Maja Lazarus

Zagreb, 21 July 1980

• 2003-2009 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Postgraduate study in natural sciences, Biology-Toxicology, Ph.D. in Biology
• 1998-2003 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, B.Sc. in Nutritional Technology

• December 2003-present Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health (Analytical Toxicology and Mineral Metabolism Unit), Zagreb, Croatia

Toxicokinetics and toxicodinamics of toxic elements and their interaction with essential elements; ecotoxicology: biomonitoring of elements in wildlife

• 2021 – 2025 Associate researcher within the national research project „Indirect effect of global warming on mammals physiological parameters via high temperature-stressed plant diet – TEMPHYS” (Croatian Science Foundation no. IP-2020-02-7585, Principal investigator: Ass. Prof. Ivana Šola, PhD)
• 2017 – 2022 Associate researcher within the national research project “Assessment of Daily Exposure to Metals and Maternal Individual Susceptibility as Factors of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease – METALORIGINS” (Croatian Science Foundation no. 1998, Principal investigator: Martina Piasek, MD, PhD)
• 2007-2013 Associate researcher within the national research project “Exposure to Metals and their Effects in Pregnancy and Postnatal Period” (Ministry of Science, Education and Sports no. 022-0222148-2135, Principal investigator: Martina Piasek, MD, PhD)
• 2011-2012 Associate researcher within the national professional project “Monitoring of organic and inorganic pollutants in the environment of Plitvice Lakes National Park” (NP Plitvička jezera, Principal investigator: Snježana Herceg Romanić, PhD)
• 2003- 2006 Associate researcher within the national research project “Exposure, Intake and Effects of Toxic and Essential Elements” (Ministry of Science and Technology/Ministry of Science, Education, and Sports no. 0022012, Principal investigator: Maja Blanuša, PhD; Martina Piasek, MD, PhD)

• 23–27 August 2021, 9th BfR-Summer Academy (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Germany), online
• 11–17 November 2018, Institute of Nature Conservation of Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland (study visit)
• 4–8 April 2016, Principles of Toxicology (EUROTOX in colaboration with the Croatian Toxicological Society), Zagreb, Hrvatska
• 17-27 November 2015, LabAnim 3 course (Laboratory Animal Science Course, FELASA category C equivalent), Zagreb, Croatia
• 14-18 April 2014, Expert Mission on authorisation of biocidal products (ETT IND/EXP 55794, TAIEX), Zagreb, Croatia
• 17-21 March 2014, Challenges in Health Risk Assessment (Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet), Stockholm, Sweden
• 10-16 September 2004, Basic Toxicology Course (EUROTOX in colaboration with the Croatian Toxicological Society), Plitvice Lake, Croatia

• Croatian Society of Toxicologists
• Croatian Society of Physiologists
• Croatian Laboratory Animal Science Association

Personal interests and hobbies
Hiking, psychology, dance