Education
- 2024 PhD in Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb
- 2015 MSc in Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb
- 2013 BSc in Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb
Work Experience
- 2015–present. Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Research projects
- 2024–2026 Transforming bio-waste to innovative hydroponic solutions – Wast2Grow, NextGenerationEU (collaborator)
- 2024–2027 Environment Pollution and Human Health: Physico-Chemical Analysis, Toxicity and Machine Learning Models – EnvironPollutHealth, NextGenerationEU (collaborator)
- 2022–2026 Evidence Driven Indoor Air Quality Improvement – EDIAQI, Horizon Europe (collaborator)
- 2021–2024 Analysis of Organic Pollutants in Biological Systems and the Environment, IMROH (collaborator)
- 2020–2023 Development of Functional Beverage in Sustainable Packaging – JamINNO+, ERDF (collaborator)
- 2018–2023 Biochemical Response of Oligotrophic Adriatic Surface Ecosystems to Atmospheric Deposition Inputs – BiREADI, Croatian Science Foundation (collaborator)
- 2017–2023 Organic Content of PM1 Particle Fraction, IMROH (collaborator)
Fields of interest
- Development and validation of analytical methods,
- organic pollutants,
- atmospheric deposition,
- air quality,
- gas chromatography,
- mass spectrometry.
Additional training
- 2024 11th Expert Seminar „Determination of Pollution in Air, Water, and Soil Using Specific Analytical Techniques – Familiarization with European Standards“, Croatian Air Pollution Prevention Association, Greek
- 2023 Training program „Operator and filler of vessels with compressed gases“, ZIRS, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2022 Sampling as a laboratory activity, Croatian Metrology Society, Zagreb, Croatia
Ensuring the validity of test results, Croatian Metrology Society, online
Validation and verification of the analytical methods, Croatian Metrology Society, online
Measurement uncertainty for practitioners, Croatian Metrology Society, online
Management of the career of (young) scientists, Agency for Science and Higher Education, online - 2021 How to write a project proposal, NILU, online
- 2020 Microplastics – reality or science fiction?, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology and AlphaChrom, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2019 Understanding and Applying the HRN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Standard, IMROH, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2018 10th Expert Seminar „Determination of Pollution in Air, Water, and Soil Using Specific Analytical Techniques – Familiarization with European Standards“, Croatian Air Pollution Prevention Association, Warsaw and Krakov, Poland
Awards
- 2019 The best poster award, 18th World Clean Air Congress, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2014 Dean’s award, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Zagreb
Memberships
- Croatian Air Pollution Prevention Association
- Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers