Bojan Papić

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Dr. Bojan Papić is a research associate at the Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. In his PhD dissertation completed in 2020, he investigated the population structure of Listeria monocytogenes from animals and the environment. In his two-year postdoctoral project completed in 2023, he investigated the virulence and genetic diversity of Paenibacillus larvae, a honeybee pathogen. His main area of expertise is molecular microbiology, next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics. He performs genomic surveillance of foodborne pathogens (including AMR surveillance) and is the national data provider for the EFSA–ECDC One Health WGS System. He is currently a fellow of the one-year European Food Risk Assessment Fellowship Programme (EFSA EU-FORA), which aims to create a harmonised EU risk assessment culture. He is the author of 32 original scientific papers and 8 professional papers with 396 citations and an h-index of 12 (Scopus).

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