Jasmina Havranek

 

Personal information

Jasmina Havranek, PhD.
Full Professor - permanent title
Department of Dairy Science
Hall II, I. Floor
Tel: +385 /1/239 3870
e-mail: jhavranek (add @agr.hr)

Teaching

Undergraduate study programme (BSc)

Milk and dairy products (coordinator)
Food safety (coordinator)
Milk processing on family farms (associate)

Inter-university study Mediterranean Agriculture, Split
Menagement of milk processing (coordinator)

Graduate study programme (MSc)

Cheese manufacture (coordinator)
Biochemistry and technology of cheese ripening (associate)

Postgraduate doctoral study programme (PhD)

Safety of livestock products (coordinator)
Researching in dairy science (coordinator)

Research interests

Traditional dairy products in Croatia
Sensory analysis
Cheese technology
Hygienic quality of cow, goat and ewe milk
Food safety

Academic qualifications

1989 - Ph.D.

University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture,
Tounj cheese - contribution of knowledge of autochtonous milk products of Croatia

1976 - M.Sc.

University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture,
Influence of silage with zinc-bacitracin antibiotic on milk quality

1971 - B.Sc.

University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture,

Training and research experience

2010, Warsaw, Poland, European Schoolnet, UNESCO, Ministry of Science and Higher Education for Poland., Education leaders forum

2008, Ottawa, Canada, Conference on a New Approach to Food Safety. Integrated Chain Management for Food Safety: From the Farm to the Consumer's Plate.

2007, Tel Aviv, Israel, Management of HE

2004, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. International Short Course in Food Safety

2004, USAID, Switzerland , 14th Annual World Food and Agribusiness Forum, Symposium and Case Conference

2002, AOAC, Chicago, Ill. USA. Quality Assurance for Analytical Laboratory , ISO 17025 Management Systems for the laboratory

1996, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland. Cheese manufacture, Constitution of Laboratory

1986, Dairy "Valio", Laboratory for the Control, Finland. Milk Quality

1983, State Dairy Research Institute, States ForsAgs, Denmark, Kjergo Jensen. Quality of Cheese Milk

1980, Dairy Plants and Sojourn on Faculty of Agriculture Dairy Science Department, Greece, Alihanidis Efstathios. Cheese Manufacture

1978, State Dairy Research Institute, States ForsAgs, Denmark. Quality Control of Milk and Dairy Products

1977, State Dairy Research Institute, States ForsAgs, Denmark. Quality Control of Milk

Employment and work experience

1972. - now

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture

Past projects

2007-2010, Characterisation and tracking the origin of specific characteristics of traditional cheeses in Western Balkans Region. RegTrac. SEE-ERA NET PLUS. Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und Raumfahrt (coordinator)

2007 – 2011, Program: Traditional production of sheep cheeses and yogurt in protection of rural regions. Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (coordinator)

2007- 2011, Ecological production and analytical methods for proofing cheese authenticity, Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (head of project)

2007 – 2011, Functional dairy products made of sheep milk. Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (collaborator in project)

Head of project

2006 – 2009, Development of Cheese Brand of Bjelovar County. Bjelovar

2006 - 2008, Methods for Detecting Adulteration in Ewe's Milk and Cheese. Bilateral project with Slovenia. Biotehniška fakulteta Univerza v Ljubljani, Inštitut za mlekarstvo. Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports.

2005 - 2007, Quality Control and Standardisation of Autochthonous Cheeses at Markets of Zagreb. City office for agriculture and forestry

2002- 2006, Development of Cheese Brand of Zagreb County. County of Zagreb, Croatia

2002 - 2005, Influence of Biochemical Processes on Ripening of Autochthonous Cheeses. Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports

2002 - 2006, Development of Technology of Autochthonous Cheese Production on Family Farms. Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports.

1996 - 2002, Maintenance and Protection of Autochthonous Dairy Products of Croatia. Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports

1991 - 1996, The Effect of Protein Genotype on Milk: Yield, Fat, Protein, Casein. Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology

1989 - 1990, Quality of Milk on the Area of Croatia. Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology

Collaborator in projects

2002 - 2006, Physiological Value of Somatic Cell Count as Indicator of Subclinical Mastitis in Sheep. Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology (head N. Antunac)

2002 - 2006, The Flavour and Texture of Traditional Paški Cheese. Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports. (head D. Samaržija)

2003 - 2005, Assessing the Maturity of Autochthonous Sheep Cheese. Croatian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (head D. Samaržija)

2000 - 2003, Improving the Quality of Tounj Cheese Produced on Family Farms. Croatian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (head S. Kalit)

1998 - 2001, Production of Milk Quality on Family Households. Croatian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (head N. Antunac)

1992 - 1996, Breeding and Pathology of Dairy Sheep for Mediterranean Region. JF-952 (YO-AES) 240JB, 187Agende USDA.

Other professional activities

2011, Invited lecture: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Traditional Production as Opposed to Highly Sophisticated Industrial Production of Cheese, International Conference on Functional Dairy Foods 2011, Karnal, India.

2011 - now, Member of International Advisory Board of the Hungarian Accreditation Committee

2010 – now, Member of the Board CEEN (Network of Central and Eastern European Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education) Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe

2010 - now , Member of the HAC International Advisory Board

2008 - now, Originator and editor of the first Croatian dairy review for education of milk and dairy foods consumers "Mlijeko i ja". Croatian Dairy Union, Zagreb

2008 - now, Member of the Expert Council for Monitoring the Situation in Milk Production and Processing. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development.

2007 - now, Representative of Croatia in Helsinki group of women in science 

2005 - now, Member of the Executive Committee of ICA (International Consortium of Agricultural and Related Universities)

2005 - now, Member of the Committee for Food and Agriculture Planning. (FAPC) NATO/EACP Brussels, civil expert

2005 – now, Director of the Agency for Science and Higher Education

2005 - now, Member of the National Bologna Follow-up Group

2005 - now, Member of working team for negotiation preparing - acquis of the European Union

2004, Lecturer for Michigan State University, training program in Georgia, Tbilisi. International Food Safety and Quality Control System

2004, Lecturer at Chinese Congress of Dairy Science and Technology. Raw Milk Quality Control - European and Croatian Experience. Beijing, China

2003 - 2005, President of National Council for Higher Education of Croatia

2003 - now, Member of the Interdepartmental Committee for Food and Agriculture. International committee for cooperation between the Republic of Croatia and United Nations, expert collaborator.

2002, Nanjin University (Xie Jizhi, Ph.D.) lectures at University (Nanjin and Xian) and dairies (Ji-Nan, Lo-Yan, Xian)

2002 - now, Academy membership (regular member). Academy of Medical Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia

2001 - 2006, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

2001, Organisation of assembly "Biodiversity in Livestock Production in Croatia". Zagreb, Croatia. Editor in chief.

2001, Responsible for establishing and getting licence for activity of reference laboratory of milk and dairy products at the Department of dairy science

1999, Responsible for accepting Croatia in the membership of International Dairy Federation (Athens, Greece)

1998 - now, Membership of the Technical Commission for Milk and Dairy Products. Croatian Chamber of Economy. Expert collaborator.

1997 - 2002, Secretary of the Council for agriculture researching VIP, organisation and leadership of researching projects in the field of agriculture and fisheries. The researches were financed by the credit of World Bank, intended for development of family farms. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

1993 - now, Membership of the International Commission of Standing Committee on Standards for Cheese. FIL-IDF, Brussels, Belgium. Expert  collaborator.

1981 – 1984 and 1991 – 2001, Head of the Dairy Institute

1972 - now, Member of the editor council of the journal Mljekarstvo. Croatian Dairy Union, Zagreb.

Awards

2007, Decoration "Order of Danica Hrvatska with the face of Ruđer Bošković" awarded by the President of the Republic of Croatia for special contribution to Croatian science and higher education as well as to implementation of Bologna process.

2001, The winner of annual state award for science in the field of biotechnical sciences for special scientific achievement, especially, for the researches of the quality of milk and dairy products.

Scientific publications

Havranek, J., Mikulec, N., Antunac, N., Špoljarić, J., Kalit, S. (2011).The advantages and disadvantages of traditional production as opposed to highly sophisticated industrial production of cheese. International Conference on Functional Dairy Foods / Singh, R.R.B. (ed). – Carnal, Intech Printers & Publishers , 6-7.

Pogačić, T., Kagkli, D-M., Sikora, S., Kalit, S., Havranek, J., Samaržija, D. (2011). Experimental approaches for identification of indigenous lactococci isolated from traditional dairy products. Mljekarstvo. 61:3-14.

Matutinović, S., Kalit, S., Salajpal K., Vrdoljak, J. (2011). Effects of flock, year and season on the quality of milk from an indigenous breed in the sub-Mediterranean area. Small ruminant research. 100:159-163.

Kelava, N.; Kalit, S.; Havranek, J.; Konjačić, M.; Ivanković, A. (2011).Effect of somatic cell count on milk composition from individual udder quarters. Milchwissenschaft. 66:237-238.

Havranek, J., Mikulec, N., Gagić, R., Antunac, N. (2011). Sensory assessment of the quality of traditional Croatian cheeses. 22nd International Symposium food safety production. Proceedings. Trebinje: University of Novi Sad Serbia, Faculty of Agriculture, 31-33.

Mikulec, N., Habuš, I., Antunac, N., Vitale, Lj., Havranek, J. (2010) Influence of peptides and amino acid on cheese flavour. Mljekarstvo. 60:219-227.

Antunac, N., Mikulec, N., Zamberlin, Š., Škevin Sović, J., Blažek, A., Horvat, I., Havranek, J. (2010) Influence of various types of preserving milk samples on the number of somatic cells. Milchwissenschaft. 65:313-316.

Pavlinić, I., Mikulec, N., Kalit, S., Jakasa, I., Havranek, J., Tudor, M., Antunac, N. (2010) Influence of starter culture on peptide profiles of Krk cheese. Milchwissenschaft. 65:262-266.

Mikulec, N., Antunac, N., Zamberlin, Šimun; Škevin Sović, Jadranka; Horvat, Iva; Samaržija, D. (2009) Organization of Proficiency Testing for Dairy Laboratories in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia in Order to Improve Quality Assurance. Mljekarstvo. 59:41-147.

Bendelja, D., Antunac, N., Mikulec, N., Vnučec, I., Mašek, T., Mikulec, Ž., Havranek, J. (2009) Urea concentration in sheep' s milk. Mljekarstvo. 59:3-10.

Mikulec, N., Kalit, S., Havranek, J., Antunac, N.,Horvat, I., Prpić, Z. (2008). Characteristics of traditional Croatian ewe's cheese from the island Krk. International Journal of Dairy Technology. 61:126-131.

Kalit, S., Havranek, J., Kapš, M., Perko, B.,Čubrić Čurik, V. (2005). Proteolysis and optimal ripening time of Tounj cheese. International Dairy Journal. 15:619-624.

Croatian Scientific Bibliography (CROSBI)

http://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=74232

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