Ivana Vuković

Personal information

Ivana Vuković, M.Sc. (Agr.)
Born 1979 in Sisak
Teaching Assistant (PhD student)
Department of General Agronomy (OPB)
Svetosimunska street 25, VI-pavilion, I-floor
Tel. office: +385 1 239 4088
Fax. +385 1 239 3981
e-mail: ivukovic@agr.hr

Teaching

Undergraduate study programme (BSc) - modules

Agroclimatology - assistant
Basics of Agriculture - assistant
Agriculture and Environment - assistant
Agroclimatology - Mediterranean Agriculture - assistant
Agriculture and Environment - Mediterranean Agriculture - assistant

Graduate study programme (MSc) - modules

Global Ecology - assistant

Professional degree course

Introduction to Agroecology - Polytechnic Marko Marulić, Knin - assistant
Basics of Karsts Agriculture - Polytechnic Marko Marulić, Knin - assistant
Crop production management - Polytechnic Marko Marulić, Knin - assistant
University of Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Faculty of Agriculture (BSc) - modules
Agroclimatology - assistant

Research interests

Agroecology
Remote sensing in agriculture
Geographic information system (GIS)
Precision agriculture
Crop yield simulation modeling

Current projects

Science
Nitrogen fertilization acceptable for environment (Project coordinator: Milan Mesic; 178-1780692-0695, funded by Ministry of Science, education and sports, MZOS) - partner
Agro-technical measures aimed at improving quality of organic products (Project coordinator: Ivica Kisic; 178-0672345-2767, funded by Ministry of Science, education and sports, MZOS) - partner
Conservation management of soils exposed to water erosion (Project coordinator: Ferdo Basic; 178-1780692-0694, funded by Ministry of Science, education and sports, MZOS) - partner
Optimal soil tillage in organic agriculture (Project coordinator: Ivica Kisic, funded by Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and rural development, MPSVG-VIP) - partner

Expert
Permanent monitoring of ecosystem in environment of Central Gas Station Molve (Coordinator: Prof.dr.sc. Ferdo Basic; Purchaser: Croatian National Institute of Public Health Koprivnicko-krizevacke County)
Agroecological elaborates about soil condition after closing mining facilities (Coordinator: Prof.dr.sc. Ivica Kisic; Purchaser: INA- Croatian Oil Company)
Calcification with dolomite (Coordinator: Prof.dr.sc. Milan Mesic; Purchaser: Holcim mineral aggregates)

Academic qualifications

2004. - Ph.D. thesis (in progress)

Postgraduate doctoral study program (PhD) Agroecology, course Pedology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

2003. - Diploma thesis

"Woody plant species of water edge near the public swimming area of river Kupa near Petrinja", Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

Training and research experience

2008.

"International Short Course on Introduction to Spatial Data Processing", Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb, Croatia

2008.

ASD "Chemometrics & Instrumentation Training", Analytical Spectral Devices Inc. (ASD.inc.), scientific training on remote sensing techniques in agriculture: field spectrometry with qualitative and quantitative spectral data analysis techniques, Boulder, Colorado, USA

2008.

Scientific education in domain of field remote sensing techniques in agriculture with implementing collaboration on joint supervision of my doctoral thesis with Professor Amy Kaleita-Forbes, Iowa State University, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Ames, Iowa, SAD

2005.

"Advanced GIS modeling", scientific workshop on spatial data analysis, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb, Croatia

2005.

"Spatial data analysis with GIS" - MSc module, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, (TEMPUS program)

Employment and work experience

2004. - now

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb (AF)
Teaching Assistant (PhD student)
(identification number of scientist: 263291)

Past projects

Science
RECOAL "Reintegration of Coal Ash Disposal Sites and Mitigation of Pollution in the West Balkan Area" founded by European Commission (# 509173 - CORDIS-EU-FP6- Specific Targeted Research), international, interdisciplinary.
LIFE III "Development of the Croatian soil monitoring programme with a pilot project" founded by European Commission (LIFE05 TCY/CRO/000105) from LIFE Third Countries Program.

Expert
Soil Pollution Elaborate in Environment of Oil Refinery Rijeka - Mlaka with recommendation in re-cultivation soil measures (Coordinator: Prof.dr.sc. Ivica Kisic; Purchaser: INA- Croatian Oil Company)
Soil Pollution Elaborate in Environment of Oil Refinery Rijeka - Urinj with recommendation in re-cultivation soil measures (Coordinator: Prof.dr.sc. Ivica Kisic; Purchaser: INA- Croatian Oil Company)
Soil Pollution Elaborate in Environment of Oil Refinery Sisak with recommendation in re-cultivation soil measures (Coordinator: Prof.dr.sc. Ivica Kisic; Purchaser: INA- Croatian Oil Company)
Agricultural soil Elaborate in Enviroment of Power Plant Plomin (Coordinator:  Prof.dr.sc. Milan Mesic; Purchaser: Ekonerg - Energy and Environmental Protection Institute)

Other professional activities

2007.

Educational program: Forum for educational freedom "Active learning and critical judgment in higher education", workshop, Zagreb, Croatia

2005. - now

Member of: The Croatian Society of Soil Science (HTD) - http://www.tloznanstvo.hr/main.htm

Scientific publications

Vukovic, Ivana; Mesic, Milan; Zgorelec, Zeljka; Jurisic, Aleksandra; Sajko, Krunoslav. Nitrogen use efficiency in winter wheat. // Cereal Research Communications. 36 (2008), Part 2 Suppl. 5; 1199-1202 (scientific paper).

Jurisic, Aleksandra; Mesic, Milan; Zgorelec, Zeljka; Vukovic, Ivana. Sulphur Balance at Different Nitrogen Fertilization Levels. // Cereal Research Communications. 36 (2008), Part 2 Suppl. 5; 1211-1214 (scientific paper).

Mesic, Milan; Simunic, Ivan; Basic, Ferdo; Vukovic, Ivana; Jurisic, Aleksandra. Soil type influence on drainage discharge and yield of soybean. // Cereal Research Communications. 36 (2008), Part 2 Suppl. 5; 1207-1210 (scientific paper).

Vukovic, Ivana; Mesic, Milan; Bajic, Milan; Krtalic, Andrija; Gold, Hrvoje; Kisic, Ivica; Basic, Ferdo; Zgorelec, Zeljka; Sajko Krunoslav. Spatial Distribution of Ambrosia Weediness in Soybean at Different Rates of Nitrogen Fertilization, based on Digital Imagery Analysis. // ACS. Agriculturae conspectus scintificus. 72 (2007), 1; 103-111 (scientific paper).

Vukovic, Ivana; Mesic, Milan; Kisic, Ivica; Basic, Ferdo; Zgorelec, Zeljka; Sajko, Krunoslav; Jurisic, Aleksandra. Evaluation of winter wheat yield and canopy damage caused by wildlife on the area of Lonjsko Field. // Proceedings of the 44th Croatian & 4th International Symposium on Agriculture / Opatija, Croatia, 2009. (national review, published scientific abstract).

Till today she published as author or co-author in total 82 papers whereof 1 book, 3 scientific publications in CC journals, 1 scientific paper in other journals, 2 scientific papers in conference proceedings with international review, 3 abstracts in conference proceedings and 72 papers which belong to category like elaborates, studies and reports.

Croatian Scientific Bibliography (CROSBI)