Assoc. Prof. Dragica Šalamon, PhD
Associate Professor
Division for Animal Sciences
Department of Animal Science
Office location: NA
Phone: +385 91 723 0189
Email: dsalamon ( at ) agr.hr
Languages: croatian, english
Consultations: request via: dsalamon@agr.hr
Academic qualifications
- 2008 - 2014: PhD
Udder shape, milkability and genetic diversity of Istrian sheep
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture - 2000 - 2006: Master of Biology
Population of Balkan stripe necked terrapin (Mauremys rivulata (Valenciennes 1833.)) in the Majkovi pond
University of Zagreb, Faculty of science, Department of biology
Employment and work experience
- 2008 - 2000: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
2022- Today: Associate professor
2016 - 2022: Assistant professor
2014 - 2016: Postdoctoral researcher
2008 - 2014: Research fellow - 2007 - 2008: Croatian Herpetological Society – Hyla, Zagreb
- 2006 - 2005: Pet centar, Zagreb
- 2005 - 2006: Croatian Natural History Museum in Zagreb
Teaching
- Citologija (26159)
- Laktacija i mužnja domaćih životinja (173778)
- Uvod u SAS i R (226254)
- Programiranje u programima SAS i R (144451)
- Osnove laktacije i strojne mužnje (143921)
- Povijest poljoprivrede (143852)
- Primijenjena analiza prostornih podataka u R-u (169285)
- Analiza vremenskih serija, prostornih i prostorno-vremenskih podataka (216152)
- Planiranje i statistička analiza eksperimenata u poljoprivrednim znanostima (228731)
- Basics of lactation and machine milking (197693)
- Introduction to SAS and R programs (197699)
- Applied analysis of spatial data using R (197700)
Research interests
- Assessment and conservation of biodiversity
- Population genetics and landscape genetics
- Functional morphology and morphometrics
- Milkability and lactation
- Molecular techniques in characterisation and conservation of populations
- open data in sector of agriculture and nature observations
Training and research experience
- 2017/07/03 - 2017/07/07: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture (scientific)
Introduction to functional morphology and geometric morphometrics - 2017/04/04 - 2017/04/04: SRCE - University computing centre, University of Zagreb (mixed)
Infrastructure for advanced computing - 2017/02/27 - 2017/03/03: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (scientific)
Big data and machine learning (3 ECTS) - 2016/12/05 - 2016/12/07: SRCE - University computing centre, University of Zagreb (mixed)
Graphical systems in R (S740) - 2016/06/05 - 2016/06/10: BOKU, Vienna, Austria (scientific)
Methods and software for genomic data phasing - 2015/11/23 - 2015/11/27: SRCE - University computing centre, University of Zagreb (mixed)
Visualization and analysis of spatial data in R (S730) - 2015/11/02 - 2015/11/06: Croatian herpetological society -Hyla (mixed)
Using GIS devices and working with georeferenced data in ArcGIS - 2012/10/01 - 2012/10/07: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture and BOKU, Vienna, Austria (scientific)
Summer school "Livestock Conservation Genomics - data, tools and trends" (2 ECTS) - 2012/01/19 - 2012/04/16: Universidad de Leon, Departamento de Produccion Animal, Leon, Spain (scientific)
genetic variability of sheep populations - 2011/03/21 - 2011/03/25: International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies and Universidad de Leon, Departamento de Produccion Animal, Leon, Spain (scientific)
Genomic applications in animal breeding - 2011/03/18 - 2011/06/21: Universidad de Leon, Departamento de Produccion Animal, Leon, Spain (scientific)
sequencing in search of SNPs - 2010/09/06 - 2010/09/09: Universita Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italija (scientific)
GLOBALDIV- Summer school- Animal genetic resources - 2009/04/15 - 2009/07/11: Universidad de Leon, Departamento de Produccion Animal, Leon, Spain (scientific)
microsatellite genotyping and linkage analysis - 2008/09/08 - 2008/09/12: Universita Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italija (scientific)
GLOBALDIV- Summer school- Animal genetic resources (2 ECTS) - 2008/03/03 - 2008/03/07: SRCE - University computing centre, University of Zagreb (mixed)
SAS and basic statistics: Applied statistics I (S410)
Projects
scientific
university support
| Title | Funding | Duration | AFZ role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prostorne informacije u istraživanju domaćih životinja | Sveučilište u Zagrebu | 2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31 | coordinator |
| Arheogenetika goveda u Hrvatskoj; ekstrakcija i priprema aDNA do sekvenciranja | Sveučilište u Zagrebu | 2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31 | coordinator |
Publications
- D. Salamon, B. Gutierrez-Gil, J.J. Arranz, J. Barreta, V. Batinic, A. Dzidic (2014): Genetic diversity and differentiation of twelve eastern Adriatic and western Dinaric native sheep breeds using microsatellites. Animal, 2; 200-207.
- Džidić A., Šalamon D., Kaić A., Salajpal K., Kapš M. (2009): Relationship between udder and milking traits during lactation in Istrian dairy crossbreed ewes. Italian journal of animal science 8(3):154-156.
- Salamon D., Gutierrez-Gil B., Kostelic A., Gorjanc G., Kompan D., Dzidic A. (2012): Preliminary study on the genetic diversity of the Istrian sheep, Lika and Krk pramenka sheep populations using microsatellite markers. Acta Agriculturae Slovenica Suppl.3: 125- 129.
- Banadinović M., Džidić A., Simčić M., Šalamon D. (2017). Geographic patterns of
genetic variation in indigenous eastern adriatic sheep breeds. Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus 82(3): 281-283 - Šalamon D., Gutierrez-Gil B., Simčič M., Kompan D., Džidić A. (2015) Microsatellite based genetic structure of regional transboundary Istrian sheep breed populations in Croatia and Slovenia. Mljekarstvo. 65, 1; 39-47.
- Salamon D., Matokovic I., Batinic V., Dzidic A.(2011): The effect of prestimulation on milking characteristics in Simmental, Holstein-Friesian and Brown Swiss cow breed. Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus 76(4): 317-320.
Bibliography (CROSBI): https://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=303754
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.hr/citations?user=CrIeM28AAAAJ&hl=hr