study: the Satchinez Marshes, in Romania), 13th Congress of the Doctoral Bureau of the French National Museum of Natural History, Paris, 2008

“The Perception of the April 2005 Floods in Timis County (Romania). Case Study: the Village of Foeni ” - “Valer Trufas” distinction at the 13th Symposium of Students in Geography, Bucharest, 2006

“British attitudes towards the environment”, published in “Lucrarile sesiunii de comunicari stiintifice studentesti – the Eleventh Symposium of Students in English, 7-8 Aprilie 2006”, University of the West, Timisoara, Romania, 2007

“What happened to the river, the bough?” - distinction in the essay contest “Nature and Culture on the Horizon”, Orizont, Writers Union of Romania, 2005

Social Skills and Competences

Organizer, leader of activities - Fête de la Nature au Museum (Celebration of Nature at the Museum), Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History), 2008

Voluntary service: survey assistant in Foeni, “Voices of Human (In)Security” international project - Institute for Environment and Human Security of the United Nations University (UNU-EHS), Geoinformatics Center (Z_GIS) of the Univ. of Salzburg, German Spatial Agency (DLR), Univ. of Novi Sad, Univ. of the West, Timisoara, 2005

Organizational Skills and Competences

Organizer – 120e Congrès de l’Association française pour l’avancement des sciences (120th Congress of the French Association for the Advancement of Science), Paris, 2008

Organizer - 10th, 11th Symposium of Students in English, University of the West, Timisoara, 2005, 2006

Organizer - 15th, 16th International Conference on “British and American Studies”, University of the West, Timisoara, 2005, 2006

Computer Skills and Competences

Microsoft Office, Open Office, iWork, C++, Visual Basic, FoxPro, SIG (CartaLinx, Idrisi, ArcGIS)

European Computer Driving License (ECDL), Timisoara, 2005

Artistic Skills and Competences - Photography

Participation in the “Les campagnes du monde – entre patrimoine et modernité” (The countryside of the world – between patrimony and modernism) photography exhibition, at the Institute of Geography, Paris, 2006-2007

Participation in the “Image and Compassion” photography project, Rubin Foundation, Local Council of the city of Timisoara, Romania, 2006

Photography & Film Course, Popular Arts School of Timisoara, 2005-2006

Additional Information

Member of the Romanian Ornithological Society, since 2009

Member of Infra Eco Network Europe, since 2009

Member of Societatea Timisoara, Romania, since 2009

Member of the Groupe d’Histoire des Zones Humides (Wetlands History Group) of France, since 2007

Member of the Prusik Speleological Association, Timisoara, since 2004

Member of the EGEA (European Geography Students Association), since 2003