Personal information

Samir Kalit, PhD
Assistant (1999)
Faculty of Agriculture Zagreb
Dairy Department
Svetošimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Hall II, I. Floor
Tel. 01 2393 879
Fax 01 2393 988
skalit@agr.hr
+385 /1/2393 879
e-mail: skalit@agr.hr

Teaching

Undergraduate program
Milk and dairy products (assistant)
Milk (assistant)
Cheese manufacture (assistant)
Quality control of milk and dairy products (assistant)
Graduate program
Cheese and Butter Manufacture (assistant)

Research interests

cheese ripening, cheese technology
autochthonous cheese production, milk quality

Current projects

2000 - 2005
Influence of biochemical processes on ripening of autochthonous cheeses
Ministry of Science and Technology, Croatia
Jasmina Lukač Havranek, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
2002 - 2004
Development and investigation of autochthonous cheese production on family farms
Ministry of Science and Technology, Croatia
Jasmina Lukač Havranek, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
2002 - 2004
Development of cheese brand of Zagrebacka County
County of Zagreb, Croatia
Jasmina Lukač Havranek, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
2002 - 2005
Physiology value of somatic cell count as indicator of subclinical mastitis in cheep
Ministry of Science and Technology, Croatia
Neven Antunac, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
2002 - 2005
The flavour and texture of traditional Paški cheese
Ministry of Science and Technology, Croatia
Dubravka Samaržija, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

Academic qualifications

2003
Ph.D.
Faculty of Agriculture Zagreb
Biochemical processes during ripening of Tounj cheese
1999
M.Sc.
Faculty of Agriculture Zagreb
Somatic cells and their influence on production and ripening of Podravec cheese
1995
B.Sc.
Faculty of Agriculture Zagreb
Somatic cells and their influence on chemical composition, physical and technological properties of milk

Training and research experience

April 2001
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
A.R. Hill
Cheesemaking Technology Course
February 1999 - March 1999
ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
( www.ilw.agrl.ethz.ch )
Z. Puhan PhD
Urea-PAGE and transmission densitometry of casein fractions of cheese
February 1998 - March 1998
IPC Livestock, Oenkerk, Netherlands (www.ipc-training.nl )
P.A. Bayman
International Course Training for Trainers

Employment and work experience

1995 - now
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

Past projects

2000 - 2002
Improvement of the quality of Tounj cheese produced on family farms
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Croatia
Samir Kalit, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
1996 - 2002
Maintenance and protection of autochthonous dairy products
Ministry of Science and Technology, Croatia
Jasmina Lukač Havranek, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
1998 - 2001
Production of milk quality on family farms
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Croatia
Neven Antunac, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

Other professional activities

1999 - now
Membership in Croatian Dairy Union
Croatian Dairy Union Zagreb
member
1998 - now
Member of the Committee for education on dairy farm "Poleve"
Zelena Žetva, Pušćine
member
2003
Member of the Committee for improving the Regulations for conditions that have to be fulfilled for plants for small scale dairy plants (NN 20/92)
Ministry of Agriculture and forestry, Veterinary Administration
Member for developing the conditions for milk processing on family farms

Scientific publications

Kalit S., Lukać Havranek J. (2002). Plasmin: indigenous milk proteinase [in Croatian]. Mljekarstvo 52: 191-206.

Samaržija D., Antunac N., Lukač Havranek J., Kalit S., Pecina M. (2003). Quality of traditional cheeses produced form ewes milk. In: Croatian Dairy Experts Symposium, Book of Abstracts, Lovran 13. - 15. November, pp 63.

Lukač Havranek J., Kalit S., Cubric C.V. (2002). Influence of raw milk on dairy products quality control. China Dairy Science and Technology conferenc, Proceedings pp 36-39.

Kalit S., Lukač Havranek J., Kaps M. (2002). Plasminogen activation and somatic cell count (SCC) in cheese milk: influence on Podravec cheese ripening. Milchwissenschaft 57: 380-382. Available from: http://www.vv-verlag.de

Kalit S., Lukač Havranek J. (2001). The use of sanitation products in milk and cheese production (in Croatian). Mljekarstvo 51: 197-204.

Cubric V., Feligini M., Lukač Havranek J., Kalit, S., Enne G. (2000). Protein polymorphisms in sheep population bred in Croatia: preliminary results, XXXV International symposium of animal production, Ragusa, Italy pp 199-205.

Kalit S., Lukač Havranek J. (2000). Somatic cell count and their influence on processing and ripening properties of Podravec cheese (semi hard type), Cheese Ripening and Technology, 12 - 16 March, Banff, Canada pp 112.

Lukač Havranek J., Antunac N., Samaržija D., Džidić A., Kalit S. (1999). Milking type influence on somatic cell and total bacterial count in raw milk in Croatia. Milk and Dairy Products, 2nd Slovenian Congress with International Participation pp 22.

Kalit S., Lukač Havranek J. (1999). Influence of subclinical mastitis on the farms with various numbers of cows [in Croatian]. Mljekarstvo 49: 9-14.

Kalit S., Lukač Havranek J. (1998). Current status of somatic cell counts (SCC) in the milk from individual farms in Croatia. Milchwissenschaft 53: 183-184. Available from: http://www.vv-verlag.de


Croatian Scientific Bibliography (CROSBI)


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