Prof. Ing. Katarína Ražná, PhD., university teacher, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Slovak University of Agriculture (SUA) in Nitra. Engineering degree (Ing.), specialization Genetics and Plant Breeding (1996); doctoral (Ph.D.) degree in Genetics (1999); associated professor in Biotechnology (2009); professor in Special Plant Production (2019), SUA in Nitra. Open Society PhD scholarship (1 month); postdoctoral one-year fellowship (Royal Society/NATO); research assistant position (4 years), The James Hutton Institute, UK. Assistant professor position (2 years), Department of Plant Physiology, SAU in Nitra. Experiences in recombinant DNA techniques, gene silencing, biolistics, A. tumefaciens mediated transformation, blotting techniques, plant tissue cultures, genome mapping, molecular markers, bioinformatics. Research interests in stress markers based on microRNAs, genome mapping by molecular markers (retrotransposons, microsatellites), plant tissue cultures. Member of the top team Production Physiology of Crops, co-manager of the Laboratory of Plant Tissue Cultures of the AgroBioTech Research Center in Nitra.