Admissions Consultant

• Nov 2022 - Present

Chemistry Tutor

• Oct 2022 - Present

Preparing students from the UK and overseas for Oxbridge admission exams, personal statement editing, interview coaching, competitions. For more information: https://linktr.ee/AnaLeonescu Preparing students from the UK and overseas for Oxbridge admission exams, personal statement editing, interview coaching, competitions. For more information: https://linktr.ee/AnaLeonescu

Postgraduate Teaching Assistant

• Oct 2021 - Present

-responsible for demonstrating undergraduate organic synthesis labs, helping students with their experiments, using my previously acquired knowledge to motivate them throughout their studies, as well as logistics and administrative tasks. -marking assessments for organic synthesis and physical chemistry -tutorial lead for undergraduate first year inorganic, organic and physical chemistry modules (10 students/ group) -workshop assistant for undergraduate first year inorganic chemistry and organic chemistry modules (25 students/ group) Show less

Computational chemistry researcher

• Jul 2023 - Oct 2023

Early-stage tech startup - < 1 year old, < 15 people team. Developed a data pipeline for materials design, used further to finetune on the OM foundation model. Early-stage tech startup - < 1 year old, < 15 people team. Developed a data pipeline for materials design, used further to finetune on the OM foundation model.

Tutor and Admissions Consultant

• Jul 2021 - Apr 2022

Academic Consultant

• Jun 2020 - Apr 2022

mentoring students for admission to University in the UK mentoring students for admission to University in the UK

Education And Outreach Coordinator

• Jun 2018 - Sep 2021

• organised outreach events at the University of Cambridge: Open Days, Summer Schools, workshops as part of the University-wide CAMbassadors outreach scheme; • mentored high-school students about university admissions, spoke to groups (100-150 people) about choosing degrees in STEM (both students and parents); • promoted to a Senior CAMbassador position (Oct 2019), as recognition of my work and enthusiasm about outreach; additional tasks include organizing recruitment and training events; • helped run the first Cambridge Virtual Open Days via the Access App Show less

Careers officer

• Sep 2020 - Apr 2021

-organised termly online panel talks with representatives from the Environment and Sustainability sectors; -currently working with the Sponsorship team to liaise with more partners, from both the Academia and the industry. -organised termly online panel talks with representatives from the Environment and Sustainability sectors; -currently working with the Sponsorship team to liaise with more partners, from both the Academia and the industry.

Tutor and Admissions Consultant

• Dec 2019 - Dec 2020

• organized tutorials for prospective students, selected and marked entry exams, wrote mock exams (currently being published under the UniAdmissions coordination); • tutor for Oxbridge Admission assessments in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics • organized tutorials for prospective students, selected and marked entry exams, wrote mock exams (currently being published under the UniAdmissions coordination); • tutor for Oxbridge Admission assessments in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics

Summer Research Student

• Aug 2020 - Sep 2020

I had the opportunity to work remotely for a young Swiss start-up, where I: • reviewed different types of adhesives (geopolymers, bio-based, ionic liquids), as well as their trend for economic growth; • suggested research strategies for the company’s vision; • attended group meetings and extensively discussed my findings with a member of the R&D team I had the opportunity to work remotely for a young Swiss start-up, where I: • reviewed different types of adhesives (geopolymers, bio-based, ionic liquids), as well as their trend for economic growth; • suggested research strategies for the company’s vision; • attended group meetings and extensively discussed my findings with a member of the R&D team

Summer Research Student

• Jul 2020 - Aug 2020

Studentship in Heterogeneous Catalysis, Prof. Marcu’s group, Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis, University of Bucharest, Romania • worked along a PhD student to Synthesise mixed oxides of variable compositions of s, p, d and f-block metals; • Measured their oxidative ability against several gaseous mixtures and analyzed the data obtained. Studentship in Heterogeneous Catalysis, Prof. Marcu’s group, Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis, University of Bucharest, Romania • worked along a PhD student to Synthesise mixed oxides of variable compositions of s, p, d and f-block metals; • Measured their oxidative ability against several gaseous mixtures and analyzed the data obtained.

Summer Research Student

• Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

Prof. Hunter’s Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom • supervised and trained to use state-of-the-art synthesis and characterization laboratory techniques, (inert atmosphere, NMR, IR and LC/MS); • worked independently for the second part of the project (5 weeks); • synthesized four monomers for template-coupling reactions aiming to trace the fundamental aspects of chemical evolution; • produced a detailed report and presented my work to the group at the end of the project; • postdoc used my results to help screen potential compounds for their own research. Show less

Summer Research Student

• Jun 2018 - Sep 2018

Summer Research Project, Dr. Matache’s group, Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis, University of Bucharest, Romania • synthesized novel diazines by oxidative cyclisation processes, characterized them using NMR, UV and fluorescence spectra; • results currently used as part of a PhD thesis in Bio-organic Chemistry. Summer Research Project, Dr. Matache’s group, Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis, University of Bucharest, Romania • synthesized novel diazines by oxidative cyclisation processes, characterized them using NMR, UV and fluorescence spectra; • results currently used as part of a PhD thesis in Bio-organic Chemistry.