Andrea K. Borsodi

Introduction / Short CV:

ELTE Eötvös Loránd University MSc: 1986

ELTE Eötvös Loránd University PhD: 1997

ELTE Eötvös Loránd University habilitation: 2013

Doctor of Hungarian Academy of Sciences: 2023

Role in scientific community:

Hungarian Society for Microbiology (HSM), secretary general, member of management and presidency

Hungarian Hydrological Society (HHS), Section of Water Microbiology, member of management

Member of the public body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Section of Biological Sciences, member of the HAS Interdisciplinary Committee on Microbiology, non-academic elected representative to the HAS General Assembly

Decorations:

Sándor Vitális Award for Excellence in Scientific Literature (HHS): 2011, 2016, 2020

Pro Aqua Commemorative Medal (HHS): 2012

ELTE Medal for Student Research: 2016

Master Teacher Gold Medal (National Council of Student Research Societies):2019

Rezső Manninger Commemorative Medal (HSM): 2020

Dr. Ferenc Schafarzik Memorial Medal (HHS): 2023

Dr. Piroska Török Memorial Card (HHS) 2024

Research area:

Soil microbiological aspects of sustainable farming

Taxonomic and metabolic diversity of extremophilic microorganisms

Teaching activities:

• Microbiology L
• Cell biology 1 L
• Diversity of living world 1 L
• Bioenergetics and metabolism L
• Extremophilic microorganisms of special habitats L
• Biogeochemical cycles (Metabolism of biosphere) L
• General microbiology I-III L
• Microbiology practice P
• Applied microbiology P
• Bacteriological diagnostic methods P
• Microbial ecology of waters and aquatic environments L

Supervision:

• Faragó Viktória (PhD): Monitoring environmental changes associated with the permafrost thaw in the Andes by studying the diversity of polyextremophilic bacterial communities

Kiemelt publikációk:

• Makk J., Németh Á. C., Tóth E., Németh P., Kovács I., Demény A., Sipos G., Borsodi A.K., Lange-Enyedi, N. T. 2025. Actively forming microbial mats provide insight into the development of microdigitate stromatolites. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 5497. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-90175-0
• Mucsi M., Borsodi A. K., Megyes M., Szili-Kovács T. 2024. Response of the metabolic activity and taxonomic composition of bacterial communities to mosaically varying soil salinity and alkalinity. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 7460. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57430-2
• Lange-Enyedi N.T., Németh P., Borsodi A.K. Spötl C., Makk J. 2024. Calcium carbonate precipitating extremophilic bacteria in an Alpine ice cave. Scientific Reports, 14, 2710 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53131-y
• Borsodi A.K. 2024. Taxonomic diversity of extremophilic prokaryotes adapted to special environmental parameters in Hungary – a review. Biologia Futura 75:183–192 doi:10.1007/s42977-024-00224-4
• Lange-Enyedi N. T., Borsodi A. K., Németh P., Czuppon G., Kovács I., Leél-Őssy S., Dobosy P., Felföldi T., Demény A., Makk, J. 2023. Habitat-related variability in the morphological and taxonomic diversity of microbial communities in two Hungarian epigenic karst caves. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 99(12), fiad161. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiad161
• Engloner A.I., Vargha M., Kós P., Borsodi A.K. 2023. Planktonic and epilithic prokaryota community compositions in a large temperate river reflect climate change related seasonal shifts. PloS ONE 18(9), e0292057. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292057
• Borsodi A.K., Anda D., Szabó A., Megyes M., Krett G. 2022. Impacts of different habitats on the composition of bacterial communities at the discharging endpoints of a hypogene thermal karst system. Geomicrobiology Journal 39(2), 155-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2021.2023709
• Borsodi A.K., Aszalós J.M., Megyes M., Nagy B. 2022. Benthic bacterial diversity of high-altitude athalassohaline lakes of the Puna de Atacama (Central Andes). Geomicrobiology Journal 39(1), 28-38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2021.2000072
• Borsodi A.K., Mucsi M., Krett G., Szabó A., Felföldi T., Szili-Kovács T. 2021. Variation in sodic soil bacterial communities associated with different alkali vegetation types. Microorganisms 9(8), 1673. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9081673

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