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            1. Family Name: SESTRAŞ

            2. First Name:  FLORINA ADRIANA             

            3. Date and place of birth:  July 14, Hida, Romania

            4. Nationality:  Romanian

            5. Marital status: Married with  Radu SESTRAS, a son (Paul, b. 1988)

            6. Education:

            7. Scientific Title: Researcher (CS III), PhD 

            8. Work experience:

            9. Place of current employment and position: Fruit Research Station Cluj, engineer, scientist (researcher). PhD obtained at University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Horticulture.

            10. Experience at work today: 1990-Present.

           11. Patent inventions: 9; co-author of six pear cultivars, approved ISTIS: Arvena, homologated ISTIS, 2007; Meda and Latina, homologated ISTIS 2009; Adria, Primadona and Transilvania, homologated ISTIS 2010;three apple cultivars: Silvan, Stefano and Somesan, homologated ISTIS 2010. All varieties are included in the Official List ISTIS (The State Institute for Variety Testing and Registration).

           12. Papers elaborated and published: first author or coauthor of more than 50 scientific papers, mostly in plant breeding.

            13. Member of scientific and professional associations:

-Friends of Roses Association Romania,  member, 1994;

-Romanian Horticulture Society (SRH), Cluj Branch, member, financial responsible, 2006;

-Transylvania Society for Plant Protection, member, 2006;

-Horticulture and Forestry Society from Transylvania, founder member and secretary, 2009;

-European Association for Research on Plant Breeding, member, 2006, administration number 2958;

-International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), member, 2007, administration number 55262.

            14. Foreign languages: English (1-5 scale: 3 speaking, writing, 3, reading 3), French (1-5 scale: 2 speaking, writing, 2, reading 3).

            15. Other skills: computer operation, statistical processing of experimental data.

           16. Specializations and skills: training and trade relations with the public CPADM, October-November. 1987, Zalau, UJCOP (Union County Department of Consumer Co-operative Sălaj) specialization and perfection in floral arrangements and decorations, SCDP Cluj, 1990-1991; training and didactic teaching, 2007/2008; courses for training researchers in agriculture, USAMV Cluj-Napoca, 1-5 December. 2008 (ICC-certified USAMV, finance UMP Makis, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development).

            17. Experience (including management experience) in other programs / projects of national / international

  18.   Other entries:

Participation in competitions of fruit varieties and creations of apple and pear
Diplomas and medals obtained at:

International Saloon of Inventions PRO INVENT, Cluj-Napoca, 1-4 April 2008; 

- Excelence Diploma and Golden Medal, obtained for new pear cultivar ARVENA.

Competition Regional Fruit, September 5, 2007 SCDP Bistrita:

- One Gold Diploma for pear (with selection Cluj 72-12-3);

- Two Silver Diploma for pear (with selections Cluj 72-19-11 and Cluj 1-2-12);

- Two Bronze Diploma for pear (with selections Cluj 72-17-64 şi Cluj 72-21-13);

- One Silver Diploma for apple (for the cultivar Prima, resistant to apple scab).

International Saloon of Inventions PRO INVENT, Cluj-Napoca, 24-27 Mart 2009;

- Excelence Diploma and PROINVENT Medal granted for new pear cultivar MEDA.

- Excelence Diploma and Silver Medal granted for new pear cultivar LATINA.

- Excelence Diploma granted by Romanian Society of Inventors, for new pear creations MEDA and LATINA.

International Salon of Inventions PRO INVENT, Cluj-Napoca, 16-19 Mart 2010;

- Golden Diploma and Golden Medal granted for new apple cultivars.

- Golden Diploma and Golden Medal granted for new pear cultivars.

International Salon of Inventions PRO INVENT, Cluj-Napoca, 22-25 Mart 2011;

- Golden Diploma granted for new pear cultivars: Adria, Primadona, Transilvania.

- Golden Medal granted for new pear cultivars: Adria, Primadona, Transilvania.

Participation in scientific events of national and international:

-International Symposium 9th International Conference on Grape Genetics and Breeding, Udine, Italy, 2-6 July 2006.

-International Symposium Prospects for Agriculture Millennium III USAMV Cluj-Napoca, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.

-Romanian Italian Consortium meeting on flowers sector development in Romania, organized by the Italian Society Florconsorzi, Cluj-Napoca, 9-10 December 2006.

-International Scientific Symposium dedicated to the celebration of 100 years of the birth Gherasim Rudi professor (1907-1982), former head of the Department of pomiculture and rector of the Agricultural Institute in Chisinau (1962-1982), Moldova, Chisinau - State Agricultural University of Moldova, Faculty of Horticulture, 28 February-3 March 2007.

-International scientific event 18th Eucarpia Genetic Resources Section Meeting, Plant Genetic Resources and their Exploitation in the Plant Breeding for Food and Agriculture, organized by Eucarpia (European Association for Research on Plant Breeding), Slovakia, Piestany, Research Institute of Plant Production Piešťany 22-28 May 2007.

-International Scientific Symposium "Conservation germplasm in Horticulture: achievements and perspectives", USAMV - SCDP Cluj, Sept. 2007.

-First International Symposium on Woody Ornamentals of the Temperate Zone, organized by the Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape Gardening and ornamental and the Ornamentals Section of the International Society for Horticulture Science, 26-30 May 2008, Průhonice, Prague, Czech Republic.

-First International Symposium on Biotechnology of Fruit Species, International Society for Horticulture Science (ISHS), 1-5 September 2008, Dresden, Germany.

-First International Symposium of the FIP 'Global Strategy for Plant Conservation', 13-17 September 2011, Valencia, Spain.

Member of Editorial Board - scientific journal

Notulae Scientia Biologicae

http://notulaebiologicae.ro/nsb/

Scientific papers (published)

More than 50 articles indexed / abstracted in:
ISI SCIE, Biological Abstracts, Biosis Previews, CAB Abstracts, DOAJ, Viniti, INIST, Index Copernicus, BASE, ScientificCommons, BLD, EBSCO, SCOPUS.

                                                                                    Dr. Ing. Adriana F. SESTRAŞ, CS III