Assoc. Prof. Toni Safner, PhD
                            Associate Professor
Division for Plant Sciences
Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biometrics
Office location: 6th pavillion, 3rd floor
Phone: +385 1 239 3869
Email: tsafner ( at ) agr.hr
Languages: croatian, english
Consultations: wednesday
Employment and work experience
- 2016 - : University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
Assistant professor - 2015 - 2016: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
Researcher on a project INNOWHEAT - Fast phenotyping and DNA marker assisted selection for improved phosphorus uptake efficiency and aluminium tolerance - 2012 - 2015: IRES ekologija d.o.o.
Expert adviser for nature and environmental protection - 2001 - 2012: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
Research assistant 
Teaching
- Biologija i ekologija divljači (144093)
 - Osnove biometrike (144079)
 - Kvantitativna genetika u biljnim znanostima (144334)
 - Eksperimentalni dizajn (144088)
 - Linearni i bilinearni modeli u analizi interakcije (201091)
 - Metode istraživanja u akvakulturi (173792)
 - Metode istraživanja u lovstvu (173794)
 - Primijenjena multivarijatna analiza (173832)
 - Sustav znanstveno-istraživačkog rada (289408)
 - 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)
 - Design of Experiments (152084)
 - Wildlife ecology and conservation (176012)
 - Applied analysis of spatial data using R (197700)
 
Research interests
- Statistics
 - Landscape genetics
 - Ecology
 
Projects
scientific
| Title | Funding | Duration | AFZ role | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Uloga lova i lovnog gospodarenja u širenju novonastalih populacija divljih papkara na Mediteranu | Croatian science foundation | 2020/01/15 - 2024/01/07 | coordinator | 
| Znanstveni centar izvrsnosti za bioraznolikost i molekularno oplemenjivanje bilja (CroP-BioDiv) | Europski fond za regionalni razvoj | 2018/01/01 - 2023/01/01 | coordinator | 
| RESponsible research and innovation grounding practices in BIOSciencies | Horizon 2020 | 2020/01/01 - 2022/12/31 | partner | 
| DNA kao dokaz o distribuciji i vitalnosti ugrožene Balkanske divokoze | Croatian science foundation | 2017/03/01 - 2020/03/01 | coordinator | 
| Inovativno oplemenjivanje pšenice - brza fenotipizacija i selekcija potpomognuta DNA biljezima | Europski socijalni fond | 2015/07/01 - 2016/07/01 | coordinator | 
| Povećanje učinkovitosti istraživanja primjenom naprednih biometrijskih modela | MZOS | 2007/01/01 - 2013/12/31 | coordinator | 
expert
| Title | Funding | Duration | AFZ role | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Nacionalni program očuvanja i održive uporabe biljnih genetskih izvora za hranu i poljoprivredu u Republici Hrvatskoj (2017-2020) | Suradnja s tijelima uprave | 2018/01/31 - 2020/12/31 | coordinator | 
university support
| Title | Funding | Duration | AFZ role | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Morfološka i molekularna karakterizacija germplazme ratarskih kultura | Sveučilište u Zagrebu | 2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31 | coordinator | 
Publications
- T Safner, E Buzan, L Iacolina, S Potušek, A Rezić, M Sindičić, K Kavčić, N Šprem. 2020. Microsatellite based assignment reveals history of extirpated mountain ungulate. Genetica 148: 41-46
 - T Safner, E Buzan, A Rezić, N Šprem. 2019. Small scale spatial genetic structure of Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) in Northern Dinarides. European journal of wildlife research 65:23
 - L Iacolina, L Corlatti, E Buzan, T Safner, N Šprem. 2018. Hybridization in European ungulates: an overview of the current status, causes and consequences. Mammal review 49(1): 45-59
 - TŽ Semren, IB Karačonji, T Safner, N Brajenović, BT Lovaković, A Pizent. 2018. Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric analysis of urinary volatile organic metabolites: Optimization of the HS-SPME procedure and sample storage conditions. Talanta 176: 537-543
 - T Safner, MP Miller, BH McRae, MJ Fortin, S Manel. 2011. Comparison of Bayesian clustering and edge detection methods for inferring boundaries in landscape genetics. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 12 (2): 865-889
 - T Safner, C Miaud, O Gaggiotti, S Decout, D Rioux, S Zundel, S Manel. 2011. Combining demography and genetic analysis to assess the population structure of an amphibian in a human-dominated landscape. Conservation genetics 12 (1): 161-173
 
Bibliography (CROSBI): https://www.bib.irb.hr/pregled/znanstvenici/270713
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.hr/citations?user=zF9f84UAAAAJ&hl=en