Gordana Mendaš Starčević

Ivanec, 25 October 1971

• 2007- University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, PhD
• 1997-2001- University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, M.Sc.

• 1997 – INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
• 1 May-1 Sep 1997 Food industry ”Vindija” d.d., Varaždin

Development and validation of analytical methods for determination of pesticides residues in environmental and biological samples, assessment of human exposure: Performing analytical chemistry assays based on new and existing methodologies; using analytical techniques and instrumentation such as gas and high performance liquid chromatography; interpreting data; reporting scientific results.

• 1998. – EUROTOX Education Course ”Principles in Risk Assessment”, Pula
• 2000. –Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• 2003. – Special Liquid Chromatography Export Training Course, Varian Ltd., Walton-on-Thames, UK
• 2013. –study visit ”Assessing Health Risk from Pesticides, Including Analysis of Pesticide Residues in Human Biological Material”, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, International Center for Rural Health, S. Paolo Hospital Unit, University of Milan, Italy

• S. Fingler, G. Mendaš, M. Dvoršćak, S. Stipičević, Ž. Vasilić, V. Drevenkar, Herbicide micropollutants in surface, ground and drinking waters within and near the area of Zagreb, Croatia, Environmental science and pollution research international, DOI 10.1007/s11356-016-7074-6 (2016).
• S. Stipičević, G. Mendaš, M. Vuletić, S. Fingler, V. Drevenkar, Applicability of liquid chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometric detection for determination of cyanuric acid in soil, Croatica Chemica Acta 86 (2013), 1; 95-102.
• G. Mendaš, M. Vuletić, N. Galić, V. Drevenkar, Urinary metabolites as biomarkers of human exposure to atrazine: atrazine mercapturate in agricultural workers, Toxicology letters 210 (2012), 2; 174-181.
• I. Vinković Vrček, M. Bojić, I. Žuntar, G. Mendaš, M. Medić-Šarić, Phenol content, antioxidant activity and metal composition of Croatian wines deriving from organically and conventionally grown grapes, Food Chemistry 124 (2011) 354-361.
• G. Mendaš, B. Tkalčević, V. Drevenkar, Determination of chloro- and methylthiotriazine compounds in human urine: extraction with diethyl ether and C18 solid-phase extraction for gas chromatographic analysis with nitrogen-selective and electron-capture detection, Analitica Chimica Acta 424 (2000) 7-18.

• Croatian Chemical Society