Zóra Annamária Nagy, PhD

Last modified: 05. October 2022

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

01/07/2021- Present Senior Research fellow
Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences Research Institute for Viticulture and Enology

• Supervising on-site and laboratory biotechnological and soil management examinations, setting up experiments and soil management tasks, education

01/06/2018–30/06/2021 Research fellow
National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre Research Institute for Viticulture and Enology

• Supervising on-site and laboratory biotechnological and soil management examinations, setting up experiments , grapevine breeding and soil management tasks, education

30/09/2014–31/05/2018 Assistant research fellow
National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre Research institute for Viticulture and Enology

• Supervising on-site and laboratory biotechnological and soil management examinations, setting up experiments , grapevine breeding and soil management tasks, education

01/04/2014–30/09/2014 Research expert
National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre Research Institute for Viticulture and Enology

• On-site and laboratory biotechnological, grape breeding examinations, setting up experiments, grapevine breeding tasks

05/2013–10/2013 Trainee
Easter Grangemuir Farm, Pittenweem, Fife (Scotland)

• General farm duties: strawberry and broccoli cultivation

08/2011–05/2012 Trainee
West Hills Farm, Lancelin, Western Australia (Australia)

• General farm duties: carrot cultivation, grading-packaging carrots

05/2011–08/2011 Trainee
Willawa Grazing, Foster, Victoria (Australia)

• General husbandry (milking, feeding calves and cows)

01/2010–01/2011 Trainee
Wagners Greenhouses, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

• General farm duties: horticulture

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

 

09/2014–08/2017 PhD (Agricultural sciences)
University of Pannonia Georgikon Faculty

• genetic and biotechnology, grape breeding, phytopathology, viticulture, bioinformatics, statistics

09/2005–05/2008 German-hungarian technical translator
University of Pannonia Georgikon Faculty

• translation technics, terminology, german-hungarian translation

09/2003–06/2009 Doctor of Plant Health
University of Pannonia Georgikon Faculty

• weed biology/weed control, entomology, phytopathology, pesticide chemistry

 

EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH ACTIVITY

 

Projects

• "Quest for the Vitis sylvestris (GMEL.) Populations of Hungary, Ex Situ Conservation and
• Comparative Analysis by Molecular Markers" project (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, project no. PD-109386) (from 04/ 2014 until 04/2017)
• Participation in project evaluation of „Effects of the Mg, K and Ca cations on the reduction of stalk necrosis and berry shrivel in grapevines” in a frame of a research agreement between K+S KALI GmbH (Kassel, Germany) and Research Institute for Viticulture and Enology (Badacsony, Hungary). The research was between 2011 and 2013. The evaluation is this project was in
• 2014 2015.
• Research on the climate change response and adaptation possibilities of crop production systems” (from01/01/2015 to 31/12/2020 ( project no. GINOP-2.3.3-15-2016-00042)
• COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)-action CA17111(from 11/2018 until current date). Data integration to maximise the power of omics for grapevine improvement.
• Institute project (Research Institute for Viticulture and Enology) from 01/05/2018 to 31/05/2018: "Maintenance, development and genetic testing of genetic materials related to viticulture" (project no. S0006).
• Institute project (Research Institute for Viticulture and Enology) from 01/05/2018 to 31/05/2018: "Clone selection and cross breeding of grapes" ( project no. S0007).
• Institute project (Research Institute for Viticulture and Enology) from 01/01/2019 until current date: "Developing vineyards for environmentally sound soil management and nutrient supply adapted to extreme weather conditions" (project no. S0005).

Publications

• https://www.researchgate.net

Conferences, study trips

• France (2015)
• Germany (2016)
• United States (2016)
• Italy (2015, 2016)
• Croatia (2016, 2017)
• Georgia (2017)
• Montenegro (2019)

Honours and awards

• National Conference of Scientific Students' Associations (Hungary) 2009 – category: crop production – 3rd prize
• Award of Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture and National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre-category: Young Agricultural Researchers 2018 – 1st prize
• Award of Veszprem Regional Committee of Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2018-category: The best PhD work – 1st prize

Memberships

• OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine)- hungarian expert
• Association of Hungarian Plant Breeders-member
• Hungarian Chamber of Professionals and Doctors of Plant Protection – member
• Hungarian Bio Association-member