2015 - PhD in Marine Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Faculty of Science and Mathematics

2008 - B.Sc. Degree in biology - Molecular biology, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Department of Biology

• Monitoring Cumulative Impacts to Guide Mitigation and Restoration in the Mediterranean Region - MIRAMAR

  01.04.2025 - 31.12.2027 | 2,500,000.00 EUR

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• ALIgning Efforts to control Non-indigenous species in the Adriatic sea - ALIENA

  01.03.2024 - 31.12.2026 | 2,624,458.00 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• The molecular life strategies of the Adriatic Sea Phytoplankton - Adri LIFE

  01.03.2021 - 28.02.2026 | 262,592.08 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• Spatial and temporal patterns of genetic diversity of calanoid copepods and pelagic tunicates in the Adriatic - SpaTeGen

  01.03.2021 - 31.08.2026 | 245,537.20 EUR

  CroRIS

• Podizanje svijesti o problemu morskog otpada i inovativne mjere - MARLESS

  01.06.2020 - 31.05.2023 | 4,244,726.00 EUR

  CroRISIRB

Teaching assistant at Jurja Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia - Marine science

Conference abstract

• Pfannkuchen, Martin; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela; Baričević, Ana; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta; Vlašiček, Ivan; Grižančić, Lana; Knjaz, Mia; Kogovšeg, Tjaša; Kužat, Nataša; Podolšak, Ivan et al. | Consolidating multimethod approaches in marine phytoplankton research: the northern Adriatic Sea // Phycologia, 64, sup1, 2025. str. ---

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• Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta; Vlašićek, Ivan; Baričević, Ana; Knjaz, Mia; Grižančić, Lana; Kužat, Nataša; Podolšak, Ivan; Turković, Ariana; Pfannkuchen, Martin | High frequency analysis of the mucilage event 2024 in the Northern Adriatic Sea // Phycologia, 64, sup1, 2025. str. ---

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• Grižančić, Lana; Baričević, Ana; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta; Vlašiček, Ivan; Knjaz, Mia; Podolšak, Ivan; Kogovšek, Tjaša; Pfannkuchen, Martin; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela | Marine environmental DNA metabarcoding for northern Adriatic phytoplankton monitoring // Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, 75, S1, 2024. str. 128-128

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• Pfannkuchen, Martin; Baričević, Ana; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta; Grižančić, Lana; Vlašiček, Ivan; Knjaz, Mia; Podolšak, Ivan; Kogovšek, Tjaša; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela | Genomics in coastal oceanography // Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, 75, S1, 2024. str. 79-79

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• Knjaz, Mia; Baričević, Ana; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta; Kužat, Natasa; Vlašiček, Ivan; Grižančić, Lana; Podolšak, Ivan; Pfannkuchen, Martin; Kogovšek, Tjaša; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela | First regional reference database of northern Adriatic diatom transcriptomes // Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, 75, S1, 2024. str. 32-32

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• Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta | Microplastics in the marine environment – distribution, availability, and risk assessment // Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, 72, 1, 2021. str. 22-22

• Hamer, Bojan ; Vodopia, Dorian ; Majnarić, Nina ; Jenko, Gaja ; Pavičić-Hamer, Dijana ; Jaklin, Andrej ; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta ; Lyons, Daniel Mark | Harnessing the filtration proficiency of Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis for water column microplastics biomonitoring // Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, 2021. str. 72-72

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• Pfannkuchen, Martin ; Baričević, Ana ; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta ; Kužat, Nataša ; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela | CIM: A Northern Adriatic Marine Phytoplankton Cell Culture Collection At The Center For Marine Research In Rovinj, Croatia // European journal of phycology, 54, S1, 2019. str. 227-227

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• Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta ; Baričević, Ana ; Stinga Perusco, Victor ; Kužat, Nataša ; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela ; Pfannkuchen, Martin | "Plastic biome"–primary colonization of different plastic foils in the marine environment // European journal of phycology, 54, S1, 2019. str. 156-156

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• Pfannkuchen, Martin ; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta ; Baričević, Ana ; Kužat, Nataša ; Ivančić, Ingrid ; Pustijanac, Emina ; Gašparović, Blaženka ; Novak, Tihana ; Kuspilić, Grozdan ; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela | Physiological diversification of diatoms in a highly structured marine phytoplankton ecosystem shows no phylogenetic constraint // European journal of phycology, 54, S1, 2019. str. 151-151

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• Kužat, Nataša ; Baričević, Ana ; Ivančić, Ingrid ; Levak Zorinc, Maja ; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela ; Medić, Nikola ; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta ; Pfannkuchen, Martin | Centric diatoms response to nutrient limitation in Northern Adriatic // European journal of phycology, 54, S1, 2019. str. 97-97

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• Baričević, Ana ; Chardon, Cécile ; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela ; Kužat, Nataša ; Vasselon, Valentin ; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta ; Levak Zorinc, Maja ; Rimet, Frédéric ; Bouchez, Agnès ; Pfannkuchen, Martin | Hidden diatom diversity of the Northern Adriatic through metabarcodin // European journal of phycology, 54, S1, 2019. str. 96-97

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• Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela ; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta ; Baričević, Ana ; Kužat, Nataša ; Gašparović, Blaženka ; Pustijanac, Emina ; Pfannkuchen, Martin | Pseudo-nitzschia: the physiology of success in a highly structured and dynamic phytoplankton ecosystem // European journal of phycology, 54, S1, 2019. str. 93-94

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• Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela ; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta ; Baričević, Ana ; Kužat, Nataša ; Pustijanac, Emina ; Jahn, Regine ; Martin Pfannkuchen, | Skeletonema grevillei, a regular and bloom forming diatom in the coastal waters of the adriatic sea // Phycologia, 2017. str. 126-127

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• Kužat, Nataša ; Baričević, Ana ; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta ; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela ; Pfannkuchen, Martin | Ostreopsis ovata Fukuyo 1981 along the eastern Adriatic coast // Phycologia, 2017. str. 110-111

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• Kužat, Nataša ; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta ; Baričević, Ana ; Ivančić, Ingrid ; Pustijanac, Emina ; Kušpilić, Grozdan ; Novak, Tihana ; Gašparović, Blaženka ; Pfannkuchen, Martin ; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela ; | Interspecific variation in metabolic response to P limitation helps explaining sympatric congeneric species diversity (in the northern Adriatic) // Phycologia, 2017. str. 111-111

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• Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela ; Baričević, Ana ; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta ; Ivančić, Ingrid ; Kužat, Nataša ; Pustijanac, Emina ; Kušpilić, Grozdan ; Novak, Tihana ; Gašparović, Blaženka ; Pfannkuchen, Martin ; | Exploring the structure of a planktonic ecosystem // Phycologia, 2017. str. 126-126

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• Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta; Živković, Sanja; Piljagić, Jasmina; Fafanđel, Maja | Ecotoxicological analysis of Rječina river and Bakar bay sediment // Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, 63, S2, 2012. str. 20-20

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Unpublished conference paper

• Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta: Baričević, Ana; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela; Vlašićek, Ivan; Kogovšek, Tjaša; Knjaz, Mia; Grižančić; Podolšak, Ivan; Turković Glavinić, Ariana; Pfannkuchen, Martin | Integrating eDNA into Long-Term Marine Monitoring: Lessons from the Adriatic Sea // 2026 Global eDNA Conference | Seattle (WA), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 27.10.2026-30.10.2026

• Baričević, Ana; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta; Kogovšek, Tjaša; Grižančić, Lana; Knjaz, Mia; Vlašiček, Ivan; Podolšak, Ivan; Turković, Ariana; Pfannkuchen, Martin; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela; | Co-occurrence patterns and hidden diversity in the northern Adriatic Sea plankton community // EMBL Conference: A new view of plankton in the global ocean: celebrating 10 years of Tara Oceans | Heidelberg, Njemačka, 01.09.2026-04.09.2026

• Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela; Knjaz, Mia; Baričević, Ana; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta; Vlašiček, Ivan; Kogovšek, Tjaša; Grižančić, Lana; Podolšak, Ivan; Turković Glavinić, Ariana; Pfannkuchen, Martin | Beyond Detection: Integrating Metabarcoding and Metatranscriptomics Reveals Hidden Diversity and Metabolic Activity of Harmful Algal Bloom Species in the Northern Adriatic Sea // 2026 Global eDNA Conference | Seattle (WA), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 27.10.2026-30.10.2026

• Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta; Baričević, Ana; Knjaz, Mia; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela; Grižančić, Lana; Vlašiček, Ivan; Podolšak, Ivan; Turković, Ariana; Kogovšek, Tjaša; Pfannkuchen, Martin | Functional and transcriptomic plasticity of genus Chaetoceros under phosphorus limitation in thenorthern Adriatic Sea // Molecular Life of Diatoms 8 | Gent, Belgija, 22.06.2025-26.06.2025

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• Knjaz, Mia; Baričević, Ana; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta; Grižančić, Lana; Vlašiček, Ivan; Podolšak, Ivan; Turković, Ariana; Kogovšek, Tjaša; Pfannkuchen, Martin | Metatranscriptomic insights into seasonal diatom dynamics and changing succession patterns inthe Northern Adriatic // Molecular Life of Diatoms 8 | Gent, Belgija, 22.06.2025-26.06.2025

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• Turković, Ariana; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta; Baričević, Ana; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela; Podolšak, Ivan; Vlašiček, Ivan; Grižančić, Lana; Knjaz, Mia; Kogovšek, Tjaša; Pfannkuchen, Martin | Methodological Framework for Long-Term Coastal Monitoring in the Northern Adriatic // Long term coastal in situ observation from automated platforms of small temporal and spatial scales | Boulogne-sur-Mer, Francuska, 29.10.2025-31.10.2025

• Podolšak, Ivan; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta; Baričević, Ana; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela; Vlašiček, Ivan; Grižančić, Lana; Knjaz, Mia; Kogovšek, Tjaša; Turković, Ariana; Pfannkuchen, Martin | Coastal monitoring of the northern Adriatic Sea using an oceanographic buoy and transect stations: Variability of physico-chemical parameters at the surface and at depth // Long term coastal in situ observation from automated platforms of small temporal and spatial scales | Boulogne-sur-Mer, Francuska, 29.10.2025-31.10.2025

• Garić, Rade; Batistić, Mirna; Hure, Marijana; Baričević, Ana; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta; Licandro, Priscilla; Dénes, Marcell | Barcoding of non-indigenous gelatinous zooplankton species in the Adriatic // 57th European Marine Biology Symposium Naples | Napulj, Italija, 16.09.2024-20.09.2024

• Knjaz, Mia; Baričević, Ana; Grižančić, Lana; Vlašiček, Ivan; Podolšak, Ivan; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta; Kogovšek, Tjaša; Pfannkuchen, Martin; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela | Molecular characterization of the northern Adriatic (Mediterranean Sea) diatom community - the comprehensive approach // Molecular Life of Diatoms 7 | San Diego (CA), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 16.07.2023-20.07.2023

• Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta; Baričević, Ana; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela; Knjaz, Mia; Vlašiček, Ivan; Grižančić, Lana; Podolšak, Ivan; Kogovšek, Tjaša; Pfannkuchen, Martin | Insights into the life strategies of marine diatoms from the genus Chaetoceros // Molecular Life of Diatoms 7 | San Diego (CA), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 16.07.2023-20.07.2023

• Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela; Grižančić, Lana; Baričević, Ana; Knjaz, Mia; Vlašiček, Ivan; Podolšak, Ivan; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta; Kogovšek, Tjaša; Pfannkuchen, Martin | The ecology of genetic diversity in the northern Adriatic Sea // Molecular Life of Diatoms 7 | San Diego (CA), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 16.07.2023-20.07.2023

• Garić, Rade ; Denes, Marcell ; Hure, Marijana ; Baričević, Ana ; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta ; Batistić, Mirna | Comparison between COI metabarcoding and microscopy for zooplankton monitoring of the Adriatic biodiversity // ICES Annual Science Conference 2023 | Bilbao, Španjolska, 11.09.2023-14.09.2023

• Baricevic, Ana; Smodlaka Tankovic, Mirta; Hure, Marijana; Dénes; Garic, Rade; Batistic; Mirna, | Comparison of the three metabarcoding genes (18S, 28S and COI) for the Adriatic Sea zooplankton biodiversity monitoring // ICES Annual Science Conference 2023 | Bilbao, Španjolska, 11.09.2023-14.09.2023

• Fornažar, Marija; Stinga Perusco, Victor; Baričević, Ana; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela; Kogovšek, Tjaša; Pfannkuchen, Martin; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta | Assessment of microplastic particles ingested by Mytilus galloprovincialis along the Adriatic coast // MICRO 2022 | online, 14.11.2022-18.11.2022

Master's thesis (university)

• Kuralić, Melissa | Utjecaj metabolita mikroalgi Pseudo-nitzschia na parametre oksidacijskog stresa stanica krvi / Domijan, Ana-Marija ; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta (mentor). | Zagreb, Farmaceutsko-biokemijski fakultet, 2022

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• Fornažar, Marija | Morfološke i fiziološke prilagodbe morskih dijatomeja iz rodova Thalassionema, Thalassiosira i Synedra na smanjenu koncentraciju fosfora / Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta ; Bosak, Sunčica (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2021

• Stinga Perusco, Victor | Značajke početnog obraštaja na odabranim vrstama plastičnog materijala u moru / Pećarević, Marijana ; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta (mentor); Kužat, Nataša (neposredni voditelj) . | Dubrovnik, Sveučilište u Dubrovniku, 2019

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• Medić, Nikola | Fiziološki odgovor odabranih vrsta morskih dijatomeja na ograničene koncentracije fosfora / Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela ; Ljubešić, Zrinka (mentor); Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta (neposredni voditelj) . | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2018

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• Žeravica, Samanta | Utjecaj integriteta DNA na opće fiziološko stanje dagnje / Marušić Lulić, Jasna ; Fafanđel, Maja (mentor); Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta (neposredni voditelj) . | Split, Sveučilište u Splitu, Fakultet znanosti o moru bez pravne osobnosti, 2015

• Smodlaka, Mirta | Hemocytes/coelomocytes DNA content in marine invertebrates: cell cycle and genome sizes / Bihari, Nevenka (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2008

Doctoral thesis

• Smodlaka, Mirta | Učinkovitost popravka DNA u prirodnim populacijama dagnje Mytilus galloprovincialis / Fafanđel, Maja (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2015

Bachelor's thesis (university)

• Jeremić, Vanja | Analiza sadržaja DNA u celomocitima trpa Holothuria tubulosa protočnom citometrijom / Fafanđel, Maja (mentor); Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta (neposredni voditelj) . | Pula, Sveučilište Jurja Dobrile u Puli, 2015

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Rukopis

• Pelikan, Jadranka; Grozić, Kristina; Privileggio, Luca; Pavičić-Hamer, Dijana; Smodlaka Tanković, Mirta; Pikelj, Kristina; Glad, Marin; Hamer, Bojan | Integrated Sediment and Mussel Chemical Analysis for Environmental Quality Assessment in Rovinj’s Coastal Waters (Northern Adriatic, Croatia), 13, 11: MDPI AG, 2025. 2212-x. doi: 10.3390/jmse13112212

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