Personal info

Scientific Advisor, M.D., Ph.D.

Date and Place of Birth: 14. October 1956, Zagreb

Education

• 1975 -1980 Graduate study, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb.
• 1982- 1986 Postgraduate study of Sciences, Biomedicine, University of Zagreb. Master degree thesis: «The effect of ochratoxin A on some kidney proteins in experimental animals». Zagreb: Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, 1986. Tutor: R. Pleština.
• 1987-1989 Postgraduate study, Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb.
• PhD Thesis: «Studies on organophosphate induced delayed polyneuropathy», Zagreb: School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 1992. Tutor: M. Lotti.
• Thesis: «Il fenilmetilsulfonil fluoruro promuovela neuropatia periferica e quella spinale innescate dal diisopropil fluorofosfato nella gallina», Padua: School of Medicine, University of Padua, 1994. Tutor: M. Lotti.
• Training
• 1989 – Fellowship of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy, Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
• 1990-1993 – Fellowship of European Science Foundation, Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
• 1993 – Fellowship of School of Medicine, University of Padua, Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
• Working Experience
• 1982-1993 Research Assistant, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb (Unit of Toxicology)
• 1993-1996 Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro, Padua, Italy
• Since 1996 Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Unit of Toxicology

Memberships

• Croatian Toxicology Society
• European Society of Toxicology (personal member)
• Croatian Medical Society
• Croatian Catholic Society of Medical Doctors
• Teaching
• Tutor of two Graduate Thesis and one Master Degree Thesis.
• Since 2001 lecturer on Postgraduate Study of Toxicology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, “Chemical Catastrophes”.