JaroslavHorvat, Ph. D.

Senior Research Associate

phone:+ 385 1 45 60 980

gsm: 385 98 32 51 51

jhorvat@irb.hr

  Education

• B. Sc. - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science (1973)
• M. Sc. - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science (1976), Supervisor: Dr. Dina Keglevic
• Ph. D. - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science (1982), Supervisor: Dr. Dina Keglevic 

  Employment

• 1973 - Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
• 1988 - 1998 Research Associate
• 1985-1997 Head of the Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
• 1998 - Senior Research Associate
• 1999 - 2000 - Assistent Director General
• 2001-2002 -Director General Adviser
• 2003-2009 - Assistent Director General

  Membership

Croatian Peptide Society
European Peptide Society

  Research field

Synthesis and reactions of carbohydrates and their coupling to amino acids and peptides. Synthesis of enkephalins and their conjugation with carbohydrates in order to determine the influence of carbohydrate molecule on the conformation and activity of these bioactive peptides.