Anamaria Berea

Anamaria Berea is an accomplished academic and researcher currently serving as an Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, and CSS concentration head for the MAIS program at George Mason University since January 2020. Berea's expertise lies in Computational and Data Science, with a focus on teaching and advising PhD students, alongside conducting NLP research. As Mission Head at the Interstellar Foundation since January 2023, and an Affiliate at the SETI Institute, Berea contributes to scientific endeavors. Additionally, super mentoring at the Frontier Development Lab and serving as a Research Investigator at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science highlights a commitment to advancing knowledge in Evolutionary Game Theory and the Universality of Life. Past roles include Research Scholar at the Ronin Institute, Principal Data Scientist at KaDSCi LLC, and Lead Instructor of the Complexity Explorer's Intro to ABM MOOC at the Santa Fe Institute. Berea's educational background includes a PhD in Computational Social Science from George Mason University and a PhD in International Business and Economics from Academia de Studii Economice din București.