DR. ZSUZSANNA KOLBERT
Assistant professor

Institution
Department of Plant Biology,
Faculty of Science and Informatics,
University of Szeged
Address: H-6726 Szeged, Közép fasor 52., II./ 252. room
Tel.: +36 62/54/6964
E-mail: kolzsu@bio.u-szeged.hu

Personal skills and competences
Education, academic training and experience:

2005    University of Szeged, Hungary         Univ. Diploma (M.Sc., biologist)                             
2008    University of Szeged, Hungary         Univ. Diploma (M. Sc. biology teacher)                    
2009    University of Szeged, Hungary         Ph.D. degree                                                             

First language(s):
Hungarian
Other language(s):
English intermediate level
German intermediate level

Positions and Employment:
2005- 31 Aug 2008                Scientific Assistant /PhD Student, Dept. of Plant Biology, Univ. Szeged
1 Sept 2008- 31 Dec 2013      Assistant lecturer, Dept. of Plant Biology, Univ. Szeged
1 Jan 2014-                           Assistant professor, Dept. of Plant Biology, Univ. Szeged

International Experience/ Short term visits:
2008 INTA (Instituto National de Technológia Agropecuária), Córdoba, Argentina

Memberships in Scientific Bodies:
2006-   Hungarian Society of Plant Biology

Scientific awards:
2005    Council of National Scientific Students’ Associations            Special Award
2006    Hungarian Academy of Sciences                                          I. Award
2007    Frank-Helianthus Foundation                                               III. Award
2008    Association of Hungarian Ph.D. and DLA students                        I. Award
2008    FESPB Congress, Tampere, Finland                                    Travel Grant
2008    Ministry of Education and Culture                                       Ferenc Deák Scholarship
2011    Hungarian Society of Plant Biology                                     Best Poster Award
2013    Scientia Amabilis Foundation                                               Scholarship
2014    Zoltán Magyary Postdoctoral Scholarship                            Scholarship

Research activity:
I examine the formation, the role of reactive nitrogen species (such as nitric oxide and peroxynitrite) and their interactions with phytohormones and reactive oxygen species during the growth responses modulated by element excess (e.g. copper, zinc, lead, selenium).

Educational activity:
Bsc.: Practical courses in Plant Physiology and Basics of Biology,  Lectures in  „From Bioproducts to Genetic Engeneering” , „Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in plants” special lecture

Msc.: Practical courses in Plant Stress Physiology, Lectures in Plant Biology

Scientific grants:
2005-2008. OTKA T048436 participant. Intracellular stress responses in plants and their imaging: the role of nitric oxide. Project leader: Prof. László Erdei

2007 - 2008. INTERREG HURO0602/006 participant. Industrial utilization of wheat cultivars of the Tisza-Maros region, with special attention to wheat starch productivity. Project coordinator: Prof. László Erdei

2007-2010. NKTH KPI ALAP3-01435/2006 participant. Plant gene sources: Hungarian-German cereal breeding project. Project coordinator: Prof. László Erdei

2008-2009. Hungarian-Argentinian Bilateral Co-operation Programme (OMFB-00008/2008; TéT Arg-15/2006 participant) Drought stress and growth in cereals.
Project leader: Prof. László Erdei

2011-2012.  HURO/0901/147 participant. Szeged –Timisoara axis for the safe food and feed (SZETISA1). Project coordinator: Prof. László Erdei

2012-2014. OTKA PD100504 project leader. Signal transduction of heavy metal-induced root morphological responses in Brassicaceae: from model to crop.

2015-2016. HUSRB/1203/221/173 participant. “Joint development of higher education and
training programmes in plant biology in support of knowledge-based society” (PLANTTRAIN). Project coordinator: Dr. Irma Tari

List of publications:
MTMT link
MTMT azonosító:       10029284