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About Me

ALEXANDRU-GABRIEL ZEGREA
alexandru@zegrea.ro
www.alexandru.zegrea.ro

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal data
Birth 26.07.1985, Timişoara, Romania
Nationality Romanian
Father Mihai-Anton Zegrea, architect
Mother Daciana Zegrea, psychiatrist, psychotherapist

Education
September 2008 – September 2009 (prospective) MA International Peace and Security Program, King’s College London, Great Britain (in progress)
March – July 2008 Visiting Student, Social Sciences and Law, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
October 2007 – February 2008 MA Program, Course of study International Relations, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
September 2007 Bachelor of Arts International Relations (BA I.R.), concentration in international economic relations
October 2006 – February 2007 Erasmus term, Department of International Relations and European Studies, Universitatea de Vest Timişoara, Romania
2004 – 2007 BA Program, Course of study International Relations, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
2004 Bacalaureat (general qualification for university entrance, in German)
1992 – 2004 Nikolaus Lenau – Primary School, Secondary School, Highschool Timişoara, Romania (in German)

Employment
January – February 2008 Scientific Assistant, Faculty of Law, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

April – June 2007
November 2005 – July 2006
Student-assistant, School of International Studies, Chair of International Politics, Prof. Dr. Monika Medick-Krakau, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
since 2000 Various activity as interpreter and translator

Internships and voluntary work
since May 2009 Translator of TED Talks to Romanian (Technology, Entertainment and Design Conference, www.ted.com)
May 2008 Contribution to the organization of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Berlin, Germany
May 2008 Contribution to the organization of the Security Conference of the CDU/CSU Faction, German Parliament, Berlin, Germany
March – July 2008 International Parliamentary Scholarship, German Bundestag, Internship at the office of Representative Jürgen Herrmann (Defense Committee) and supporting programme by German political foundations (including visit to SHAPE), Berlin, Germany
October – December 2006 Internship at AID-ONG (Agency for Information and Development of Non-Governmental Organizations) and Universitatea de Vest Timişoara, Romania
March 2006 Internship at the Corporate Finance Department, Romanian Bank for Development – Groupe Société Générale (BRD-GSG), Timişoara, Romania
November 2003 Nomination as Volunteer of the year on the part of the Intercultural Institute Timişoara, Romania
August – September 2003 Voluntary work at the Intercultural Institute (Institutul Intercultural) Timişoara, Romania
June – July 2003 Internship at the German Culture Centre Timişoara, Romania

Lectures and publications
December 2006 Coauthor, Report on the Relationship Between Nongovernmental Organizations and the Public Administration; forthcoming
March 2006 Lecture “Course of Study and Employment in Germany”, DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) event, Timişoara, Romania

Scholarships and other activity
May 2009 St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Symposium “Revival of Political Borders”, Participation Scholarship, St. Gallen, Switzerland
January 2009 Conflict management training by International Alert, London, United Kingdom
September 2007 DAAD Scholarship, Summerschool: “European Perspectives”, Sibiu, Romania
November 2006 Simulation: „Youth Parliament”, Association for Democracy and Romanian Chamber of Deputies, Bucureşti, Romania
July 2003 Seminar: „European Politics at the Beginning of the 21. Century – Selected Aspects of German, European and International Politics – Security, Migration and Integration”, Sambachshof, Germany
April – June 2003 Program: „Leaders of the Third Millennium”, Codecs-Foundation, Timişoara, Romania

Memberships
since November 2004 International Relations Association Dresden (Internationale Beziehungen Dresden e.V.), Germany
since February 2004 Association for Democracy (Asociaţia Pro Democraţia), Timişoara, Romania

Languages
Romanian Native
German Very good:
Authorised interpreter and translator of the Romanian Ministry of Justice (Romanian – German – Romanian)
DSD (Deutsches Sprachdiplom der KMK, Stufe II, 13.05.2004)
English Very good:
TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language, Internet Based Testing, 108 Points, 15.12.2007)
CAE (Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English, Grade A, Council of Europe Level C1, 13.02.2004)
French Basics (Council of Europe Level B2)
Arabic Beginner

Other Qualifications
PC skills Microsoft Office, internet/database research, Visual Basic, HTML, Macromedia Flash, Mathsoft MathCAD, Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk 3ds Max (basics), Autodesk AutoCAD (basics)
Driver’s license Category B

Hobbies
Photography
Modern literature
Jogging
Tennis

London, 26.05.2009
Alexandru Zegrea