Filip Varga, PhD

Postdoctoral Student
Division for Plant Sciences
Department of Plant Biodiversity
Office location: 2nd Pavilion, 3rd floor
Phone II: +385 1 239 3845
Email: fvarga ( at ) agr.hr
Languages: croatian, english
Consultations: Tuesday from 12 pm do 2 pm

Academic qualifications

  • 2011 - 2014: mag. biol. exp.
    University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
    Digitising, geocoding and analysis of Ivo Trinajstić's herbarium collection in Croatian Natural History Museum
  • 2008 - 2011: univ. bacc. biol.
    University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
    Ferns of Paleophytic

Employment and work experience

  • 2021 - : University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
    2021 - : postdoctoral researcher
  • 2015 - 2021: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
    2015 - 2021 : assistant

Teaching

Research interests

  • DNA marker techniques for assessment of genetic diversity
  • Molecular Phylogenetics
  • Herbarium Collections
  • Ethnobotany
  • GIS

Training and research experience

  • 2017/12/13 - 2017/12/15: Exaltum Ltd. (scientific)
    Bioinformatics and Statistics for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
  • 2017/07/03 - 2017/07/14: Utrecht University (scientific)
    Hands-on GIS for Earth Scientists
  • 2017/06/12 - 2017/06/13: Biology Division of Faculty of Science; University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture; CroP-BioDiv (scientific)
    Archeobotany (wood determination) & integration of genetics and archeobotany

Projects

scientific

Title Funding Duration AFZ role
Centar kompetencija 3LJ Europski strukturni i investicijski fondovi 2020/06/08 - 2023/06/08 partner
Znanstveni centar izvrsnosti za bioraznolikost i molekularno oplemenjivanje bilja (CroP-BioDiv) Europski fond za regionalni razvoj 2018/01/01 - 2023/01/01 coordinator
Identifikacija mikrostatelitnih biljega cjelokupnog genoma i sklapanje cjelokupnog kloroplastnog genoma vrsta Tanacetum cinerariifolium, Salvia officinalis i S. fruticosa (Genome-wide microsatellite identification and the complete chloroplast genome assembly of Tanacetum cinerariifolium, Salvia officinalis and S. fruticosa) Ministarstvo znanosti i obrazovanja 2020/01/01 - 2022/12/31 partner
Twinning Open Data Operational Horizon 2020 2019/10/01 - 2022/09/30 partner
Genetska osnova insekticidnog potencijala dalmatinskog buhača (Tanacetum cinerariifolium /Trevir./ Sch. Bip.) Croatian science foundation 2017/04/01 - 2021/03/31 coordinator
Molekularna i fitokemijska karakterizacija RAMAN spektroskopijom gospodarski važnih autohtonih ljekovitih biljaka MZO 2016/01/01 - 2017/12/31 coordinator

development

Title Funding Duration AFZ role
Očuvanje, održivo korištenje i razvoj genetskih izvora u poljoprivredi Europski poljoprivredni fond za ruralni razvoj 85%, Republika Hrvatska 15% 2018/01/01 - 2021/12/31 coordinator

Publications

  • Varga, Filip; Šolić, Ivana; Jug Dujaković, Marija; Łuczaj, Łukasz; Grdiša, Martina
    The first contribution to the ethnobotany of inland Dalmatia: medicinal and wild food plants of the Knin area, Croatia // Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 88 (2019), 2; 1-20 doi:10.5586/asbp.3622
  • Delač, Domina; Gršić, Kristina; Ninčević, Tonka; Carović-Stanko, Klaudija; Varga, Filip; Grdiša, Martina
    The Influence of Hydropriming and Osmopriming with KNO3 on Seed Germination of Dalmatian Pyrethrum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium /Trevir./ Sch. Bip.) // Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus, 83 (2018), 3; 205-211
  • Varga, F., Carović-Stanko, K., Ristić, M., Grdiša, M., Liber, Z. & Šatović, Z. (2017) Morphological and biochemical intraspecific characterization of Ocimum basilicum L.. Industrial crops and products, 109, 611-618. doi:10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.09.018.
  • Varga, F., Vidak, M., Ivanović, K., Lazarević, B., Širić, I., Srečec, S., Šatović, Z., Carović-Stanko, K. (2019). How does Computer vision compare to standard colorimeter in assessing the seed coat color of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)? // JCEA, 20(4): 1169-1178
  • Biošić, M., Varga, F., Dabić, D., Topalović, I., Šatović, Z., Grdiša (2020). Matrix solid-phase dispersion optimization for determination of pyrethrin content in Dalmatian pyrethrum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium /Trevir./ Sch. Bip.) by liquid chromatography. Industrial Crops and Products, 145, 111999.
    doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.111999

Bibliography (CROSBI): https://www.bib.irb.hr/pregled/znanstvenici/349316

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=URM_Fw4AAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1

Other professional activities

  • 2017 - : CroP-BioDiv
    Member of Centre of excellence for biodiversity and molecular plant breeding, Work group Dalmatian pyrethrum
  • 2017 - : National Program for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
    Member of Work group for Medicinal and aromatic plants of the National Program for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  • 2016 - : Croatian botanical society
    Member of Croatian botanical society

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