Doctoral thesis

26^th July 2021 - Zoran Kiralj, mag. exp. biol., started working on the project as PhD student, and started attending the doctoral study of Biology at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

20^th September 2023 - defense of the theme of the doctoral thesis for Zoran Kiralj, titled: Metal bioaccumulation, biomarker responses and metal-binding biomolecules in the digestive gland of the mussel Unio crassus as reliable indicators of freshwater ecosystem contamination

the defense was successful before the following committee:
1. assoc. prof. dr. Jasna Lajtner
2. prof. dr. Renata Matoničkin Kepčija
3. assist. prof. dr. Željka Fiket

suggested supervisors:
1. dr. Dušica Ivanković, senior research associate
2. dr. Saša Kazazić, senior research associate

Metal-binding biomolecules and health disturbances of freshwater organisms exposed to industrial wastes (METABIOM)