I am a college instructor, all day long I present in front of my classes. I teach Environmental Science, Animal Behavior and Biology. My performance is intriguing and entertaining; it engages the full attention of my audience.
I have been teaching at Columbia College Chicago (the best film-making art school in the Midwest) since 2002.
Margarita Poromanska
Education: 1999 - 2000
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary Master’s degree in Environmental
Science and Policy
Institute of Ecology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences March 1985 - Sept 1988
ABD in Ecology
University of Sofia, Bulgaria Sept 1978 - October 1983
Diploma equivalent to
M Sc in Biology-Zoology
Training
NATEC - Institute, Hamburg, Germany November 1994 - Sept 1995
Environmental Management training and internship Diploma
Institute of Forest Ecology, BOKU, Vienna, Austria October - December 1992
Spruce forests and acid rain specialization
IIHEE, Delft, The Netherlands June - August 1990
Summer Course Applied Ecology Diploma
Work Experience
North Central College, Naperville, IL, Biology Instructor since January 2010
International Baccalaureate Organization, Assistant Examiner-Biology since 2008
EPIC/College Board, Senior Reviewer AP Environmental Science, since 2006
Pearson Custom Publishing, Freelance and Subject Matter Expert, since 2005
National-Louis University, Biology Instructor since September 2004
Columbia College, Chicago, IL Environmental Biology Instructor since February 2002
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL, Biology Instructor since January 2001
Union for Conservation the Nature, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1998-1999
Environmental Management Expert
• preparing and managing projects
• coordinating international environmental projects
National Museum for Natural History Sofia, Bulgaria, Zoologist 1997-1998
• responsible for the broad public information
• interpreting natural history for the public
Institute of Ecology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 1988-1996
Research Fellow
• planned and organized experiments
• analyzed environmental data
• participated conferences and presented results
Technical Building School, Kyustendil, Bulgaria, 1984-1985
Biology teacher
• teaching Biology
Secondary School P. Yavorov, village Tavalichevo, Bulgaria 1983-1984
• Biology and Chemistry teacher
• Assistant Principal responsible for school organization
Scholarships and Awards:
Open Society Foundation May 1999
Scholarship for MSc in Environmental Sciences, CEU, Budapest, Hungary
Carl-Duisberg Gesellschaft, Germany June 1994
Scholarship for Leadership and
Environmental Management training in Germany
Open Society Foundation August 1992
Scholarship for Specialization at UNI BOKU, Vienna, Austria
Publications (6):
Journal of Forest Science, BAS, 1990, 1992 Problems: Forest Ecology
French-Bulgarian Seminar Sofia, 1993 Problems: Environment Monitoring
Conferences/Seminars Attended:
June 1999
Macedonian NGO’s Ecological Agriculture and
Sponsored by Open Society Foundation Recreational Aspects of Transport
East-East Program Skopje Corridor No 8, Struga, Macedonia
June 1999
UCNB Environment Protection and Sustainable
Sponsored by Open Society Foundation Development along the Transport,
Corridor No 8, Kovachevci, Bulgaria
UCNB December 1998
Sponsored by Open Society Foundation Environmental Management of the Transport Corridor No 8, Kjustendil, Bulgaria
September 1993
Bulgarian and French Monitoring of Rila Mountain,
Academies of Sciences Sofia, Bulgaria
IIASA, Vienna, Austria December 1990
RISSAK, Budapest, Hungary Chemical Time Bombs,
Skills:
• Very good organizational and managerial skills and coordinating abilities, cross-cultural competence
• Wide research experience and field inventory experience in Forest Ecology, Zoology, Botany, Nature Conservation Problems, Soil Ecology, Environmental monitoring, Biogeochemical Cycles, Bio-indication
• Trained to perform Environmental Audits and Environmental management
• Rich experience in teaching/ training Biology, Ecology and Nature Conservation
• Experience with volunteers
Languages: Bulgarian (native),
Russian - fluent written and spoken,
German - fluent written and spoken
French - good,
Czech - good
Spanish – good
Computers: Experience in designing and teaching online classes using
Blackboard and WebCT
References: Available upon request
N/A
Very good organizational and managerial skills and coordinating abilities, cross-cultural competence