
Education
- 2004 PhD in Chemistry, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
- 1999 MSc in Chemistry, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
- 1994 BSc, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology
Work Experience
- 1995-present Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Research projects
- 2024-2027 Environment Pollution and Human Health: Physico-Chemical Analysis, Toxicity and Machine Learning Models – EnvironPollutHealth, NextGenerationEU (leader)
- 2024-2027 Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Animal Species from Aquatic, Marine and Terrestrial Habitats and Food of Animal Origin: Exposure and Risk Assessment of Croatian Consumers – PFASsFoodWildlife, NextGenerationEU (collaborator)
- 2024–2026 Transforming bio-waste to innovative hydroponic solutions – Wast2Grow, NextGenerationEU (collaborator)
- 2021–2024 Analysis of Organic Pollutants in Biological Systems and the Environment, IMROH (leader)
- 2019-2022 Persistent Organochlorine Compounds in Human Milk and Their Potential Effect on the Level of Primary DNA Damage in Human Cells, Croatian-Serbian Bilateral Grant (leader)
- 2018-2021 Persistent Organic Pollutants – Environmental Impact Assessment and Stability of Human Genetic Material, IMROH (leader)
- 2014–2018 Organic Pollutants in Environment – Markers and Biomarkers of Toxicity – OPENTOX, Croatian Science Foundation (collaborator)
- 2011-2013 Monitoring of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants in the Environment of Plitvice Lakes National Park, Plitvice Lakes National Park (leader)
- 2007–2014 Organic Pollutants in the Environment – Distribution, Interaction, Human Exposure, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia (collaborator)
- 2002–2006 Pesticides, Persistent and Volatile Organic Pollutants in the Environment, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia (collaborator)
- 1999–2001 Analysis and Chemistry of Pesticides and Related Compounds in Biosphere, Croatian-Slovenian Bilateral Grant (collaborator)
- 1996–2002 Distribution of Pesticides and Related Compounds in Humans and in the Environment, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia (collaborator)
- 1995-1998 Monitoring of Organochlorine Compounds in Coniferous Trees and Ambient Air, and Human Milk, US EPA (collaborator)
- 1995-1996 Pesticides: Mechanism of action and distribution in the biosphere, Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia (collaborator)
Professional projects
- 2003 Report on the Sources, Distribution and Effects of POPs Compounds on Environment and Human Health, Croatian Center for Cleaner Production (Project „Enabling Activities to Facilitate Early Action on the Implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, POPs, in the Republic of Croatia“), UNIDO and Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction of the Republic of Croatia (collaborator)
- 2001-2002 Report on Emission Measurements from „PUTO“, „PUTO“ Thermal Treatment of Technological Waste d. o. o. (collaborator)
- 1997-1998 Program for the Monitoring of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in the Air as a Baseline for PUTO, ZGO d. o. o. (collaborator)
Fields of interest
- Persistent organic pollutants in the environment – distribution, sources and human exposure,
- marine environment, freshwater environment, air,
- human biomonitoring.
Additional training
- 2014 TAIEX Expert Mission on authorisation of biocidal products – European Commission’s DG Enlargement, Human exposure, Zagreb, Croatia
- 1997 IUTOX Training Course on Basic Toxicology, Budapest, Hungary
Awards
- 2015 Annual award for scientific paper published in the top scientific journal according to the Web of Science, IMROH, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2007 ACS Pittcon Travel Grant (nomination by the Croatian Chemical Society), Pittcon International Delegation, American Chemical Society, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Memberships
- Croatian Chemical Society
Other engagements
- 2022 Member of the Provisional Workgroup for Passing a Scientific Opinion on the Exposure of Croatia’s Adult Population to Dioxins and Dioxin-like Polychlorinated Biphenyls (DL-PCBs) from Various Food Types
- 2021 Member of the Working Group for Monitoring and Fulfilment of the Obligations under the „The Third National Plan for the Implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants”
- 2014-2018 Chairman of the Scientific Council, IMROH
- 2014 Member of the Working Group for Monitoring and Fulfilment of the obligations under the „The Second National Plan for the Implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants”