Education
- 2018 – PHD (NATURAL SCIENCES, BIOLOGY) – UNIVERSITY POSTGRADUATE INTERDISCIPLINARY DOCTORAL STUDY OF MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES, JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK, CROATIA
- 2013 – MSc IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB, FACULTY OF
SCIENCE, ZAGREB, CROATIA
Work Experience
- OCTOBER 2025 – SCIENTIFIC ASSSOCIATE, DIVISION OF TOXICOLOGY, INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, ZAGREB, CROATIA
- JANUARY 2024 – OCTOBER 2025 – MOLECULAR BIOLOGIST, CROATIAN TISSUE AND CELL BANK, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSFUSION MEDICINE AND TRANSPLANTATION BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTRE ZAGREB, ZAGREB, CROATIA
- APRIL 2019 – OCTOBER 2023 – POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER, LABORATORY FOR MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, DIVISION OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, RUĐER BOŠKOVIĆ INSTITUTE, ZAGREB, CROATIA
- JANUARY 2015 – JANUARY 2019 – RESEARCH ASSISTANT, LABORATORY FOR MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, DIVISION OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, RUĐER BOŠKOVIĆ INSTITUTE, ZAGREB, CROATIA
- SEPTEMBER 2013 – SEPTEMBER 2014 – INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, LABORATORY FOR MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, DIVISION OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, RUĐER BOŠKOVIĆ INSTITUTE, ZAGREB, CROATIA
Fields of interest
- Genetic toxicology
- Population biomonitoring
- Telomeres
- Cell senescence
- Aging
Additional training
- Research stay at the CD Laboratory for the Biotechnology of Skin Aging, Medical University of Vienna, within the bilateral Croatian-Austrian project “Reprogramming of Skin Homeostasis and Regeneration” (OeAD WTZ Project HR 16/2020) (Vienna, 2022)
- EMBO Short-Term Fellowship award, CD-Laboratory for the Biotechnology of Skin Aging, Medical University of Vienna (Vienna, October 2017 – January 2018)