Mihaela Šatvar Vrbančić, PhD

• 2013 - 2015: MSc in phytomedicine
  The control of sugar beet weevil (Bothynoderes punctiventris Germar.) with biological insecticider / graduate thesis - MSc
  Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, 30.09.2015., pages 42., led by prof. Renata Bažok, PhD
• 2010 - 2013: BSc in agronomy
  Phytotoxicity of Copper Fungicides on Peach Blossom (Prunus persica L.)
  Križevci: College of Agriculture in Križevci, led by prof. Ivanek-Martinčić, Marijana, PhD

• 2017 - : University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
  Asisstant at Department of plant nutrition
• 2016 - 2017: University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
  Professional training without employment at Department of plant nutrition

• Ishrana bilja (26236)
• Principi i perspektive ishrane u hortikulturi (144455)
• Metode i dijagnostika u ishrani bilja (26300)
• Značaj ishrane bilja u krajobraznoj arhitekturi (86040)
• Smjernice ishrane bilja u hortikulturi (143999)
• Ishrana bilja u zaštićenim prostorima (144084)
• Ishrana bilja i kvaliteta hrane (157082)
• Ishrana bilja u fitomedicini (281738)
• Primjena fermentiranog ostatka nakon proizvodnje bioplina kao gnojiva (269566)

• Plant nutrition

• 2026/01/26 - 2026/01/30: Ghent University (expert)
  Professional Training - Faculty of Bioscience Engineering - ReSource laboratory - Laboratory of Applied Mycology and Phenomics
• 2025/07/07 - 2025/07/12: Mendel University in Brno (scientific)
  Scientific and professional training - Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies
• 2025/06/05 - 2025/06/07: University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest (scientific)
  Scientific and professional training - Agriculture for life-life for Agriculture
• 2025/06/02 - 2025/06/06: University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest (teaching)
  Fertilization role in plant production
  Advantages and disadvantages of digestate application on fields
  The impact of digestate on the chemical properties of maize grains
• 2018/11/02 - 2019/11/05: Ghent University (scientific)
  Scientific and professional pre-doctoral training - Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

development

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
AgriART sveobuhvatni upravljački sustav u području precizne poljoprivrede	EU programi	2020/09/01 - 2023/09/01	partner

• Šatvar Vrbančić, Mihaela; Petek, Marko; Lazarević, Boris; Jukić, Željko; Meers, Erik; Čoga, Lepomir (2024). Solid and Liquid Fraction of Digestate as an Alternative Mineral Nitrogen Source: Two-Year Field Research in Croatia // Agriculture, 14 (2024), 8; 1243, 19. doi: 10.3390/agriculture14081243
• Šokec, Antun; Fruk, Goran; Šatvar Vrbančić, Mihaela; Konopka, Kristijan; Karažija, Tomislav; Petek, Marko (2025). Influence of Fertigation Regimes on Nitrogen Concentration in Apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) Leaves at Different Age Stages. Nitrogen 2025, 6(4), 96. doi: 10.3390/nitrogen6040096
• Šatvar, Mihaela; Jukić, Željko; Slunjski, Sanja; Stipić, Zvonimir; Čoga, Lepomir
  Maize yield affected by different organic and mineral fertilization // Proceedings Zbornik radova / Mioč, Boro ; Širić, Ivan (ur.).
  Vodice: Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Agronomski fakultet, Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2019. str. 31-35 (poster, međunarodna recenzija, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni).
• Šatvar Vrbančić, Mihaela; Petek, Marko; Šokec, Antun; Karažija, Tomislav; Meers, Erik; Čoga, Lepomir; Jukić, Željko (2025). The Impact of Digestate on the Chemical Properties of Maize (Zea Mays L.) Grains. Agriculture For Life International Conference. Scientific papers. Series B. Agriculture. Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXVIII, No. 2
• Šatvar Vrbančić, Mihaela; Čoga, Lepomir; Špicnagel, Ana Marija; Vugrin, Natalija; Meers, Erik; Čop, Tajana (2025). Farmers’ Preferences and Practices Regarding Bio-Based Fertilizers: A Croatian Perspective // Sustainability, 17, 8; 3367-3367. doi: 10.3390/su17083367

Bibliography (CROSBI): https://www.croris.hr/crosbi/searchByContext/2/33717

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.hr/citations?user=UJrKBmUAAAAJ&hl=en

• 2017 - : Croatian Society of Soil Science
  Member of Croatian Society of Soil Science