Vlatka Petravić Tominac, PhD
Contact information
| Phone: | + 385 1 4605 056 |
| Fax: | + 385 1 4836 424 |
| Email: | vpetrav@pbf.hr |
Location: Laboratory for Biochemical Engineering, Industrial Microbiology and Malting and Brewing Technology
Biography
Birth date: 17-Feb-1970
Birth place: Zagreb, Croatia
| Academic appointments | |||
| Institution | Subject | Year | |
| BSc | Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb | Incorporation of copper ions in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and their effect on the kinetics of alcoholic fermentation | 1996. |
| MSc | Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb | Investigation of fermentative ability and technological properties of wine yeasts isolated from Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay grapes and their influence on secondary wine aroma | 2001. |
| PhD | Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb | Isolation of biologicaly active fractions of β-glucan from yeast biomass | 2008. |
| Work experience | ||
| Position | Institution | Year |
| Senior Technical Associate | Faculty of Chemical Engeneering and Technology, University of Zagreb | 1996 |
| Young assistant | Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb | 1997 |
| Assistant | Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb | 2001 |
| Senior Assistant | Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb | 2008 |
| Assistant Professor | Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb | 2010 |
| Associate Professor | Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb | 2013 |
Internship (1 week and more)
| Institution | Place | 1996. |
| Bioprocess Engineering Course organised under the auspices of The European Federation of Biotechnology by the Working Group on Bioreactor Performance, in collaboration with other Working Groups (Working Group on Modelling, Monitoring, Measurement & Control and Working Group on Downstream Processing and Recovery of Bioproducts) of the Section on Biochemical Engineering Science | Supetar, Croatia | 2003 |
| Socrates Intensive Programme "Production agricole et sécurité alimentaire" at Ghent University, organised by Prof. dr.ir. R. Verhé, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Ghent University and Prof. Iskra Ivanova, University of Sofia | Ghent, Belgium | 2004 |
| Laboratory for biotehnology, Chair of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slevenia | Ljubljana, Slovenia | 2009 |
Scientific activity:
Published papers indexed in SCI/CC: 9
Participation at international conferences: 14
Honours:
- Support for young researchers (16 October 1997) - Biotechnology Foundation (Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb)
- The annual award for young researchers in the field of biotechnology (18 October 2001) - Biotechnology Foundation (Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb)