Ivan-Krešimir Svetec, PhD
Contact information
| Phone: | + 385 1 4836 016 |
| Email: | iksvetec@pbf.hr |
Location: Laboratory for Biology and Microbial Genetics, Kršnjavoga 25
Biography
Date and place of birth: January 5th 1971, Split, Croatia
Work experience:
| 2011 - | Associate professor, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb |
| 2007 - 2011 | Assistant professor, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb |
| 2005 - 2006 | Senior assistant, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb |
| 2001 - 2005 | Assistant, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb |
| 1995 - 2001 | Junior assistant, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb |
Education:
| 15. 03. 2005. | Doctor degree in biotechnical sciences, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb |
| 10. 11. 2000. | Masters degree in natural sciences, Faculty of Scinece, University of Zagreb |
| 19. 03. 1995. | Engineer degree in food technology, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb |
Training and visits to foreign institutions:
| 04. 07. - 10. 10. 2008. | Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, U571, Paris, France |
| 2008. | Mediterranean Institute for Life Science, Split, Croatia |
| 2007. | "EURYI@MedILS" summer school, Mediterranean Institute for Life Science, Split, Croatia |
| 2006. | "Creating Interdisciplinary Research projects" summer school, Mediterranean Institute for Life Science, Split, Croatia |
| 2003. | EMBO Lecture Course on New Developments in Genomics for Biomedicine, Brdo kod Kranja, Slovenia |
| 1998. | Theoretical Course: "RNA Structure and Function", ICGEB, Trieste, Italy |
| 1995. | Theoretical Course: "Yeast Molecular Genetics", ICGEB, Trieste, Italy |
Awards and recognitions:
| Organising committee award for poster presentation on ESF-EMBO Symposium on Comparative Genomics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms: Eukaryotic Genome Evolution, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain, 20th – 25th October 2007. |
| Annual award of The society of university teachers, scholars and other scientists to young artists and scientists for accomplishments in 2005. |
| The support of Biotechnical foundation of Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology for results with potential application in Croatia (1999.) |
| Rector’s award for best student research on Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology in the academic yeas 1993/1994. |
Membership in science organisations and bodies:
| European Environmental Mutagen Society (EEMS, member since 2007) |
| Croatian Genetic Society (member of steering committee since 2010, member since 1996) |
| The society of university teachers, scholars and other scientists in Zagreb (member of the assembly since 2010, member since 2005) |
| Croatian Association of Genetic Engineers (founder and member since 2001) |
| Croatian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (member since 2002) |
| Croatian Biological Society (member since 1996) |
Committees and boards:
| Member of Committee for contained use of genetically modified organisms, Ministry of Health and Social Care |
| Member of Council of Biotechnical Sciences, University of Zagreb |
Current research projects:
| project leader | “Palindromes in genomes and mechanisms of gene replacement in yeast", Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports |