Tajana Horvat

Division of Environmental Hygiene

MSc in Chemistry / Assistant (PhD student)

Education

  • 2018  MSc in Material Science and Engineering, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
  • 2016  BSc in Material Science and Engineering, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology

Work Experience

  • 2023–present  Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
  • 2021–2023  Institute IGH, d. d., Zagreb, Croatia
  • 2019–2020  Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
  • 2019  LABOSAN d. o. o., Virovitica, Croatia

Research projects

  • 2024-2027  Environment Pollution and Human Health: Physico-Chemical Analysis, Toxicity and Machine Learning Models – EnvironPollutHealth, NextGenerationEU (collaborator)
  • 2023–2026 Evidence Driven Indoor Air Quality Improvement – EDIAQI, Horizon Europe (collaborator)

Teaching

  • 2021–2023 Undergraduate study of the Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture and Aeronautical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb. Modules: Materials I, Materials II (associate)
  • 2019–2020 Undergraduate study of the Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture and Aeronautical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb. Modules: Materials I, Materials II (assistant)

Fields of interest

  • Analytical chemistry,
  • development of analytical methods,
  • environmental chemistry,
  • air pollution,
  • volatile organic compounds

Additional training

  • 2023  Application of Python in Biostatistics and Chemometrics, chemical codes d. o. o., Zagreb, Croatia
    Measurement Uncertainty for Practitioners, CMS, Zagreb, Croatia
    ToxLearn4EU Summer School (Toxicology Innovative Learning for Europe, Erasmus+), Zagreb, Croatia
    Academic Writing, FCET, Zagreb, Croatia
    Scientific School „Unconventional Approaches to the Conventional Challenges”, IRB, online
  • 2022 The Possibility of Transition to a Sustainable and Circular (Bio)economy, BIOCentre, Zagreb, Croatia
    Tackling Hazardous Substances Pollution in the Danube River Basin, FCET, Zagreb, Croatia
    Circular Economy in Construction and Demolition Waste, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, World Bank, Zagreb, Croatia
    Scientific School „A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Research of Micro- and Nanoparticles in Natural Systems“, IRB, online
  • 2021 Current Issue of Drinking Water – Disinfection and Undesirable By-products “, FCET, Zagreb, Croatia
    Direct Executor of Operations with Dangerous Chemicals, Division for Toxicology, Croatian Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
  • 2018 Erasmus+ Mobility, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal (6 months)

Awards

  • 2017 Dean’s award for Student scientific work in the academic year 2016/2017, FCET, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Memberships

  • Croatian Chemical Society
  • Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers

List of publications