Assoc. Prof. Maja Čačija, PhD

• - 2015: PhD
  University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
  Title: Distribution and dominance of species of the genus Agriotes in arable land in the continental Croatia
• - 2008: MSc
  University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science
  Title: Mutations in phosphomannomutase 2 gene that cause congenital disorder of glycosylation type Ia

• 2017 - 2022: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
  Assistant Professor
• 2015 - 2017: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
  Postdoctoral researcher
• 2009 - 2015: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
  Assistant

• Primijenjena entomologija (144422)
• Prirodni neprijatelji i načela biološkog suzbijanja (116648)
• Biološke osnove plodnosti tla (143872)
• Štetnici i bolesti ljekovitog i aromatičnog bilja (185496)
• Stručna praksa - Fitomedicina (250976)
• Osnove fitomedicine (143787)
• Štetni organizmi energetskih kultura (226285)
• Ratarska entomologija (197047)
• Laboratorijski uzgoj kukaca (197048)
• Fauna tla (197049)
• Strategije održivog suzbijanja štetnika (228725)
• Invazivni štetni organizmi u poljoprivredi (226171)
• Applied entomology (152068)
• Natural enemies and principles of biological control (159808)
• Invasive pests in agriculture (238608)

• Wireworm fauna and population dynamics
• Molecular methods in entomology
• Biological pest control
• Soil fauna
• Insect rearing

• 2017/11/10 - 2017/11/17: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture (teaching)
  Workshops: Raising the Quality of Higher Education Performance
• 2016/04/08 - 2016/04/29: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture (teaching)
  Workshops: Raising the Quality of Higher Education Performance
• 2016/03/10 - 2016/03/10: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture (teaching)
  First Mentoring Workshop on Postgraduate Doctoral Program of "Agricultural Sciences" at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
• 2016/02/22 - 2016/02/26: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture (scientific)
  Ground Beetle (Carabidae) Identification Workshop
• 2015/09/07 - 2015/09/12: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Beč, Austrija (teaching)
  Didactic Course and E-learning for Teachers (LifeADA)
• 2013/06/25 - 2013/06/28: Agricultural University – Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bugarska (teaching)
  Workshop: Training activity Exchange of Experience in Plant Medicine (TEMPUS)
• 2012/07/03 - 2012/07/04: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture (teaching)
  Workshop: Teacher Training Activity in Environmental fate and plant interaction of plant production products (TEMPUS)
• 2012/01/23 - 2012/01/28: Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Agricultural University of Tirane, Tirana, Albanija (teaching)
  Workshop: Teacher Teacher Training activity in Biological control of plant diseases (TEMPUS)
• 2011/12/12 - 2011/12/14: Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb (scientific)
  Methodological courses in Biology and Medicine: Molecular Phylogeny
• 2011/06/19 - 2011/06/23: University of Innsbruck, Institute of Ecology, Innsbruck, Austrija (scientific)
  Workshop: Identification of Wireworms: Morphological and Molecular Approaches
• 2010/07/25 - 2010/08/04: Szent István University, Gödöllő, Mađarska (scientific)
  Summer Course: Molecular Biology in the field of Aquaculture (CEEPUS)
• 2010/05/23 - 2010/05/27: Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb (scientific)
  Methodological courses in Biology and Medicine: DNA and RNA
• 2009/12/01 - 2009/12/01: University Computing Centre (SRCE), Zagreb (teaching)
  Workshop: Advanced work in Merlin
• 2009/10/06 - 2009/10/21: Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austrija (scientific)
  Course: Molecular approaches to study trophic interactions

scientific

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
Monitoring rezistentnosti štetnika: nove metode detekcije i učinkovite strategije upravljanja rezistentnošću	Croatian science foundation	2017/03/01 - 2021/02/28	coordinator
Monitoring rezistentnosti štetnih organizama na sredstva za zaštitu bilja u Republici Hrvatskoj (2018-2020.)	Ministarstvo poljoprivrede	2018/01/01 - 2020/12/31	coordinator
Analiza postojećih podatka o stranim vrstama organizama štetnih za bilje na poljoprivrednim površinama	EU programi	2018/04/26 - 2018/10/26	partner
Unaprjeđenje ljudskog kapitala profesionalnim razvojem kroz istraživački program u fitomedicini	Europski socijalni fond	2015/06/29 - 2016/09/29	coordinator
Enhancement of Collaboration between Science, Industry and Farmers: Technology Transfer for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Sugar Beet as the Way to Improve Farmer Income and Reduce Pesticide Use	IPA	2013/03/15 - 2015/12/15	coordinator
Unaprjeđenja u tehnologiji uzgoja šećerne repe sukladno načelima integrirane zaštite od štetnika	Croatian science foundation	2012/01/01 - 2015/01/01	coordinator
Sustav procjene rizika-temelj integrirane zaštite kukuruza od štetnika	Other	2007/01/01 - 2013/12/31	coordinator
Utvrđivanje prostorne distribucije gospodarski važnih štetnika primjenom GIS-a	MZOS	2007/01/01 - 2013/12/31	coordinator

expert

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
Povećanje konkurentnosti i osiguranje proizvodnje šećerne repe uvođenjem alternativnih i nepesticidnih metoda suzbijanja štetnika	VIP - Vijeće za istraživanja u poljoprivredi	2016/06/30 - 2018/06/30	coordinator

university support

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
Biološka raznolikost u poljoprivrednoj proizvodnji	Sveučilište u Zagrebu	2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31	coordinator
Biološka raznolikost u poljoprivrednoj proizvodnji	Sveučilište u Zagrebu	2015/01/01 - 2015/12/31	coordinator
Nepesticidne mjere zaštite bilja	Sveučilište u Zagrebu	2013/10/01 - 2014/06/30	coordinator

Bibliography (CROSBI): https://www.bib.irb.hr/pregled/znanstvenici/318525?w_mentor=1

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.hr/citations?user=2NFtseIAAAAJ&hl=en

• 2017 - : University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
  Co-leader of the student "Entomological Group" at Faculty of Agriculture
• 2011 - : Croatian Genetic Society (HGD)
  member
• 2011 - : Croatian Entomological Society (HED)
  member
• 2010 - : International Organization for Biological Control (IOBC)
  member
• 2009 - : Croatian Plant Protection Society (HDBZ)
  member