Adriana Brăescu

Biologist involved in the Education reform in Romania. BSc in Biology (1990 – 1995) & MD in Neurobiology (1995 – 1996) – University of Bucharest. PhD student Biology, Neurosciences. Internships in Life Science Department, University of Nottingham, UK – on the influence of neurotoxins on cell membrane. Since 2003 – entrepreneur in writing, printing and publishing research works. Since 2006  – cooperation with the University of Alcala de Henares, Spain, in the field of Bionics, to develop an interdisciplinary approach of science in schools. Member of REMCE – Red de Estructuras de Movilidad para Ciudades Eficientes (mobility structures for the efficient city network: energy and art) – European network of professionals interested in implementing natural models in designing modern cities. Since 2013 – president of Re-Design ngo, to promote a change of paradigm in Education by switching from Cartesian to Holistic level. She develops holistic courses – a mix of science, philosophy, history and art, to provide a comprehensive approach of knowledge. „Nowadays, the most effective way to boost learning and understanding is to swap the approach – from general to particular, from the whole to its manifestations. Studying vision, for example, means not only the anatomy of the eye, but optics (lenses), reflection / refraction, electromagnetic fields and spectrums, biochemistry, and so on”.