2002. Zagreb, Croatia, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology,Bachelor (BA) of Science in Ecology

2009. Zagreb, Croatia, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, Ph.D. in Microbiology

2010-2011. France, Dijon, INRA, Laboratory for Soil and Environmental Microbiology, Postdoctoral research

1. Principal investigator of the EU funded project "Exploring adaptation potential of rhizosphere microbiome to climate change: towards sustainable agriculture in the future" (EU structural and development fund; EU regional development fund)

https://perspire.eu/

Climate change represents one of the biggest challenges to agricultural sustainability and food security. As stated in the “Seventh National Communication of the Republic of Croatia under the United Nation Framework Convention on the Climate Change(UNFCCC)” agricultural sector will suffer the greatest damage from the consequences of climate change in this country. Facing the challenge of an uncertain future, the “Food and Agriculture Organization” (FAO) has already launched "Climate Smart Agriculture" initiative with the aim to develop strategies and measures to ensure sustainable agriculture in climate-affected areas. Project “Exploring adaptation potential of rhizosphere microbiome to climate change: towards sustainable agriculture in the future”, funded by EU regional development fund aims to study the effects of the projected extreme weather events (string rains followed by floods) on the complex interaction existing between rhizosphere microbiome and its plant. This interaction forms the basis of plant success, determining its health, growth, development and productivity, as well as soil fertility. Studying the responses of the rhizosphere microbial community and plants on different resolution levels to the extreme weather conditions is necessary to better understand the effects of climate change on the agricultural sector in future. This knowledge could eventually be used to ensure resilience and recovery capacity of the plants under expected climate change scenarios.

2. Principal investigator of the Croatian Science Foundation Research Project "Structure and function of microbial communities as a missing link for quality assessment of anthropogenically disturbed coastal zones" (MicroLink) 2021-2025

http://hrzz-microlink.unaux.com/

With anthropogenically-driven pressures drastically changing marine coastal ecosystems much international efforts have been focused on its protection. For that reason, Mediterranean states have accepted numerous regional and international contracts. Even though much effort has been given into protection of marine ecosystems by combining and integrating approaches from WFD and MSFD, these tools are still facing many challenges. Within the frame of the MicroLink project we will focus on the anthropogenic pressures effects onto benthic microbial assemblages, fully neglected in the quality legislation protocols. We believed that microbial assemblages could offer potential answer to some of the challenges facing marine protection programmes: (i) challenge of determining effects of multiple pollution pressures on the integrity of the coastal marine ecosystem, (ii) possible improvement of the existing biological indicators pool (iii) potential of applying fast and reliable state-of-the-art approaches to determine structural and functional integrity of marine ecosystems; and (iv) problems associated with assessment of the ecological status of marine sediments. We will tackle the issue by an innovative approach in which we will combine multi-trophic (bacteria, archaea, virus, fungi)/ multilayer approach for studying microbial communities in anthropogenically-impacted vs. reference environments. Microbes dominate marine ecosystems and have pivotal role in biogeochemical cycling and consequently changes exerted on the level of these communities could alter the whole food web, eventually impairing marine ecosystem services. Within this project we intend to focus on an urgent need to define possible contribution and importance of monitoring microbial assemblages in achieving of Good Environmental Status (GES) which could offer us first step toward potential integration of microbial assemblages as indicators of marine environment quality.

Teaching undergraduate course „Environmental Microbiology“ at the Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Study in Protection of Nature and Environment at the University of Osijek, Croatia

Petrić, I.; Šamec, D.; Karalija, E.; Salopek Sondi, B Beneficial Microbes and Molecules for Mitigation of Soil Salinity in Brassica Species: A Review // Soil systems, 6 (2022), 1;18, 22 doi:10.3390/soilsystems6010018 Dragičević, Paula; Bielen, Ana; Petrić, Ines; Vuk, Marija; Žučko, Jurica; Hudina, SandraMicrobiome of the Successful Freshwater Invader, the Signal Crayfish, and Its Changes along the Invasion Range // Microbiology Spectrum, 9 (2021), 2; e00389-21, 15 doi:10.1128/Spectrum.00389-21

Čanković, M., Žučko, J., Dupčić Radić, I., Janeković, I., Sviličić Petrić, I., Ciglenečki-Jušić, I., Collins, G. Microbial diversity and long-term geochemical trends in the euxinic zone of a marine, meromictic lake // Systematic and applied microbiology (2019) doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2019.126016

Kolda, A.,Petrić, I (corresponding author),Mucko, M., Gottstein, S., Žutinić, P., Goreta, G., Ternjej, I., Rubinić, J:, Radišić, M., Gligora Udovič, M How environment selects: resilience and survival of microbial mat community within intermittent karst spring Krčić (Croatia) // Ecohydrology (2019) 12 :e2063.

Milaković, M., Vestergaard, G., González-Plaza, J.J.,Petrić, I:, Šimatović, A., Senta, I:, Kublik, S., Schloter, M., Smalla, K:,Udiković-Kolić, N. Pollution from azithromycin-manufacturing promotes macrolide-resistance gene propagation and induces spatial and seasonal community shifts in receiving river sediments // Environmental International (2019) 123:501-511. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.12.050.

Babić, I., Mucko, M.,Petrić, I.(corresponding author),, Bosak, S., Mihanovic, H., Vilibic, I., Dupcic Radic, I., Cetinic, I., Balestra, C., Casotti, R., Ljubešić, Z. Multilayer approach for characterization of bacterial diversity in a marginal sea: From surface to seabed // Journal of marine systems, 184 (2018), 15-27

Petrić, I., Bru, D., Udiković-Kolić, N:, Hršak, D., Philippot, L., Martin-Laurent, F. (2011) Evidence for shifts in the structure and abundance of the microbial community in a long term PCB-contaminated soil under remediation. J Hazard Mater doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.08.036

Petrić, I., Hršak D., Fingler, S., Udiković-Kolić, N., Bru, D., Martin-Laurent, F. (2011) Insight in the PCB-degrading functional community in long-term contaminated soil under bioremediation. J. Soils Sediment. 11(2): 290-300

Petric I., Philippot L., Abbate C., Bispo A., Chesnot T., Hallin S. , Jourdain, M.J., Laval K., Lebeau T., Lemanceau P., Leyval C, Lindström K., Pandard P., Romero E., Sarr A, Schloter M., Simonet P., Smalla K., Wilke B-M., Martin-Laurent F. (2011) The Inter-Laboratory Evaluation Of The ISO Standard 11063 “Soil Quality - Method To Directly Extract DNA From Soil Samples. J. Microbiol. Meth. 84(3):454-60.

Journal articles

Scientific and review papers

• Kulaš, A., Žutinić, P., Gulin Beljak, V., Matoničkin Kepčija, R., Sertić Perić, M., Orlić, S., Sviličić Petrić, I., Marković, T. & Gligora Udovič, M. (2023) Diversity of protist genera in periphyton of tufa-depositing karstic river. Annals of microbiology, 73, 10, 13 doi:10.1186/s13213-023-01712-z.

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• Huđ, A., Šamec, D., Senko, H., Petek, M., Brkljačić, L., Pole, L., Lazarević, B., Rajnović, I., Udiković - Kolić, N., Mešić, A., Palijan, G., Salopek Sondi, B. & Petrić, I. (2023) Response of White Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) to Single and Repeated Short-Term Waterlogging. Agronomy, 13 (1), 200, 17 doi:10.3390/agronomy13010200.

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• Senko, H., Pole, L., Mešić, A., Šamec, D., Petek, M., Pohajda, I., Rajnović, I., Udiković-Kolić, N., Brkljačić, L., Palijan, G. & Petrić, I. (2022) Farmers observations on the impact of excessive rain and flooding on agricultural land in Croatia. Journal of Central European agriculture, 23 (1), 125-137 doi:10.5513/JCEA01/23.1.3292.

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• Petrić, I., Šamec, D., Karalija, E. & Salopek Sondi, B. (2022) Beneficial Microbes and Molecules for Mitigation of Soil Salinity in Brassica Species: A Review. Soil systems, 6 (1), 18, 22 doi:10.3390/soilsystems6010018.

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• Petrić, I., Drevenkar, V., Fingler, S., Begonja Kolar, A., Hršak, D., Martin- Laurent, F. & Udiković- Kolić, N. (2021) Unraveling metabolic flexibility of rhodococci in PCB transformation. Chemosphere, 282, 130975, 12 doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130975.

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• Dragičević, P., Bielen, A., Petrić, I., Vuk, M., Žučko, J. & Hudina, S. (2021) Microbiome of the Successful Freshwater Invader, the Signal Crayfish, and Its Changes along the Invasion Range. Microbiology Spectrum, 9 (2), e00389-21, 15 doi:10.1128/Spectrum.00389-21.

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• Dragičević, P., Bielen, A., Petrić, I. & Hudina, S. (2020) Microbial pathogens of freshwater crayfish: A critical review and systematization of the existing data with directions for future research. Journal of fish diseases, 44 (3), 221-247 doi:10.1111/jfd.13314.

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• Milaković, M., Križanović, S., Petrić, I., Šimatović, A., Gonzalez-Plaza, J., Gužvinec, M., Tambić Andrašević, A., Pole, L., Mrkonjić Fuka, M. & Udiković-Kolić, N. (2020) Characterization of macrolide resistance in bacteria isolated from macrolide-polluted and unpolluted river sediments and clinical sources in Croatia. Science of the total environment, 749, 142357, 11 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142357.

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• Haberle, I., Hrustić, E., Petrić, I., Pritišanac, E., Šilović, T., Magić, L., Geček, S., Budiša, A. & Blažina, M. (2020) Adriatic cyanobacteria potential for cogeneration biofuel production with oil refinery wastewater remediation. Algal research, 50, 101978, 10 doi:10.1016/j.algal.2020.101978.

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• Čanković, M., Žučko, J., Petrić, I., Marguš, M. & Ciglenečki, I. (2020) Impact of euxinic holomictic conditionson prokaryotic assemblages in a marinemeromictic lake. Aquatic microbial ecology, 84, 141-154 doi:10.3354/ame01931.

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• Pavić, D., Čanković, M., Petrić, I., Makkonen, J., Hudina, S., Maguire, I., Vladušić, T., Šver, L., Hrašćan, R., Orlić, K., Dragičević, P. & Bielen, A. (2020) Non-destructive method for detecting Aphanomyces astaci, the causative agent of crayfish plague, on the individual level. Journal of invertebrate pathology, 169, 107274, 7 doi:10.1016/j.jip.2019.107274.

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• Milaković, M., Vestergaard, G., González-Plaza, J., Petrić, I., Kosić-Vukšić, J., Senta, I., Kublik, S., Schloter, M. & Udiković-Kolić, N. (2020) Effects of industrial effluents containing moderate levels of antibiotic mixtures on the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes and bacterial community composition in exposed creek sediments. Science of the total environment, 706, 136001, 9 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136001.

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• Čanković, M., Žučko, J., Dupčić Radić, I., Janeković, I., Sviličić Petrić, I., Ciglenečki-Jušić, I. & Collins, G. (2019) Microbial diversity and long-term geochemical trends in the euxinic zone of a marine, meromictic lake. Systematic and applied microbiology, 42, 126016, 13 doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2019.126016.

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• Kostanjevečki, P., Petrić, I., Lončar, J., Smital, T., Ahel, M. & Terzić, S. (2019) Aerobic biodegradation of tramadol by pre- adapted activated sludge culture: Cometabolic transformations and bacterial community changes during enrichment. Science of the total environment, 687, 858-866 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.118.

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• Blažina, M., Haberle, I., Hrustić, E., Budiša, A., Petrić, I., Konjević, L., Šilović, T., Djakovac, T. & Geček, S. (2019) Growth Aspects and Biochemical Composition of Synechococcus sp. MK568070 Cultured in Oil Refinery Wastewater. Journal of marine science and engineering, 7 (6), 164, 18 doi:10.3390/jmse7060164.

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• Kolda, A., Petrić, I., Mucko, M., Gottstein, S., Žutinić, P., Goreta, G., Ternjej, I., Rubinić, J., Radišić, M. & Gligora Udovič, M. (2019) How environment selects: Resilience and survival of microbial mat community within intermittent karst spring Krčić (Croatia). Ecohydrology, 12 (2), e2063, 16 doi:10.1002/eco.2063.

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• Milaković, M., Vestergaard, G., Gonzalez Plaza, J., Petrić, I., Šimatović, A., Senta, I., Kublik, S., Schloter, M., Smalla, K. & Udiković Kolić, N. (2019) Pollution from azithromycin-manufacturing promotes macrolide-resistance gene propagation and induces spatial and seasonal bacterial community shifts in receiving river sediments. Environment international, 123, 501-511 doi:10.1016/j.envint.2018.12.050.

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• Kostanjevečki, P., Sviličić Petrić, I., Lončar, J., Smital, T., Ahel, M. & Terzić, S. (2019) Biodegradation study of methadone by adapted activated sludge: Elimination kinetics, transformation products and ecotoxicological evaluation. Chemosphere, 214, 719-728 doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.09.153.

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• Babić, I., Mucko, M., Petrić, I., Bosak, S., Mihanović, H., Vilibić, I., Dupčić Radić, I., Cetinić, I., Balestra, C., Casotti, R. & Ljubešić, Z. (2018) Multilayer approach for characterization of bacterial diversity in a marginal sea: From surface to seabed. Journal of marine systems, 184, 15-27 doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2018.04.002.

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• Žutinić, P., Sviličić Petrić, I., Gottstein, S., Gligora Udovič, M., Kralj Borojević, K., Kamberović, J., Kolda, A., Plenković-Moraj, A. & Ternjej, I. (2018) Microbial mats as shelter microhabitat for amphipods in an intermittent karstic spring. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 1 (419), 7, 13 doi:10.1051/kmae/2017061.

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• Babić, I., Petrić, I., Bosak, S., Mihanović, H., Dupčić Radić, I. & Ljubešić, Z. (2017) Distribution and diversity of marine picocyanobacteria community : Targeting of Prochlorococcus ecotypes in winter conditions (southern Adriatic Sea). Marine Genomics, 17, 3-11 doi:10.1016/j.margen.2017.05.014.

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• Čanković, M., Sviličić Petrić, I., Marguš, M. & Ciglenečki, I. (2017) Spatio-temporal dynamics of sulfate-reducing bacteria in extreme environment of Rogoznica Lake revealed by 16S rRNA analysis. Journal of marine systems, 172, 14-23 doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2017.03.003.

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• Petrić, I., Karpouzas, D., Bru, D., Udiković-Kolić, N., Kandeler, E., Djurić, S. & Martin-Laurent, F. (2016) Nicosulfuron application in agricultural soils drives the selection towards NS-tolerant microorganisms harboring various levels of sensitivity to nicosulfuron. Environmental science and pollution research international, 23 (5), 4320-4333 doi:10.1007/s11356-015-5645-6.

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• Stipičević, S., Galzina, N., Udiković-Kolić, N., Jurina, T., Mendaš, G., Dvoršćak, M., Petrić, I., Barić, K. & Drevenkar, V. (2015) Distribution of terbuthylazine and atrazine residues in crop-cultivated soil: The effect of herbicide application rate on herbicide persistence. Geoderma, 259/260, 300-309 doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.06.018.

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• Karpouzas, D., Kandeler, E., Bru, D., Friedel, I., Auer, Y., Kramer, S., Vasileiadis, S., Petrić, I., Udiković-Kolić, N., Djurić, S. & Martin-Laurent, F. (2014) A tiered assessment approach based on standardized methods to estimate the impact of nicosulfuron on the abundance and function of the soil microbial community. Soil biology & biochemistry, 75, 282-291 doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.04.022.

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• Karpouzas, D., Papadopoulou, E., Ipsilantis, I., Friedel, I., Petrić, I., Udiković-Kolić, N., Djurić, S., Kandeler, E., Menkissoglu-Spiroudi, U. & Martin-Laurent, F. (2014) Effects of nicosulfuron on the abundance and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi used as indicators of pesticide soil microbial toxicity. Ecological indicators, 39, 44-53 doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.12.004.

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• Petrić, I., Bru, D., Udiković-Kolić, N., Hršak, D., Philippot, L. & Martin-Laurent, F. (2011) Evidence for shifts in the structure and abundance of the microbial community in a long-term PCB-contaminated soil under bioremediation. Journal of hazardous materials, 195, 254-260 doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.08.036.

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• Udiković-Kolić, N., Devers-Lamrani, M., Petrić, I., Hršak, D. & Martin-Laurent, F. (2011) Evidence for taxonomic and functional drift of an atrazine-degrading culture in response to high atrazine input. Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 90 (4), 1547-1554 doi:10.1007/s00253-011-3198-2.

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• Petrić, I., Philippot, L., Abbate, C., Bispo, A., Chesnot, T., Hallin, S., Laval, K., Lebeau, T., Lemanceau, P., Leyval, C., Lindström, K., Pandard, P., Romero, E., Sarr, A., Schloter, M., Simonet, P., Smalla, K., Wilke, B. & Martin-Laurent, F. (2011) Inter-laboratory evaluation of the ISO standard 11063 "Soil quality - Method to directly extract DNA from soil samples". Journal of microbiological methods, 84 (3), 454-460 doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2011.01.016.

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• Petrić, I., Hršak, D., Fingler, S., Udiković-Kolić, N., Bru, D. & Martin-Laurent, F. (2011) Insight in the PCB-degrading functional community in long-term contaminated soil under bioremediation. Journal of soils and sediments, 11 (2), 290-300 doi:10.1007/s11368-010-0299-y.

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• Bošnjak, M., Udiković Kolić, N., Petrić, I., Cihlar, D. & Hršak, D. (2010) Integrated approach to mathematical modeling of atrazine degradation in different reaction systems. Food technology and biotechnology, 48 (3), 392-403. (https://www.bib.irb.hr/481997).

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• Udiković-Kolić, N., Hršak, D., Devers, M., Klepac-Ceraj, V., Petrić, I. & Martin-Laurent, F. (2010) Taxonomic and functional diversity of atrazine-degrading bacterial communities enriched from agrochemical factory soil. Journal of applied microbiology, 109 (1), 355-367 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04700.x.

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• Udiković Kolić, N., Martin-Laurent, F., Devers, M., Petrić, I., Begonja Kolar, A. & Hršak, D. (2008) Genetic potential, diversity and activity of an atrazine-degrading community enriched from a herbicide factory effluent. Journal of applied microbiology, 105 (5), 1334-1343 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03890.x.

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• Udiković Kolić, N., Hršak, D., Begonja Kolar, A., Petrić, I., Stipičević, S., Soulas, G. & Martin-Laurent, F. (2007) Combined metabolic activity within an atrazine-mineralizing community enriched from agrochemical factory soil. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 60 (4), 299-307 doi:10.1016/j.ibiod.2007.05.004.

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• Begonja Kolar, A., Hršak, D., Fingler, S., Ćetković, H., Petrić, I. & Udiković Kolić, N. (2007) PCB-degrading potential of aerobic bacteria enriched from marine sediments. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 60 (1), 16-24.

• Petrić, I., Hršak, D., Fingler, S., Vončina, E., Ćetković, H., Begonja Kolar, A. & Udiković Kolić, N. (2007) Enrichment and characterization of PCB-degrading bacteria as potential seed cultures for bioremediation of contaminated soil. Food technology and biotechnology, 45 (1), 11-20.

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Conference proceedings papers

Scientific conference proceedings papers

• Bošnjak, I., Petrić, I., Cetinić, I., Bosak, S., Mejdandžić, M. & Ljubešić, Z. (2016) In depth characterization of marine cyanobacteria community: targeting of Prochlorococcus ecotypes. U: Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Médit. 41.

• Bosak, S., Bošnjak, I., Cetinić, I., Mejdandžić, M. & Ljubešić, Z. (2016) Diatom community in the depths of the South Adriatic: an injection of carbon by biological pump. U: Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Médit. 41. (https://www.bib.irb.hr/849108).

Theses

Doctoral dissertation

• Petrić, I. (2009) 'Selection and characterization of microbial communities as potential catalysts for biodegradation of polychlorinated biphenyls', doktorska disertacija, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb.

Member of the Croatian Microbiological Society – Head of the “Section for microbial ecology”

Member of the French Microbiological Society

Member of the EcotoxicoMic: The international network on Microbial Ecotoxicology