Dr. Dorina Podar

Dorina Podar, PhD

Associate Professor

Kogălniceanu St., room 63, 400084 Cluj-Napoca

plant scientist, metal transporters

tel: +40-744-972052

Email: dorina.podar@ubbcluj.ro

Education

BSc.: Babeș-Bolyai University, Biology, 1998

MSc.: Babeș-Bolyai University, Cell biology and molecular biotechnology, 1999

PhD: Babeș-Bolyai University, Biology, 2005

PhD Marie Curie Fellowship: University of Sussex, 2002-2003

Postoctoral: Université Libre de Bruxelles, 2005-2006

                        University of York, 2007-2009

Research

Dr. Dorina Podar is investigating the molecular and biochemical mechanisms of tolerance to environmental stress, especially to heavy metals, in plants. Her research focuses on metal ion transporters involved in plant nutrition and resistance or tolerance to heavy metals, assessment of microorganisms biodiversity within plant rhizosphere growing on soils contaminated with heavy metals or organic compounds, evaluation of the phyto- / bioremediation potential of plants and microorganisms associated with their rhizosphere. She is also using plant anatomy as a method of analysing plant biodiversity.

 

Selected Publications

  1. Stanton C, Sanders D, Kramer U, Podar D. 2022. Zinc in plants: integrating homeostasis and biofortification. Molecular Plant, 15(1): 65-85. 1016/j.molp.2021.12.008
  2. Văcar CL, Covaci E, Chakraborty S, Li B, Weindorf DC, Frențiu T, Pârvu M, Podar D. 2021. Heavy Metal-Resistant Filamentous Fungi as Potential Mercury Bioremediators. Fungi, 7(5), 386. 10.3390/jof7050386
  3. Balázs HE, Schmid CAO, Cruzeiro C, Podar D, Szatmari P-M, Buegger F, Hufnagel G, Radl V, Schröder P. 2021. Post-reclamation microbial diversity and functions in hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) contaminated soil in relation to spontaneous HCH tolerant vegetation, Science of the Total Environment, 767: 144653. 1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144653
  4. Tiodar ED, Văcar CL, Podar D. 2021. Phytoremediation and Microorganisms-Assisted Phytoremediation of Mercury-Contaminated Soils: Challenges and Perspectives. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 18: 2435. 10.3390/ijerph18052435
  5. MenguerP, VincentT, MillerAJ, Brown JKM, Vincze E, Borg S, Preben BH, SandersD, Podar D. 2018 Improving zinc accumulation in barley endosperm using HvMTP1 transition metal transporter. Plant Biotechnol. J., 16(1): 63-71. 1111/pbi.12749

 

Full publication list:

Courses held:

Undergraduate:

  1. Histology and Anatomy of Plants
  2. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants
  3. Ecological Biochemistry

Graduate:

  1. Physiology and Molecular Biochemistry of Plants