University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture

Monika Vidak, PhD

Department of Seed Science and Technology
Office location: 2nd Pavilion, 3rd floor
phone: +385 1 239 3694
e-mail: mvidak ( at ) agr.hr
Languages: croatian, english

Academic qualifications

  • 2015 - 2019: PhD
    University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
    Origin and diversity of Croatian common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) landraces
  • 2010 - 2013: MSc
    University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
    Impact of nitrogen top-dressing on the yield of winter pea and wheat
  • 2007 - 2010: BSc
    University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
    Relation between leaf chlorophyll content and grain yield in maize synthetic population

Employment and work experience

  • 2015 - : University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
    2019-now - postdoctoral researcher

    2017-2019 - assistant

    2015-2017 - expert associate

Research interests

  • Seed science and technology
  • Plant genetic resources conservation
  • Molecular methods for identification of cultivars and analysis of biodiversity
  • Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
  • Phenotyping

Training and research experience

  • 12. 06. 2017. - 13. 06. 2017.: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany, (scientific)
    Workshop: Archaeobotany & Integration of Genetics with Archaeobotany
  • 10. 04. 2017. - 11. 04. 2017.: InovaGen (scientific)
    Course: Sequencing
  • 05. 12. 2016. - 05. 12. 2016.: University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture (expert)
    Workshop: ERASMUS+ i Horizon 2020 Programs
  • 15. 02. 2016. - 16. 02. 2016.: The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany (scientific)
    Course: Next Generation Sequencing: Whole Genome Sequencing Library Preparation
  • 30. 10. 2015. - 30. 10. 2015.: Taylor & Francis, University of Zagreb School of Medicine (expert)
    Workshop: ‘How to Get Published’

Projects

scientific
Title Funding Status
ZNANSTVENI CENTAR IZVRSNOSTI ZA BIORAZNOLIKOST I MOLEKULARNO OPLEMENJIVANJE BILJA (CroP-BioDiv) Europski fond za regionalni razvoj in progress

Publications

  • Carović-Stanko, K., Liber, Z., Vidak, M., Barešić, A., Grdiša, M., Lazarević, B., Šatović, Z. (2017) Genetic Diversity of Croatian Common Bean Landraces. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 604-1-604-8. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00604.
  • Vidak M., Carović-Stanko K., Barešić A., Grdiša M., Šatović Z., Liber Z. (2017) Microsatellite markers in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Journal of central European agriculture. doi: 10.5513/JCEA01/18.4.1983.
  • Vidak M., Varga F., Gunjača J., Lazarević B., Šatović Z, Carović-Stanko K. (2017) Protein content in common bean row seeds in relation to a* and b* dimensions of the L*a*b* color space. Proceedings of Joint Conference on 8th World Congress on Agriculture & Horticulture and 16th Euro Global Summit on Food & Beverages.
    Los Angeles, SAD: u: Journal of Food Processing & Technology, 89-89.
  • Vidak M. Malešević S., Grdiša M., Šatović Z., Lazarević B., Carović-Stanko K. (2015) Phenotypic Diversity among Croatian Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Landraces. ACS. Agriculturae conspectus scintificus. 80 (3), 133-137.

Bibliography (CROSBI): https://bib.irb.hr/pretrazivanje_rezultat?

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.hr/citations?user=V0OXykUAAAAJ&hl=hr