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Vera Dobos

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Freelance Teacher at The Italian Academy
📍 Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

Vera is a certified Business and Academic English teacher with a PhD in Physics. She leverages over a decade of experience as an international researcher, including a Marie Curie fellowship, to teach English for white-collar and academic environments. People she has mentored describe her as a patient and fantastic mentor who explains difficult concepts clearly.

Having worked as a researcher in four countries including Hungary, the Netherlands, and Germany, Vera brings a rich multicultural perspective to her teaching. She maintains a strong interest in her former field, previously conducting public outreach and handling planetarium operations at Eötvös Loránd University.

Unique fact: Before becoming an English teacher, Vera was an astronomer who researched the habitability of exoplanets and moons, focusing on systems like TRAPPIST-1.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Freelance Teacher
Location
Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
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Academic English
Holds a Level 6 Trinity certification with Distinction in this area and designs specialized courses for students preparing for university.
Business English
Specializes in teaching English for professional, white-collar environments, drawing on her extensive background in international research institutions.
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Career

Work history

1-2025 - 9-2025
Freelance Teacher
The Italian Academy
7-2024
Business and Academic English Teacher
FluentBiz
1-2024 - 6-2024
English Teacher
Wall Street English Siracusa
4-2020 - 3-2023
Marie Curie fellow (postdoctoral researcher)
University of Groningen
12-2019 - 3-2020
Postdoctoral Researcher (NKFIH PD Fellowship)
Konkoly Observatory
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Education
1-2024 - 6-2024
Bachelor's degree
NILE - Norwich Institute for Language Education
2010 - 2013
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Eötvös Loránd University
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