Assoc. Prof. Nataša Mikulec, PhD

• 2002 - 2010: Doctoral Thesis
  University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
  Changes of soluble peptides and aminoacids during ripening of Krk cheese
• 1995 - 2000: Graduate Thesis
  University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
  Title of the Graduate thesis: Determination of Lead in Cow Milk by Electrotermiac and Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

• 2002 - : University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
  University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Dairy Science, Assistant Professor, Manager of Laboratory (since 2016);
  employed at the Faculty of Agriculture since February 15, 2002 as an expert associate.

• Sirarstvo (226334)
• Kemija i fizika mlijeka (169504)
• Biokemija i tehnologija zrenja sireva (226333)
• Istraživanja u mljekarskoj znanosti (173774)
• Mlijeko i mliječni proizvodi (185432)
• Laboratorijska tehnologija (169202)
• Senzorno ocjenjivanje mlijeka i mliječnih proizvoda (269263)
• Proizvodnja mlijeka i mesa kopitara (144553)
• Mlijeko - od farme do mljekare (246712)
• Milk processing on family farm (188842)
• Cheesemaking (176007)

• Analysis of milk and dairy products
• Biochemistry of cheese ripening

• 2017/10/04 - 2017/10/07: Crolab (expert)
  Crolab conference "Laboratory competence 2017"
• 2016/09/14 - 2016/09/16: Technical University of Munich, Germany (scientific)
  Seminar on new technologies in dairy "Seminar on Emerging Dairy Technologies - Sustainability Novel Nutritional Concepts, New Funkcionalities and Structure"
• 2016/03/14 - 2016/03/15: Croatian Institute of Public Health - Department for Toxicology (expert)
  Seminar: "Safe work with chemicals"
• 2015/09/17 - 2015/09/19: MAKLAB (expert)
  Conference: "International conference - Quality and competence 2015"
• 2006/02/05 - 2009/12/12: Ruđer Bošković Institute (scientific)
  As a guest researcher at the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb, as an associate participant in the scientific project "Amino-beta-lactam intermediates in the synthesis of biologically interesting compounds" development of analytical methods of high performance liquid chromatography of reversed phases (RP-HPLC) associated with DAD and ELSD detectors.

scientific

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
Odgovor na inovacije u fenomici i genomici u oplemenjivanju mliječnih goveda	Croatian science foundation	2023/12/29 - 2027/12/28	coordinator
Razvoj metodologije za dokazivanje zemljopisnog porijekla i konvencionalnog/ekološkog uzgoja krumpira	Croatian science foundation	2024/12/10 - 2027/12/09	coordinator
Potencijal mikroinkapsulacije u proizvodnji sireva	Operativni program konkurentnost i kohezija 2014.-2020.	2019/12/20 - 2022/12/20	coordinator
Primjena autohtonih bakterija mliječne kiseline u proizvodnji tradicionalnih sireva u Crnoj Gori	MZO	2013/01/01 - 2014/12/31	coordinator
Elementi ekološke proizvodnje i analitičke metode za dokazivanje izvornosti sira	MZOS	2007/01/01 - 2013/12/31	coordinator

expert

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
Inovativna tehnologija ukontroli mljekomata u cilju povećanja kvalitete i konkurentnosti proizvođača mlijeka	VIP - Vijeće za istraživanja u poljoprivredi	2015/11/05 - 2017/11/05	coordinator

development

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
Modernizacija i proširenje znanstveno istraživačke djelatnosti Referentnog laboratorija za mlijeko i mliječne proizvode	National	2021/04/26 - 2021/12/26	coordinator

university support

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
Optimizacija temperature toplinske obrade mlijeka za proizvodnju ovčjeg jogurta	Sveučilište u Zagrebu	2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31	coordinator
Koagulacijska svojstva kozjeg mlijeka ovisno o koncentraciji uree	Sveučilište u Zagrebu	2015/01/01 - 2015/12/31	coordinator

Bibliography (CROSBI): https://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=322441

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.hr/citations?hl=hr&view_op=list_works&gmla=AJsN-F60mW3xibs3oq0vJ-vXpE8fZnOiyIqp1oozRJxGatsK-SzOLAdk6IAV2rXXFqf0ik2EyvoTHhGvotcdk1pt_QHjqLSGE1oozMA8TXIUFSfwdaiIgrA&user=e-z0PXcAAAAJ

• 2019 - : Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Croatia
  Member of the Expert Working Group Codex Alimentarius - Committee for Milk and Dairy Products of the Republic of Croatia
• 2017 - 2020: Croatian Standards Institute (HZN)
  President of the HZN / TO 566 Technical Committee, Milk and dairy products.
• 2013 - : University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Dairy Science
  Manager of the Reference Laboratory for Milk and Dairy Products
• 2011 - 2019: Journal Mljekarstvo
  Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Mljekarstvo