Asst. Prof. Marija Duvnjak, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division for Animal Sciences
Department of Animal Nutrition
Office location: 2nd pavilion, ground floor left
Phone: +385 1 239 4016
Email: mduvnjak ( at ) agr.hr
Languages: croatian, english
Consultations: According to a prior appointment via email
Academic qualifications
- 2011 - 2016: PhD, Postgraduate Studies Agricultural Sciences
Influence of corn hybrids and type of silage additives on total and gamma zein content during the high moisture corn silage production - - 2012: MSc, Biochemical Engineering
Prediction of adenilation domains substrate specificity - - 2009: MSc, Biochemical-Microbiology
Synthesis of n-ethylmorpholine quaternary salts
Employment and work experience
- 2020 - : University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
Assistant Professor - 2016 - 2020: University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
Postdoctoral Researcher - 2010 - 2016: University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
Assistant
Teaching
- Hrana za životinje (144502)
- Hranidba preživača (144503)
- Hranidba životinja (143884)
- Hranidba peradi i kunića (144505)
- Hranidba svinja (116758)
- Opća hranidba životinja (169448)
- Metode vrednovanja hrane za životinje (157136)
- Agro-industrijski ostaci kao hrana za životinje (197998)
- Kinetika probave hrane u životinja (226269)
- General animal nutrition (176009)
- Evaluation methods of animal feeding materials (226418)
Research interests
- Animal feeds − physical-chemical traits of feeds
- Bioprocess kinetics
- Proteomics
- Microbiology – applied microbiology
Training and research experience
- 2013/01/31 - 2013/06/30: Scotland's Rural University College (mixed)
Projects
scientific
Title | Funding | Duration | AFZ role |
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Biodostupnost karotenoida kukuruza kod nesilica: utjecaj mikrostrukture zrna i sastava smjese | Croatian science foundation | 2020/01/15 - 2024/01/14 | coordinator |
teaching
Title | Funding | Duration | AFZ role |
---|---|---|---|
U društvu mikroba | National | 2018/03/19 - 2020/01/18 | partner |
university support
Title | Funding | Duration | AFZ role |
---|---|---|---|
Sadržaj i antioksidacijska aktivnost fenolnih kiselina antocijanina zrna žutog kukuruza | Sveučilište u Zagrebu | 2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31 | coordinator |
Fenotipska svojstva, masnokiselinski sastav i senzorna kvaliteta mesa i jaja kokoši hrvatice | Sveučilište u Zagrebu | 2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31 | coordinator |
Utjecaj mikotoksina na sadržaj fenola i karotenoida u zrnu kukuruza | Sveučilište u Zagrebu | 2015/01/01 - 2015/12/31 | coordinator |
Publications
- Duvnjak, M., Kljak, K. and Grbeša, D. (2019) Response of common silage corn hybrids to inoculant application: fermentation profile, carbohydrate fractions, and digestibility during ensiling. Animal production science. 59, 1696-1704
- Duvnjak, M., Bošnjak, A., Zadravec, M., Pintar, J., Grbeša, D., Kiš, G. (2018) Starch in horse diet improves feces microbiota, in vitro digestibility of fiber and dry matter. Journal of central european agriculture. 19 (4), 918-930
- Kljak, K., Duvnjak, M., Grbeša, D. (2018) Contribution of zein content and starch characteristics to vitreousness of commercial maize hybrids. Journal of cereal science. 80, 57-62
- Nišavić M., Hozić A., Hameršak Z., Radić M., Butorac A., Duvnjak, M., Cindrić, M. (2017) High-Efficiency Microflow and Nanoflow Negative Electrospray Ionization of Peptides Induced by Gas-Phase Proton Transfer Reactions. Analytical chemistry. 89, 4847-4854
- Duvnjak M., Kljak K., Grbeša, D. (2016) Effect of Hybrid, Inoculant and Storage Time on Whole Plant Nitrogen Compounds and Grain Total Zein Content in Maize Silage. Journal of animal and feed sciences. 25, 174-178
Bibliography (CROSBI): https://www.bib.irb.hr/pregled/znanstvenici/324884?w_mentor=1
Other professional activities
- 2014 - : Croatian Microbiological Society
- 2010 - : Croatian Standards Institute
Member of Technical Standards Subcommittee HZN/TO34/ PO 17 Agricultural and food products; Management systems for food safety - 2010 - : Croatian Standards Institute
Member of Technical Standards Subcommittee HZN/TO569, Animal feed