Monika Zovko

 

Personal information

Monika Zovko, B.Sc.
young researcher (2007)
Department of Amelioration
Hall V / 2nd floor
tel: +385 01 239 3749
e-mail: mzovko (add @agr.hr)

Teaching

Undergraduate study programme (BSc)

Agricultural amelioration
Amelioration in agronomy

Graduate study programme (MSc)

Laboratory methods and data handling
Water use and protection

Research interests

Soil quality, degradation and protection
Chemistry in soil-plant relationships
Physical and chemical changes in the rhizosphere

Current projects

2011-2012 Installation of the field lysimeters and applied research. Agriculture Pollution Control Project (APCP) within Croatia Agricultural Acquis Cohesion Project (CAACP). GEF Trust Fund Grant.

2010-2013 "Monitoring the reduction of soil carbon and nutrient losses in Croatia: quality assessment/quality control of soil sampling procedures and soil analysis - CROCAN". Co-operation programme between Flanders and Central and Eastern Europe. Prtners: ILVO, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture and Ministry of regional development, forestry and water management of the Republic of Croatia

2009 - 2011 "Soil salinity - diagnostics, processes and effect on the plant" (assistant) Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia, Prof. dr. sc. Davor Romić, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb

2009 -2010 Level of salinity and sustainable use of soil in the lower Neretva region, GEF Neretva and Trebišnjica Management Project

Academic qualifications

2005. - B.Sc.

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Potential use of the surface water for irrigation in the Neretva Delta

Training and research experience

2011 Capacity Building Training of EU-Water, Ferrara, Italy

2011 Erasmus programme Staff Training- University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Soil Science, Rhizosphere Ecology and Biochemistry group, Vienna, Austria

2011 "ABS11-2011 Applied bayesian Statistics School on Hierachical Modling for environmental processes". EURAC - Europena Academy Bozen, Bolzano, Italy

2008 Course - ECDL M5: data basis (MS Access) - University Computing Center (SRCE), University of Zagreb, Croatia

2008 Course "Introduction to ArcGIS", GISDATA d.o.o., Zagreb, Croatia

2008 International Short Course on Introduction to Spatial Data Processing", Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb, Croatia

2007 Interactive seminars within the scheme World by Measure "Statistical methods for data analysis", Croatian Metrology Society, Zagreb, Croatia

2007 Training course "Principles and Applications of Metrology in Chemistry", Zagreb, Croatia

2007 Socrates intensive programme "Rhizotechnology for Enhancing Resource Efficiency in Low-Input Farming", Universität für Bodenkultur Wien,Vienna, Austria

2006 Breda,The Netherlands, Skalar, Breda, The Netherlands, Instrumental analytical techniques; Training - Continous Flow Analyser

Employment and work experience

2008. - now

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

2007-2008 Young researcher "Ecologically acceptable vegetable production in karst regions" Institute of Agriculture and Tourism Poreč

2006 -2007 Visiting researcher, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil Amelioration, Zagreb

2005 - 2006 Visiting researcher - National Irrigation plan for Dubrovačko -neretvanska County,  and  National Irrigation plan for Zadarska County in Croatia, University of Split, Faculty of civil engineering, architecture and geodesy

Other professional activities

2007- now - Croatian Society of Soil Science - member

Scientific publications

Zovko, M, Romić, M. (2011). Soil contamination by trace metals: Geochemical behaviour as an element of risk assessment//Earth and Environmental Sciences/Ahmad Dar, Imran, InTech, Rijeka, xxx-xxx.

Romić, D., Romić, M., Zovko, M., Juračak, J.,Ondrašek, G., Bakić, H. (2010). Harmonization of agricultural intensification with long-term ecological integrity in Croatia // Innovations in European Rural Landscapes / Wiggering, H. , Ende, H.P., Knierim, A., Pintar, M. (ur.). Berlin Heidelberg : Springer,97-114. 

Ondrašek, G., Romić, D., Rengel, Z., Romić, M., Zovko, M. (2009).Cadmium accumulation by muskmelon under salt stress in contaminated organic soil. // Science of the total environment. 407, 7; 2175-2182.

Zovko, M., Romić, M., Romić, D., Bakić, H. (2011). Factors controlling trace metals behaviour in the salinized floodplain soils. 11th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (predavanje, međunarodna recenzija, cjeloviti rad)

Filipović, V., Petošić, D., Šimunić, I., Mustać, I., Svečnjak, Z., Zovko, M., Bubalo, M., Matijević, L. (2011). Evaluating the impacts of agriculture to groundwater pollution in a shallow Aquifer in Eastern Croatia. // Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary medicine Cluj-Napoca. 68, 2; 37-44.

Romić, D.,Zovko, M., Romić, M., Ondrašek, G. (2009). Quality aspects of the surface water used for irrigation in the Neretva delta (Croatia). // Journal of Water and Land Development. 2, 3-13

Jemrić, T.,Romić, M., Romić, D., Ondrašek, G., Fruk, G., Zovko, M. (2011). Fruit quality of Satsuma mandarin in Croatia - problems and perspectives. // Savremena poljoprivreda.

Ban, D., Zovko, M., Sraka, M., Kaluđerović, I., Žnidarčič, D. (2008). Utjecaj malčiranja i gnojidbe tla na rast i prinos rajčice za preradu // Proceedings 43rd Croatian and 3rd International Symposium on Agriculture / Pospišil, Milan (ur.). Zagreb : University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, 2008. 425-429 (predavanje,međunarodna recenzija,objavljeni rad).  

Bile, S., Zovko, M., Ban, D., Žnidarčič D. (2008.) Parametri kvalitete rajčice za preradu u ovisnosti o gnojidbi dušikom i malčiranju tla // Proceedings 43rd Croatian and 3rd International Symposium on Agriculture / Pospišil, Milan (ur.).Zagreb : University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, 430-434 (predavanje,međunarodna recenzija,objavljeni rad,znanstveni).

Romić, M., Romić, D., Zovko, M., Bakić, H., Raič, A. (2008). Geochemistry of Vrbnicko Polje (Croatia) vinegrowing site // VIIe Congres International des terroirs viticoles 2008, Competes rendus / Murisier, Francois (ur.).Pully : Agroscope Changins Wadeswil,112-117 (poster, međunarodna recenzija,objavljeni rad,znanstveni). 

Romić, D., Ondrasek, G., Rengel, Z., Romić, M., Zovko, M..(2007). Cadmium accumulation by muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) in saline and contaminated organic growing media // Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements in the Environmen / Yongguan Zhu, Nicolas Lepp and Ravi Naidu (ur.). Bei Jing : Tsingua University Press, 656-658

Croatian Scientific Bibliography (CROSBI)

http://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=295353

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