Borsai OrsolyaGenomic Analysis Laboratory Director
Graduate of the Faculty of Horticulture, specialized in Landscaping, Orsolya got her Doctor Degree in 2018 in Genetics and plant breeding. During her studies she benefited from a few Erasmus scholarships, developing her studies and research abroad (Poland and Spain). Since 2016 she worked as a horticulture research assistant in the In-Vitro Laboratory of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca. Most of her research has been concentrated on applicative research and the implementation of new propagation technologies for the production of dendro-floric seedings. Within the year she has been involved in 8 research projects which have been published as scientific articles (32 in total) in national and international publications out of which 16 were high profiled ones. In present, she carries out her research activity in the Genomic Analysis Laboratory of the AgroTransilvania Cluster.
Experience
- 2019 – present: Member of the Competitiveness Operational Program, POC-A1-A1.1.1-B-2015;
- 2018 – 2019: Member in mobility projects, PN-III-P3-3.1-PM-RO-CN-2018-0089 , USAMV Cluj-Napoca;
- 2016 – 2018: Member in mobility projects, PN-III-P3-3.1-PM-RO-MD-2016-0075 ,USAMV Cluj-Napoca;
- 2016 – 2019: Associate teacher, Horticulture and Landscaping Department, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca;
- 2016 – 2019: Horticulture Research Assistant, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca;
- 2014 – 2016: Editorial Secretary, Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca.
Education
- 2014 – 2018: PhD, “Horticulture, Genetics and Plant Breeding”, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj Napoca;
- 2012 – 2014: Master’s Degree: “Design, landscaping and maintainance of green spaces”, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj Napoca;
- 2012 – 2014: Teaching Module, Level I and II, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj Napoca;
- 2008 – 2012: Bachelor’s Degree: “ Engineering and Management”, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj Napoca.
- 2004 – 2008: Highschool Degree: Natural Sciences, Teoretic highschool “Nagy Mózes’ of Târgu Secuiesc, Covasna.
Other specializations and qualifications:
- 2021 – Teaching book publication: Borsai, O., Mitre, V. (2021). Tehnologii pomicole, Editura AcademicPres, Cluj-Napoca, România.
- Numerous scientific articles ISI, ISI proceedings, BDI.