Stefania V. Vacaru | P.h.D. | Developmental Psychobiology Researcher
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Course Design & Coordination

The Attachment Nest: Interdisciplinary Understanding of Attachment and Human Development

3 EC, (post)graduate level

Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (NL)

2023, 2024

Course evaluation: 4.6/5

Guest Lectures

Developmental Psychobiology, 2025

Course: Developmental Psychology (undergraduate level)

Host: Prof. Dr. Waters, NYU Abu Dhabi (UAE)

Interpersonal synchrony, 2021

Course: Developmental Psychobiology (graduate level),

Host: Prof. Dr. de Weerth, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen (NL)

The development of social relations from an attachment perspective, 2019

Course: Social Relations (graduate level)

Host: Prof. Dr. Lansu, Faculty of Social Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen (NL)

Human attachment and socio-affective development, 2019

Course: Cognitive Neuroscience (undergraduate level)

Host: Dr. Fabbri, University of Groningen (NL)

Seminars & Workshops

NYU Abu Dhabi (UAE)

Python-based cardiac & electrodermal data processing: 1-week module, 2024

Autonomic signal pre-processing, data quality, and experimental setups: regular meetings, 2024–2025
Leipzig University, Leipzig (DE)

Building an EMG Lab: Recordings and Signal Processing: 1-week module, 2021

Radboud University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nijmegen (NL)

Academic Skills for Psychologists, undergraduate level, 1 semester,

2021

Development and Mental Health: Psychopathology from a Lifespan Perspective, undergraduate level, 1 semester/year,

2018–2021

Research Project, undergraduate level, 1 semester,

2018–2021

General Introduction to Psychology, undergraduate level, 1 semester/year,

2016–2021

Perception, Action, and Development, undergraduate level, 1 semester/year, 2016–2021

Academic and Professional Skills, undergraduate level, 1 semester/year,

2016–2017

Individual Supervision

Ph.D

Nicole Rheinheimer, Cognitive Neuroscience Dep., RU Medical Center: Development of regulation from infancy to adolescence – The role of early caregiving (link to dissertation), with Prof. Dr. C. de Weerth 

MASTER

Aicha Mazrina, MSc in Psychobiology at the University of Amsterdam: Parents’ attachment representations and affect co-regulation of their children with disabilities, 2024-2025

Georgia Graat, MSc, Biomedical Sciences at RU: Caregiving determinants of physical health throughout the first 14 years of life, 2022-2023

Roosmarijn Kockelkoren, MSc in Biomedical Sciences at RU: Biological aging and sleep disturbances throughout childhood. A longitudinal study, 2021-2022

Nina Bruinhof, MSc in Behavioral Sciences at RU: Prenatal hair cortisol during the COVID-19 crisis: associations with psychological Stress and infant temperament, 2020-2021

Sofia Weidle Scatolin, MSc in Behavioral Sciences at RU: Breastfeeding during COVID-19, 2020-2021

Maja Kapitler, Ma, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia): Can facial emotional expressions be contagious? Evidence from pupil dilation and electrical facial muscle activity, 2017-2018 

BACHELOR

Ritz Guan, Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies at New York University Abu Dhabi, 2025-2026

Sabrina Gonzalez, Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a specialization in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at New York University Abu Dhabi, 2025-2026

Azka Noor, Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with minors in Economics and Creative Writing from New York University Abu Dhabi, 2024-2025

Greeshma Giridas, Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with minors in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies and Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi, 2024-2025.

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