Monica Borghi
Biology
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Office Location: LSB 331Phone: (435) 797-0916
Email: monica.borghi@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
PhD, Agriculture & Environment, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, 2007 Dissertation
Physiological aspects of mineral plant nutrition
MS, Plant Biotechnology, University of Pisa, 2002 Thesis
MBD5 and MBD6; two novel DNA methylation proteins of Arabidopsis thaliana
MS, Biology, University of Ferrara, 2000 Thesis
ROS activity in corneal vapors produced during photorefractive keratectomy with excimer laser
Biography
Research Experience: Purdue University (2008-2009); University of Tokyo, Japan (2010; JSPS Fellow); North Carolina State University (2011-2015); Wageningen University, The Netherlands (2015-2016); Max Planck Institute, Germany (2017-2020; Marie-Curie Fellow).
Teaching Interests
Plant Physiology; Plant Metabolism
Research Interests
Flower Metabolomics
Awards
Arthur C Neish Investigator Award, 2022
Phytochemical Society of North America
PSNA - The Plant Journal Award, 2019
Phytochemical Society of North America
Teaching
BIOL 6750 - Topics in Biology, Spring 2023
BIOL 4750, 6750 - Topics in Biology (Topic), Spring 2022
BIOL 4750, 6750 - Topics in Biology (Topic), Spring 2022
BIOL 4750, 6750 - Topics in Biology (Topic), Spring 2022
BIOL 1610 - Biology I, Fall 2021
BIOL 1610 - Biology I, Fall 2021
BIOL 1610 - Biology I, Fall 2020
BIOL 1610 - Biology I, Fall 2020
BIOL 1610 - Biology I, Fall 2020
Graduate Students Mentored
Seifeldin Sobih, Biology, August 2023