2012-2013 Fulbright fellow, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA (host: Prof. Jo Handelsman)

30.06.2008. PhD in Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Thesis title: ˝Catabolic potential and genetic structure of bacterial communities originating from environment contaminated with atrazine and other s-triazine compounds˝. Supervisor: dr.sc.Dubravka Hršak

2002-2008 Postgraduate study of Biotechnology, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Croatia

01.10.2001. Dipl.Ing. in Biotechnology, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb

1996-2001 Biotechnology study, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb

2020-2023 ˝Antibiotic resistance in wastewater treatment plants in Croatia - focus on extended-spectrum beta-lactamases and carbapenemases˝, research grant  from the Croatian Science Foundation 

2017-2019  ˝Studying the link between environmental pollution with antibiotics and development of resistance to antibiotics in human pathogens˝, research grant from Adris Foundation

2015-2018   ˝Exploring the impact of wastewaters from pharmaceutical industries on the composition and antibiotic resistance profile of exposed microbial communities in freshwater sediments˝; start-up research grant  from the Croatian Science Foundation 

2015-2016  ˝Biodegradation of the macrolide antibiotic azithromycin and its effect on microbial community composition and structure in wastewater treatment plants˝;  Croatia-Germany bilateral project. Partner: Prof. Michael Schloter, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany

2012-2013 ˝Antibiotic resistance on vegetable farms fertilized with dairy cow manure from antibiotic-treated cows˝; Individual Fulbright Post-doctoral Fellowship for 11-months stay at Yale University, USA

2020 Branimir Jernej Foundation Annual Award for an outstanding paper published in 2019 in the fields of molecular biology, neurosciences and biomedicine

2019 Annual Award from the director of the Ruđer Bošković Institute for a paper in a journal with high impact factor

2019 Oustanding Associate Editor Award from Journal of Environmental Quality

2016  Grant from the Foundation of the Croatian academy of Sciences and Arts for the project ˝Ecotoxicological evaluation of effluents from local pharmaceutical industries˝

2015  Grant from the Croatian Microbiological Society for support the attendance at the Symposium

2012  Fulbright Visiting Scholar Grant for 11 months stay at Yale University, USA

2008  The BP Young Scientists & Students Award, 13^th International Biotechnology Symposium  and Exhibition, Dalian, China

2003  FEMS Visiting Grant for 3 months stay at INRA Institute, Dijon, France

2001  Rector´s Award of the University of Zagreb for the best undergraduate student paper in the field of biotechnology for academic year 2000/2001

2001  Dean´s  Award of the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Zagreb University for the best undergraduate student on the undergraduate study of Biotechnology for academic year 2000/2001

1997-2001  Best student fellowship of the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports

2012 - Fulbright Visiting Scholar Grant for 11 months of research at Yale University, USA

2008 – The BP Young Scientists & Students Award, 13^th International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition, Dalian, China

2003– FEMS Visiting Grant for 3 months of research at INRA Institute, Dijon, France

2001 – Rector´s  Award of the University of Zagreb for the best undergraduate student paper in the field of biotechnology for academic year 2000/2001

2013-  Postgraduate course ˝Biotechnology in Environmental Protection˝ at the Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Study in Protection of Nature and Environment“ at the University of Osijek, Croatia

2013– Postgraduate course ˝Bioremediation and biological processes for wastewater treatment" at University of Zagreb (Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology)" (co-leader)

• Eckert, E.M., Di Cesare, A., Fontaneto, D., Berendonk, T.U., Bürgmann, H., Cytryn, E., Fatta-Kassinos, D., Franzetti, A., Larsson, J.D.G, Manaia, C.M., Pruden, A., Singer, A.C., Udikovic-Kolic, N., Corno, G. (2020) Every fifth published metagenome is not available to science, PLoS Biol. 18(4): e3000698. 
• Marano, R. B.M., Fernandes, T., Manaia, Célia M., Nunes, O., Morrison, D., Berendonk, T. U., Kreuzinger, N., Telson, T., Corno, G., Fatta-Kassinos, D....Udikovic-Kolic, N.,... et al. (2020) A global multinational survey of cefotaxime- resistant coliforms in urban wastewater treatment plants, Environ. Int,144, 106035.
• Milaković, M., Križanović, S., Petrić, I., Šimatović, A., Gonzalez-Plaza, J. 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, Sci. Tot. Env. 749, 142357.
• Milakovic, M., Vestergaard, G., González-Plaza, J.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, Sci. Tot. Env. 706, 136001. 
• Bengtsson-Palme, J., Milakovic, M., Švecová, H., Ganjto, M., Jonsson, V., Grabic, R., Udikovic-Kolic, N.* (2019) Industrial wastewater treatment plant enriches antibiotic resistance genes and alters the structure of microbial communities, Wat. Res. 162, 437-445.
• González-Plaza, J.J., Blau, K., Milaković, M., Jurina, T., Smalla, K., Udiković-Kolić, N.* (2019) Antibiotic-manufacturing sites are hot-spots for the release and spread of antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in receiving aquatic environments, Environ. Int. 130, 104735.
• Milaković, M; Vestergaard, G; Gonzalez Plaza, JJ; 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 shifts in receiving river sediments, Environ. Int. 123, 501-511. 
• Gonzalez Plaza, JJ; Šimatović, A; Milaković, M; Bielen, A; Wichmann, F; Udiković-Kolić, N.* (2017) Functional repertoire of antibiotic resistance genes in antibiotic manufacturing effluents and receiving freshwater sediments. Front. Microb. 8, 2675. 
• Bielen, A; Šimatović, A; Kosić-Vukšić, J; Senta, I; Ahel, M; Babić, S; Jurina, T; González Plaza, JJ; Milaković, M; Udiković-Kolić, N.* (2017) Negative environmental impacts of antibiotic-contaminated effluents from pharmaceutical industries. Wat. Res., 126, 79-87. 
• Udiković-Kolić N., Wichmann, F., Broderick, N.A., Handelsman, J. (2014) Bloom of resident antibiotic resistant bacteria in soil  following manure fertilization. P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 111, 15202-15207 
• Wichmann, F., Udiković-Kolić N., Andrew, S., Handelsman, J. (2014) Diverse antibiotic resistance genes in dairy cow manure. mBio5(2):e01017-13.
• Jurina, T, Terzić, S., Ahel, M., Stipičević, S., Kontrec, D., Kurtanjek, Ž., Udiković-Kolić N.* (2014) Catabolism of terbuthylazine by mixed bacterial culture originating froms-triazine contaminated soil. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 98, 7223-7232. 
• Karpouzas, D.G, Kandeler, E., Bru, D., Friedel, I., Auer, Y., Kramer, S., Vasileiadis, S., Petric, I., Udikovic-Kolic, N., Djuric, 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 Biol. Biochem. 75, 282-291. 
• Karpouzas, D.G., Papadopoulou, E., Ipsilantis, I., Friedel, I., Petric, I., Udikovic-Kolic, N., Djuric, 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. Ecol. Indic. 39, 44-53.
• Udiković-Kolić, N.*, Scott, C., Martin-Laurent, F. (2012) Evolution of atrazine-degrading capabilities in the environment. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 96, 1175-1189. 
• 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. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 90, 1547-1554. 
• 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. 195, 254-260.

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Books and book chapters

Book chapters

• Šimatović, A. & Udiković-Kolić, N. (2020) Antibiotic Resistance in Pharmaceutical Industry Effluents and Effluent-Impacted Environments. U: Manaia, C., Donner, E., Vaz-Moreira, I. & Hong, P. (ur.) Antibiotic resistance in the environment: a worldwide overview, Edition: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer, str. 1-22 doi:10.1007/698_2019_389.

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Journal articles

Scientific and review papers

• Jurić, S., Tanuwidjaja, I., Mrkonjić Fuka, M., Vlahoviček-Kahlina, K., Marijan, M., Boras, A., Udiković Kolić, N. & Vinceković, M. (2021) Encapsulation of two fermentation agents, Lactobacillus sakei and calcium ions in microspheres. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 197, 111387, 11 doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.111387.

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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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• Marano, R., Fernandes, T., Manaia, C., Nunes, O., Morrison, D., Berendonk, T., Kreuzinger, N., Telson, T., Corno, G., Fatta-Kassinos, D., Merlin, C., Topp, E., Jurkevitch, E., Henn, L., Scott, A., Heβ, S., Slipko, K., Laht, M., Kisand, V., Di Cesare, A., Karaolia, P., Michael, S., Petre, A., Rosal, R., Pruden, A., Riquelme, V., Agüera, A., Esteba, B., Luczkiewicz, A., Kalinowska, A., Leonard, A., Gaze, W., Adegoke, A., Stenstrom, T., Pollice, A., Salerno, C., Schwemer, C., Krzeminski, P., Guilloteau, H., Donner, E., Drigo, B., Libralato, G., Guida, M., Bürgmann, H., Beck, K., Garelick, H., Tacão, M., Henriques, I., Martínez-Alcalá, I., Guillén-Navarro, J., Popowska, M., Piotrowska, M., Quintela-Baluja, M., Bunce, J., Polo-López, M., Nahim- Granados, S., Pons, M., Milakovic, M., Udikovic-Kolic, N., Ory, J., Ousmane, T., Caballero, P., Oliver, A., Rodriguez-Mozaz, S., Balcazar, J., Jäger, T., Schwartz, T., Yang, Y., Zou, S., Lee, Y., Yoon, Y., Herzog, B., Mayrhofer, H., Prakash, O., Nimonkar, Y., Heath, E., Baraniak, A., Abreu-Silva, J., Choudhury, M., Munoz, L., Krizanovic, S., Brunetti, G., Maile-Moskowitz, A., Brown, C. & Cytryn, E. (2020) A global multinational survey of cefotaxime-resistant coliforms in urban wastewater treatment plants. Environment international, 144, 106035, 11 doi:10.1016/j.envint.2020.106035.

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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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• Bengtsson-Palme, J., Milakovic, M., Švecová, H., Ganjto, M., Jonsson, V., Grabic, R. & Udikovic-Kolic, N. (2019) Industrial wastewater treatment plant enriches antibiotic resistance genes and alters the structure of microbial communities. Water research, 162, 437-445 doi:10.1016/j.watres.2019.06.073.

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• Gonzalez-Plaza, J., Blau, K., Milaković, M., Jurina, T., Smalla, K. & Udiković-Kolić, N. (2019) Antibiotic-manufacturing sites are hot-spots for the release and spread of antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in receiving aquatic environments. Environment international, 130, 104735, 11 doi:10.1016/j.envint.2019.04.007.

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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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• Terzic, S., Udikovic-Kolic, N., Jurina, T., Krizman-Matasic, I., Senta, I., Mihaljevic, I., Loncar, J., Smital, Tvrtko & Ahel, M. (2018) Biotransformation of macrolide antibiotics using enriched activated sludge culture: Kinetics, transformation routes and ecotoxicological evaluation. Journal of hazardous materials, 349, 143-152 doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.01.055.

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• Gonzalez Plaza, J., Šimatović, A., Milaković, M., Bielen, A., Wichmann, F. & Udiković Kolić, N. (2018) Functional Repertoire of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Antibiotic Manufacturing Effluents and Receiving Freshwater Sediments. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 2675, 13 doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.02675.

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• Bielen, A., Šimatović, A., Kosić-Vukšić, J., Senta, I., Ahel, M., Babić, S., Jurina, T., González Plaza, J., Milaković, M. & Udiković-Kolić, N. (2017) Negative environmental impacts of antibiotic- contaminated effluents from pharmaceutical industries. Water research, 126, 79-87 doi:10.1016/j.watres.2017.09.019.

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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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• Udiković-Kolić, N., Wichmann, F., Broderick, N. & Handelsman, J. (2014) Bloom of resident antibiotic resistant bacteria in soil following manure fertilization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 (42), 15202-15207 doi:10.1073/pnas.1409836111.

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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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• Jurina, T., Terzić, S., Ahel, M., Stipičević, S., Kontrec, D., Kurtanjek, Ž. & Udiković-Kolić, N. (2014) Catabolism of terbuthylazine by mixed bacterial culture originating from s-triazine contaminated soil. Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 98 (16), 7223-7232 doi:10.1007/S00253-014-5774-8.

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• Wichmann, F., Udiković-Kolić, N., Andrew, S. & Handelsman, J. (2014) Diverse antibiotic resistance genes in dairy cow manure. mBio, 5 (2), e01017-13-1-e01017-13-9 doi:10.1128/mBio.01017-13.

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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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• Udiković-Kolić, N., Scott, C. & Martin-Laurent, F. (2012) Evolution of atrazine-degrading capabilities in the environment. Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 96 (5), 1175-1189 doi:10.1007/s00253-012-4495-0.

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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., 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, 47 (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.

• Devers, M., El Azhari, N., Udiković Kolić, N. & Martin-Laurent, F. (2007) Detection and organization of atrazine-degrading genetic potential of seventeen bacterial isolates belonging to divergent taxa indicate a recent common origin of their catabolic functions. FEMS microbiology letters, 273 (1), 78-86 doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00792.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.

• Udiković, N., Hršak, D., Mendaš, G. & Filipčić, D. (2003) Enrichment and characterization of atrazine degrading bacterial communities. Food Technology and Biotechnology, 41 (3), 211-217.

Conference proceedings papers

Scientific conference proceedings papers

• Stipičević, S., Mendaš, G., Dvoršćak, M., Barić, K., Pintar, A., Jurina, T. & Udiković-Kolić, N. (2016) Persistence and mobility of green herbicides in agricultural soil. U: ScienceKNOW Conferences (ur.)Complete Communications of the 2nd International Conference on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Engineering. (https://www.bib.irb.hr/828739).

• Jurina, T., Udiković Kolić, N. & Kurtanjek Želimir (2011) Pesticide Root Zone Model for Agricultural Soils. U: Koprivanac, Natalija, Kušić, Hrvoje, Lončarić Božić, Ana (ur.)3rd International Symposium on Environmental Management Towards Sustainable Technologies Conference Proceedings.

Theses

Doctoral dissertation

• Udiković Kolić, N. (2008) 'Catabolic potential and genetic structure of bacterial communities originating from environment contaminated with atrazine and other S-triazine compounds', doktorska disertacija, Prehrambeno-biotehnološki fakultet, Zagreb.

2002- member of Croatian Microbiological Society, FEMS (Federation of european microbiological societies) and IUMS (Internation union of microbiological societies)