Prof. Assoc. Dr. Elizabeta Susaj is a is full-time academic staff at the Department of Technology and Business, Faculty of Economics, Technology and Innovation, Western Balkans University. Prof. Susaj is a member of the Internal Quality Assurance Unit, as well as the academic advisor and coordinator of the "Master of Science" program in Nanotechnology,

She was graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Agricultural University of Tirana, in 1989, where completed her postgraduate studies (Master of Science in Horticulture), as well. In 2004, she received the "Master of Sciences" in "Horticultural Genetics and Biotechnology" degree at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICH), Crete, Greece, one of the four institutes of the International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies - CIHEAM, based in Paris, France. She defended the PhD degree ("Doctor of Science" in the field of Agriculture and plant breeding (2006), and since 2014 she holds the academic title of "Associate Professor". She has also completed a series of post-graduate trainings and qualifications, at home and abroad, such as at the University of Missouri - Columbia and Michigan State University, USA, the Egyptian International Center of Agriculture – EICA, Cairo, Egypt, Czech Republic, etc.

Prof. Susaj has more than 35 years professional and research experience in the field of agriculture and environment, as well as more than 15 years teaching experience in higher education. In 2017, she was certified as an environmental expert for drafting EIA reports, conducting environmental audits, drafting expertise on environmental issues, etc. 

Her experience includes several research and scientific institutions of the country, such as the Vegetables and Potatoes Research Institute, Tirana (2002-2006), the Agricultural Technology Transfer Center of Fushe-Kruja (2006-2012), the Agency of Consumer Protection at the Municipality of Tirana (2012-2015), etc.

In parallel with her basic activity, Prof. Susaj has been engaged in teaching in higher education as a full-time and part-time lecturer at several public and private universities in Albania, such as Polis University (2015-2022), University "Fan S. Noli", Korça, (2011-2015), University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina" (2013-2014), the Private Higher Education Institution, "Queen Mother Geraldine" High School, Burrel (2009-2011), and Agricultural University of Tirana (2006-2009). She has been supervisor of more than thirty Bachelor in “Environmental studies” and “Master of Science in Urban Environmental Management” diploma thesis at Polis University, as well as co-supervisor of two PhD Thesis, Polis University in collaboration with the University of Ferrara, Italy. She is the author and co-author of 12 scientific and professional books, two monographs, one of which is published in 7 foreign languages, and a book chapter published by Oxford Publishing House. 

The research and scientific activity of Prof. Assoc. Dr. Elizabeta Susaj also includes 54 published scientific papers, at home and abroad, some of which are evaluated with impact factor, Scopus, Web of Sciences, as well as, 58 participations with presentations in several international scientific conferences and symposia, published in Proceedings and Abstract Book.

She is engaged as the editorial board member of American Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering (http://www.ajese.org/editorialboard), the SCIREA Journal of Environment (http://www.scirea.org/journal/EditorialBoard?JournalID=61000); the Online International Interdisciplinary Research Journal (OIIRJ) (ISRA:JIF) (http://oiirj.org/oiirj/editorial-board/), member of the Advisory Board of the International Education E-Journal (ISRA:JIF) (http://oiirj.org/oiirj/ejournal/2014/07/21/advisory-board/); permanent member of the Albanian-American Academy of Sciences (http://the-aaas.com/Permanent%20members.html), and member of several national and international scientific associations, such as a member of the International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS), Japan, the Balkan Environmental Association (B.E.N.A), BALOWIS Association, the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ), the Albanian Association of Agricultural Journalists (AAAJ), etc. She knows and uses several foreign languages ​​such as English, Russian, and a lesser extent Greek, Arabic and Italian.