1996, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb. PhD in chemistry

 1990, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb. Master of science, Postgraduate study in Oceanology,  University of Zagreb

 1986, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb. Bachelor in Biochemical Technology

2014-2019 HRZZ project (IP-11-2013-8607): Appearance and interaction of biologically important organic molecules and micronutrient metals in marine ecosystem under environmental stress;

2014-2015 Croatian-Chinese bilateral project: Comparison of organic matter biogeochemistry in oligotrophic and eutrophic estuary: illustrated by lipids and amino acid enantiomers

2008-2011 NATO, Science for peace, project: Project SfP 983147: B. Gašparović, L.A. Nelson, Sensors based on biomembranes for the detection of toxins and pollutants

2008- 2009 bilateral collaboration between Repubic of Croatia and Germany, B. Gašparović and G. Kattner: “A complex study of marine organic matter characterization in seas of the European coastal zone“.

2013 Ruđer Bošković Institute Competitive Project Award

2004 Germany government scholarship, Sonderforschungsbereichs 624, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Bonn

1999 French government scholarships for young researchers, Laboratorie d¢Oceanographie et de Biogeochimie, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille

Since 2015 Lecturer of Introduction to marine biogeochemistry at the doctoral study Oceanology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Since 2011 Lecturer of Environmental Electrochemistryat the Analytical Chemistry Doctoral Studies, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

2009-2020 Lecturer of Inorganic and Organic Marine Chemistry at the doctoral study: Chemistry of Mediterranean Environment, Faculty of chemistry and technology University of Split.

Since 2010:

Penezić, A., Drozdowska, V., Novak, T., Gašparović, B. 2022. Distribution and characterization of organic matter within the sea surface microlayer in the Gulf of Gdansk. Oceanologia, Accepted. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2022.05.003

Flanjak, L., Vrana, I., Cvitešić Kušan, A., Godrijan, Novak, T., Penezić, A., Gašparović, B.* 2022. The effects of high temperatures and nitrogen availability on the growth and composition of the marine diatom Chaetoceros pseudocurvisetus. J. Exp. Bot. 73, 4250-4265. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac145

Vrana, I., Bakija Alempijević, S., Novosel, N., Ivošević DeNardis, N., Žigon, D, Ogrinc, N., Gašparović, B. 2022. Hyposalinity induces significant polar lipid remodeling in the marine microalga Dunaliella tertiolecta (Chlorophyceae). J. Appl. Phycol. 34, 1457-1470. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-022-02745-8

Novosel, N., Mišić Radić, T., Levak Zorinc, M., Zemla, J., Lekka, M., Vrana, I., Gašparović, B., Horvat, L., Kasum, D., Legović, T., Žutinić, P., Gligora Udovič, M., Ivošević DeNardis, N. 2022. Salinity‑induced chemical, mechanical, and behavioral changes in marine microalgae. J. Appl. Phycol. 34, 1293-1309. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-022-02734-x

Grubišić, M., Šantek, B., Zorić, Z., Čošić, Z., Vrana, I., Gašparović, B., Čož-Rakovac, R., Ivančić Šantek, M. 2022. Bioprospecting of microalgae isolated from the Adriatic Sea: characterization of biomass, pigments, lipid and fatty acid composition, and antioxidant and antimicrobial activity. Molecules 27, 1248. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27041248

Kužat, N., Smodlaka Tanković, M., Baričević, A., Ivančić, I., Vrana, I., Gašparović, B., Marić Pfannkuchen, D., Pfannkuchen, M. 2022. Morpho-physiological adaptations of Leptocylindrus aporus and L. hargravesii to phosphate limitation in the northern Adriatic. Sci. Rep. 12, 2687. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06062-5

Penezić, A., Gašparović, B.*, Cuculić, V., Strmečki, S., Djakovac, T., Mlakar, M. 2022. Dissolved trace metals and organic matter distribution in the northern Adriatic, an increasingly oligotrophic shallow sea. Water 14, 349. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14030349

Hao, Y-Y, Zhu, Z-Y, Fang, F-T., Novak, T., Čanković, M., Hrustić, E., Ljubešić, Z., Li, M., Du, J-Z., Zhang, R-F., Gašparović, B. 2021. Tracing Nutrients and Organic Matter Changes in Eutrophic Wenchang (China) and Oligotrophic Krka (Croatia) Estuaries: A Comparative Study. Front. Mar. Sci. 8, 663601. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.663601

Triesch, N., van Pinxteren, M., Frka, S., Stolle, C., Spranger, T., Hoffmann, E.H., Gong, X., Wex, H., Schulz-Bull, D., Gašparović, B., Herrmann, H. 2021. Concerted measurements of lipids in seawater and on submicron aerosol particles at the Cape Verde Islands: biogenic sources, selective transfer and high enrichments. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 21, 4267–4283. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4267-2021

Vrana Špoljarić, I., Novak, N., Gašparović, B.*, Kazazić, S.P., Čanković, M., Ljubešić, Z., Hrustić, E., Mlakar, M., Du, J., Zhang, R., Zhu, Z. 2021. Impact of environmental conditions on phospholipid fatty acid composition: Implications from two contrasting estuaries. Aquat. Ecol. 5, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-020-09805-6

Mucko, M., Padisák, J., Gligora Udovič, M., Pálmai, T., Novak, T., Medić, N., Gašparović, B., Peharec Štefanić, P., Orlić, S., Ljubešić, Z. 2020. Characterization of a lipid-producing thermotolerant marine photosynthetic pico-alga in the genus Picochlorum (Trebouxiophyceae), Eur. J. Phycol. 55, 384-399. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2020.1757763

Galdies, C., Bellerby, R., Melaku Canu, D., Chen, W., Garcia Luque, E., Gašparović, B., Godrijan, J., Lawlor, P.J., Maes, F., Malej, A., Panagiotaras, D., Martinez Romera, B., Reymond, C.E., Rochette, J., Solidoro, C., Stojanov, R., Tiller, R., Torres de Noronha, I., Uścinowicz, G., Vaidianu, N., Walsh, C., Guerra, R. 2020. European policies and legislation targeting ocean acidification in European Waters - current state. Marine Policy. 118, 103947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103947

van Pinxteren, M., Wadinga Fomba, K., Triesch, N., Stolle, C., Wurl, O., Bahlmann, E., Gong, X, Voigtländer, J., Wex, H., Robinson, B., Barthel, S., Zeppenfeld, S., Hoffmann, E.H., Roveretto, M., Li, C., Grosselin, B., Daële, V., Senf, F., van Pinxteren, D., Manzi, M., Zabalegui, N., Frka, S., Gašparović, B., Pereira, R., Li, L., Wen, L., Li, J., Zhu, C., Chen, H., Chen, J., Fiedler, B., von Tümpling, W., Read, K.A., Punjabi, S., Lewis, A.C., Hopkins, J.R., Carpenter, L.J., Peeken, I., Rixen, T., Schulz-Bull, D., Monge, M.E., Mellouki, A., George, C., Stratmann, F., Herrmann, H. 2020. Marine organic matter in the remote environment of the Cape Verde Islands – An introduction and overview to the MarParCloud campaign. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 20, 6921–6951. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2019-997

Stolle, C., Ribas-Ribas, M., Badewien, T.H., Barnes, J., Carpenter, L.J., Chance, R., Riis Damgaard, L., Durán Quesada, A.M., Engel, A., Frka, S., Galgani, L., Gašparović, B., Gerriets, M., Hamizah Mustaffa, N.I., Herrmann, H., Kallajoki, L., Pereira, R., Radach, F., Revsbech, N.P., Rickard, P., Saint, A., Salter, M., Striebel, M., Triesch, N., Uher, G., Upstill-Goddard, R.C., van Pinxteren, M., Zäncker, B., Zieger, P., Wurl, O. 2019. The MILAN campaign: Studying diel light effects on the air-sea interface. B. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 101, 146-166. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0329.1

Novak, T., Godrijan, J., Marić Pfannkuchen, D., Djakovac, T., Medić, N., Ivančić, I., Mlakar, M., Gašparović, B. 2019. Global warming and oligotrophication lead to increased lipid production in marine phytoplankton. Sci. Total Environ. 668, 171–183.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.372

Liu, J., Hrustić, E., Du, J., Gašparović, B., Čanković, M., Cukrov, N., Zhu, Z., Zhang, R. 2019. Net submarine groundwater-derived dissolved inorganic nutrients and carbon input to the oligotrophic stratified karstic estuary of the Krka River (Adriatic Sea, Croatia). J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans 124, 4334–4349. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014814

Rickard, P.C., Uhera, G., Upstill-Goddarda, R.C., Frka, S., Hamizah Mustaffa, N.I., Banko-Kubis, H.M., Cvitešić Kušan, A., Gašparović, B., Stolle, C., Wurl, O., Ribas-Ribas, M. 2019. Reconsideration of seawater surfactant activity analysis based on an inter-laboratory comparison study. Marine Chemistry, 208, 103-111. Doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2018.11.012

Gašparović, B.*, Penezić, A., Lampitt, R.S., Sudasinghe, N., Schaub, T. 2018. Phospholipids as a component of the oceanic phosphorus cycle. Mar. Chem. 250, 70-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2018.08.002

Smodlaka Tanković, M., Baričević, A., Ivančić I., Kužat, N., Medić, N., Pustijanac, E., Novak, T., Gašparović, B., Marić, D. 2018. Insights into the life strategy of the common marine diatom Chaetoceros peruvianus Brightwell, PLoS ONE, 13(9): e0203634. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203634

Gašparović, B.*, Penezić, A., Frka, S., Kazazić, S., Lampitt, R.S., Holguin, F.O., Sudasinghe, N., Schaub, T. 2018. Particulate sulfur-containing lipids: production and cycling from the epipelagic to the abyssopelagic zones. Deep-Sea Res. I, 134, 12–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2018.03.007

Novak, T., Godrijan, G., Marić Pfannkuchen, D., Djakovac, T., Mlakar, M., Baricevic, A., Smodlaka Tanković, M., Gašparović, B.* 2018. Enhanced dissolved lipid production as a response to the sea surface warming. J. Mar. Sys. 180, 289–298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2018.01.006

Mlakar, M., Cuculić, V., Frka, S., Gašparović, B. 2018. Copper - phospholipid interaction at cell membrane model hydrophobic surfaces. Bioelectrochem. 120, 10–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2017.11.004

Gašparović, B.*, Penezić, A., Lampitt, R.S., Sudasinghe, N., Schaub, T. 2017. Depth-related cycling of suspended nitrogen-containing lipids in the northeast Atlantic. Org. Geochem. 113, 55-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.07.008

Mlakar, M., Pavković, S., Tumir, L-M., Vukosav, P., Gašparović, B. 2017. Electrochemical characterization of biochemically active Cu(II) mixed ligand complex with histidine and cysteine. Electroanalysis 29, 392-397. https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.201600253

Gašparović, B.*, Penezić, A., Lampitt, R.S., Sudasinghe, N., Schaub, T. 2016. Free fatty acids, tri-, di- and monoacylglycerol production and depth-related cycling in the Northeast Atlantic. Mar. Chem. 186, 101–109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2016.09.002

Ivančić, I., Pfannkuchen, M., Godrijan, J., Djakovac, T., Marić, D., Korlević, M., Gašparović, B., Najdek, M. 2016. Alkaline phosphatase activity related to phosphorus stress of microphytoplankton in different trophic conditions. Prog. Oceanogr. 146, 175-186. Https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2016.07.003

Vukosav, P., Mlakara, M., Selmani, A., Bregović, N., Gašparović, B. 2016. Electroanalytical characterization of Zn (II) complexes with D-mannosamine and Glycine in aqueous solutions. Electrochim. Acta 188, 671–678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2015.12.054

Risović, D., Penezić, A., Čadež, V., Šegota, S., Gašparović, B. 2016.  Surface free energy tuning of supported mixed lipid layers. RSC Advances, 6, 52475-52484.  https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA04926E

Gašparović, B.*, Kazazić, S.P., Cvitešić, A., Penezić, A., Frka, S. 2015. Improved separation and analysis of glycolipids by Iatroscan thin–layer chromatography–flame ionization detection. J. Chromtogr. A 1409, 259–267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2015.07.047 (Gašparović, B., Kazazić, S.P., Cvitešić, A., Penezić, A., Frka, S. 2017. Corrigendum to “Improved separation and analysis of glycolipids by Iatroscan thin-layer chromatography–flame ionization detection”
[J. Chromatogr. A 1409 (2015) 259–267]. J. Chromtogr. A 1521, 168–169. Https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2017.09.038)

Gašparović, B.*, Frka, S., Koch, B.P., Zhu, Z.Y., Bracher, A., Lechtenfeld, O. J., Neogi, S.B., Lara, R.J., Kattner, G. 2014. Factors influencing particulate lipid production in the East Atlantic Ocean. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I 89, 56-67. Https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2014.04.005

Penezić, A., Deokar, G., Vignaud, D., Pichonat, E., Subramanian, P., Gašparović, B., Boukherroub, R., Szunerits, S. 2014. Carbohydrate-lectin interaction on graphene-coated surface plasmon resonance (SPR) interfaces. Plasmonics 9, 677-683. Https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-014-9686-3

Penezić, A., Gašparović, B., Stipaničev, D., Nelson, A., 2014. In-situ electrochemical method for detecting freely dissolved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in waters. Environ. Chem. 11, 173-180. Https://doi.org/10.1071/EN13148

Gašparović, B.*, Godrijan, J., Frka, S., Tomažić, I., Penezić, A., Marić, D., Djakovac, T., Ivančić, I., Paliaga, P., Lyons, D., Precali, R., Tepić, N. 2013. Adaptation of marine plankton to environmental stress by glycolipid accumulation. Mar. Environ. Res. 92, 120-132. Https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.09.009

Lechtenfeld, O.J., Koch, B.P., Gašparović, B., Frka, S., Witt, M., Kattner G. 2013. The influence of salinity on the molecular and optical properties of surface microlayers in a karstic estuary. Mar. Chem. 150, 25–38. Https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2013.01.006

Marić, D., Frka, S., Godrijan, J., Tomažić, I., Penezić, A., Djakovac, T., Vojvodić, V., Precali, R., Gašparović, B.* 2013. Organic matter production during late summer-winter period in a temperate sea. Cont. Shelf Res. 55, 52–65. Https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2013.01.008

Cunliffe, M., Engel, A., Frka, S., Gašparović, B., Guitart, C., Murrell, J.C., Salter, M., Stolle, C., Upstill-Goddard, R., Wurl, O., 2013. Sea surface microlayers: a unified physicochemical and biological view of the air-ocean interface. Prog. Oceanogr. 109, 104–116. Https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2012.08.004

Gašparović, B.*, 2012. Decreased production of surface-active organic substances as a consequence of the oligotrophication in the northern Adriatic Sea. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 115, 33-39. Https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2012.02.004

Ivančić, I., Godrijan, J., Pfannkuchen, M., Marić, D., Gašparović, B., Đakovac, T., Najdek, M., 2012. Survival mechanisms of phytoplankton in conditions of stratification induced deprivation of orthophosphate: Northern Adriatic case study. Limnol. Oceanogr. 57, 1721-1731. Https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2012.57.6.1721

Coldrick, Z., Penezić, A., Gašparović, B., Steenson, P., Merrifield, J., Nelson, A. 2011. High throughput systems for screening biomembrane interactions on fabricated mercury film electrodes. J. Appl. Electrochem. 41, 939-949. Https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-011-0319-7

Frka, S., Gašparović, B.*, Marić, D., Godrijan, J., Djakovac, T., Vojvodić, V., Dautović, J., Kozarac, Z. 2011. Phytoplankton driven distribution of dissolved and particulate lipids in a semi-enclosed temperate sea (Mediterranean): Spring to summer situation. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 93, 290-304. Https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.04.017

Gašparović, B.*, Djakovac, T., Tepić, N., Degobbis, D. 2011. Relationships between surface-active organic substances, chlorophyll a and nutrients in the northern Adriatic Sea. Cont. Shelf Res. 31, 1149–1160. Https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2011.04.010

Penezić, A., Gašparović, B.*, Burić, Z., Frka, S. 2010. Distribution of marine lipid classes in salty Rogoznica Lake (Croatia). Estuar Coast. Shelf Sci. 86, 625–636. Https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2009.11.030.

Journal articles

Scientific and review papers

• Gašparović, B., Lampitt, R., Sudasinghe, N. & Schaub, T. (2023) Molecular-level evidence of early lipid transformations throughout oceanic depths. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 343, 49-63 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2022.12.021.

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• Levak Zorinc, M., Demir-Yilmaz, I., Formosa- Dague, C., Vrana, I., Gašparović, B., Horvat, L., Butorac, A., Frkanec, R. & Ivošević DeNardis, N. (2023) Reconstructed membrane vesicles from the microalga Dunaliella as a potential drug delivery system. Bioelectrochemistry, 150, 1-12 doi:10.1016/j.bioelechem.2022.108360.

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• Vrdoljak Tomaš, A., Šantić, D., Šolić, M., Skejić, S., Milinković, A., Cvitešić Kušan, A., Gašparović, B., Šestanović, S. & Frka., S. (2023) How do open coastal fire episodes' impact sea surface microlayerneuston communities?. Science of the total environment, 861, 160593, 10 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160593.

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• Penezić, A., Drozdowska, V., Novak, T. & Gašparović, B. (2022) Distribution and characterization of organic matter within the sea surface microlayer in the Gulf of Gdańsk. Oceanologia, 64 (4), 631-650 doi:10.1016/j.oceano.2022.05.003.

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• Flanjak, L., Vrana, I., Cvitešić Kušan, A., Godrijan, J., Novak, T., Penezić, A. & Gašparović, B. (2022) The effects of high temperatures and nitrogen availability on the growth and composition of the marine diatom Chaetoceros pseudocurvisetus. Journal of experimental botany, 73 (12), 4250-4265 doi:10.1093/jxb/erac145.

  doi

• Vrana, I., Bakija Alempijević, S., Novosel, N., Ivošević DeNardis, N., Žigon, D., Ogrinc, N. & Gašparović, B. (2022) Hyposalinity induces significant polar lipid remodeling in the marine microalga Dunaliella tertiolecta (Chlorophyceae). Journal of applied phycology, 34, 1457-1470 doi:10.1007/s10811-022-02745-8.

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• Novosel, N., Mišić Radić, T., Levak Zorinc, M., Zemla, J., Lekka, M., Vrana, I., Gašparović, B., Horvat, L., Kasum, D., Legović, T., Žutinić, P., Gligora Udovič, M. & Ivošević DeNardis, N. (2022) Salinity-induced chemical, mechanical, and behavioral changes in marine microalgae. Journal of applied phycology, 34, 1293-1309 doi:10.1007/s10811-022-02734-x.

  doilink.springer.comdoi.orgfulir.irb.hr

• Kužat, N., Marić Pfannkuchen, D., Smodlaka Tanković, M., Baričević, A., Ivančić, I., Vrana, I., Gašparović, B. & Pfannkuchen, M. (2022) Morpho-physiological adaptations of Leptocylindrus aporus and L. hargravesii to phosphate limitation in the northern Adriatic. Scientific reports, 12, 2687, 20 doi:10.1038/s41598-022-06062-5.

  doiwww.nature.comdoi.orgfulir.irb.hr

• Grubišić, M., Šantek, B., Zorić, Z., Čošić, Z., Vrana, I., Gašparović, B., Čož-Rakovac, R. & Ivančić Šantek, M. (2022) Bioprospecting of Microalgae Isolated from the Adriatic Sea: Characterization of Biomass, Pigment, Lipid and Fatty Acid Composition, and Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity. Molecules, 27 (4), 1248, 27 doi:10.3390/molecules27041248.

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• Penezić, A., Gašparović, B., Cuculić, V., Strmečki, S., Djakovac, T. & Mlakar, M. (2022) Dissolved trace metals and organic matter distribution in the northern Adriatic, an increasingly oligotrophic shallow sea. Water, 14, 349, 22 doi:10.3390/w14030349.

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• Hao, Y., Zhu, Z., Fang, F., Novak, T., Čanković, M., Hrustić, E., Ljubešić, Z., Li, M., Du, J., Zhang, R. & Gašparović, B. (2021) Tracing Nutrients and Organic Matter Changes in Eutrophic Wenchang (China) and Oligotrophic Krka (Croatia) Estuaries: A Comparative Study. Frontiers in marine science, 8, 663601, 18 doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.663601.

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• Triesch, N., van Pinxteren, M., Frka, S., Stolle, C., Spranger, T., Hoffmann, E., Gong, X., Wex, H., Schulz-Bull, D., Gašparović, B. & Herrmann, H. (2021) Concerted measurements of lipids in seawater and on submicron aerosol particles at the Cape Verde Islands: biogenic sources, selective transfer and high enrichments. Atmospheric chemistry and physics, 21, 4267-4283 doi:10.5194/acp-2020-432.

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• Vrana Špoljarić, I., Novak, T., Gašparović, B., Kazazić, S., Čanković, M., Ljubešić, Z., Hrustić, E., Mlakar, M., Du, J., Zhang, R. & Zhu, Z. (2021) Impact of environmental conditions on phospholipid fatty acid composition: implications from two contrasting estuaries. Aquatic ecology, 55 (1), 1-20 doi:10.1007/s10452-020-09805-6.

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• Mucko, M., Padisák, J., Gligora Udovič, M., Pálmai, T., Novak, T., Medić, N., Gašparović, B., Peharec Štefanić, P., Orlić, S. & Ljubešić, Z. (2020) Characterization of a lipid-producing thermotolerant marine photosynthetic pico-alga in the genus Picochlorum (Trebouxiophyceae). European journal of phycology, 55 (4), 384-399 doi:10.1080/09670262.2020.1757763.

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• Galdies, C., Bellerby, R., Canu, D., Chen, W., Garcia-Luque, E., Gašparovic, B., Godrijan, J., Lawlor, P., Maes, F., Malej, A., Panagiotaras, D., Romera, B., Reymond, C., Rochette, J., Solidoro, C., Stojanov, R., Tiller, R., de Noronha, I., Uscinowicz, G., Vaidianu, N., Walsh, C. & Guerra, R. (2020) European policies and legislation targeting ocean acidification in european waters - Current state. Marine policy, 118, 103947, 13 doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103947.

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• Stolle, C., Ribas-Ribas, M., Badewien, T., Barnes, J., Carpenter, L., Chance, R., Riis Damgaard, L., Durán Quesada, A., Engel, A., Frka, S., Galgani, L., Gašparović, B., Gerriets, M., Hamizah Mustaffa, N., Herrmann, H., Kallajoki, L., Pereira, R., Radach, F., Revsbech, N., Rickard, P., Saint, A., Salter, M., Striebel, M., Triesch, N., Uher, G., Upstill-Goddard, R., van Pinxteren, M., Zäncker, B., Zieger, P. & Wurl, O. (2020) The MILAN campaign: Studying diel light effects on the air-sea interface. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101, 146-166 doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0329.1.

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• van Pinxteren, M., Fomba, K., Triesch, N., ..., Frka, S., Gašparović, B., ... & Herrmann, H. (2019) Marine organic matter in the remote environment of the Cape Verde Islands – An introduction and overview to the MarParCloud campaign. Atmospheric chemistry and physics, 20 (11), 6921-6951 doi:10.5194/acp-2019-997.

  doiwww.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.netdoi.orgfulir.irb.hr

• Liu, J., Hrustić, E., Du, J., Gašparović, B., Čanković, M., Cukrov, N., Zhu, Z. & Zhang, R. (2019) Net submarine groundwater‐derived dissolved inorganic nutrients and carbon input to the oligotrophic stratified karstic estuary of the Krka River (Adriatic Sea, Croatia). JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 124 (6), 4334-4349 doi:10.1029/2018JC014814.

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• Novak, T., Godrijan, J., Marić Pfannkuchen, D., Đakovac, T., Medić, N., Ivančić, I., Mlakar, M. & Gašparović, B. (2019) Global warming and oligotrophication lead to increased lipid production in marine phytoplankton. Science of the total environment, 668, 171-183 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.372.

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• Rickard, Philippa C., Uher, Guenther, Upstill- Goddarda, R., Frka, S., Hamizah Mustaffa, N., Banko-Kubis, H., Cvitešić Kušan, A., Gašparović, B., Stolle, C., Wurl, O. & Ribas-Ribas, M. (2019) Reconsideration of seawater surfactant activity analysis based on an inter-laboratory comparison study. Marine Chemistry, 208 (1), 103-111 doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2018.11.012.

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• Gašparović, B., Penezić, A., Lampitt, R., Sudasinghe, N. & Schaub, T. (2018) Phospholipids as a component of the oceanic phosphorus cycle. Marine chemistry, 250, 70-80 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0203634.

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• Smodlaka Tanković, M., Baričević, A., Ivančić, I., Kužat, N., Medić, N., Pustijanac, E., Novak, T., Gašparović, B., Marić Pfannkuchen, D. & Pfannkuchen, M. (2018) Insights into the life strategy of the common marine diatom Chaetoceros peruvianus Brightwell. PLoS One, 1, e0203634, 21 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0203634.

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• Gašparović, B., Penezić, A., Frka, S., Kazazić, S., Lampitt, R., Holhuin, F., Sudasinghe, N. & Schaub, T. (2018) Particulate sulfur-containing lipids: production and cycling from the epipelagic to the abyssopelagic zone. Deep-sea research. Part 1. Oceanographic research papers, 134 (1), 12-22 doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2018.03.007.

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• Novak, T., Godrijan, J., Marić Pfannkuchen, D., Djakovac, T., Mlakar, M., Baricevic, A., Smodlaka Tanković, M. & Gašparović, B. (2018) Enhanced dissolved lipid production as a response to the sea surface warming. Journal of marine systems, 180, 289-298 doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2018.01.006.

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• Mlakar, M., Cuculić, V., Frka, S. & Gašparović, B. (2018) Copper-phospholipid interaction at cell membrane model hydrophobic surfaces. Bioelectrochemistry (Amsterdam), 120 (C), 10-17 doi:10.1016/j.bioelechem.2017.11.004.

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• Gašparović, B., Penezić, A., Lampitt, R., Sudasinghe, N. & Schaub, T. (2017) Depth-related cycling of suspended nitrogen- containing lipids in the northeast Atlantic. Organic geochemistry, 113, 55-66 doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.07.008.

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• Mlakar, M., Pavković, S., Tumir, L., Vukosav, P. & Gašparović, B. (2017) Electrochemical characterization of biochemically active Cu(II) mixed ligand complex with histidine and cysteine. Electroanalysis, 29 (2), 392-397 doi:10.1002/elan.201600253.

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• Gašparović, B., Penezić, A., Lampitt, R., Sudasinghe, N. & Schaub, T. (2016) Free fatty acids, tri-, di- and monoacylglycerol production and depth-related cycling in the Northeast Atlantic. Marine chemistry, 186, 101-109 doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2016.09.002.

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• Ivančić, I., Pfannkuchen, M., Godrijan, J., Djakovac, T., Marić Pfannkuchen, D., Korlević, M., Gašparović, B. & Najdek, M. (2016) Alkaline phosphatase activity related to phosphorus stress of microphytoplankton in different trophic conditions. Progress in oceanography, 146, 175-186 doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2016.07.003.

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• Risović, D., Penezić, A., Čadež, V., Šegota, S. & Gašparović, B. (2016) Surface free energy tuning of supported mixed lipid layers. RSC Advances, 6 (57), 52475-52484 doi:10.1039/C6RA04926E.

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• Vukosav, P., Mlakar, M., Selmani, A., Bregović, N. & Gašparović, B. (2016) Electroanalytical characterization of Zn(II) complexes with D-mannosamine and Glycine in aqueous solutions. Electrochimica acta, 188, 671-678 doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2015.12.054.

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• Gašparović, B., Kazazić, S., Cvitešić, A., Penezić, A. & Frka, S. (2015) Improved separation and analysis of glycolipids by Iatroscan thin–layer chromatography–flame ionization detection. Journal of chromatography. A, 1409, 259-267 doi:10.1016/j.chroma.2015.07.047.

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• Gašparović, B., Frka, S., Koch, Boris : Zhu, Zhouyi, Bracher, A., Lechtenfeld, O., Neogi, S., Lara, R. & Kattner, G. (2014) Factors influencing particulate lipid production in the East Atlantic Ocean. Deep-sea research. Part 1. Oceanographic research papers, 89, 56-67 doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2014.04.005.

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• Penezić, A., Deokar, G., Vignaud, D., Pichonat, E., Subramanian, P., Gašparović, B., Boukherroub, R. & Szunerits, S. (2014) Carbohydrate-lectin interaction on graphene-coated surface plasmon resonance (SPR) interfaces. Plasmonics, 9 (3), 677-683 doi:10.1007/s11468-014-9686-3.

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• Penezić, A., Gašparović, B., Stipaničev, D. & Nelson, A. (2014) In-situ electrochemical method for detecting freely dissolved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in waters. Environmental chemistry, 11 (2), 173-180 doi:10.1071/EN13148.

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• Gašparović, B., Godrijan, J., Frka, S., Tomažić, I., Penezić, A., Marić, D., Djakovac, T., Ivančić, I., Paliaga, P., Lyons, D., Precali, R. & Tepić, N. (2013) Adaptation of marine plankton to environmental stress by glycolipid accumulation. Marine environmental research, 92, 120-132 doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.09.009.

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• Lechtenfeld, O., Koch, B., Gašparović, B., Frka, S., Witt, M. & Kattner, G. (2013) The influence of salinity on the molecular and optical properties of surface microlayers in a karstic estuary. Marine chemistry, 150, 25-38 doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2013.01.006.

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• Marić, D., Frka, S., Godrijan, J., Tomažić, I., Penezić, A., Djakovac, T., Vojvodić, V., Precali, R. & Gašparović, B. (2013) Organic matter production during late summer-winter period in a temperate sea. Continental shelf research, 55, 52-65 doi:10.1016/j.csr.2013.01.008.

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• Cunliffe, M., Engel, A., Frka, S., Gašparović, B., Guitart, C., Murrell, C., Salter, M., Stolle, C., Upstill-Goddard, R. & Wurl, O. (2013) Sea surface microlayers : a unified physicochemical and biological view of the air-ocean interface. Progress in oceanography, 109, 104-116 doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2012.08.004.

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• Ivančić, I., Godrijan, J., Pfannkuchen, M., Marić, D., Gašparović, B., Đakovac, T. & Najdek, M. (2012) Survival mechanisms of phytoplankton in conditions of stratification induced deprivation of orthophosphate: Northern Adriatic case study. Limnology and oceanography, 57 (6), 1721-1731 doi:10.4319/lo.2012.57.6.1721.

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• Gašparović, B. (2012) Decreased production of surface-active organic substances as a consequence of the oligotrophication in the northern Adriatic Sea. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 115, 33-39 doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2012.02.004.

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• Gašparović, B., Đakovac, T., Tepić, N. & Degobbis, D. (2011) Relationships between surface-active organic substances, chlorophyll a and nutrients in the northern Adriatic Sea. Continental shelf research, 31 (10), 1149-1160 doi:10.1016/j.csr.2011.04.010.

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• Frka, S., Gašparović, B., Marić, D., Godrijan, J., Đakovac, T., Vojvodić, V., Dautović, J. & Kozarac, Z. (2011) Phytoplankton driven distribution of dissolved and particulate lipids in the northern Adriatic (Mediterranean) : Spring to summer situation. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 93 (4), 290-304 doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2011.04.017.

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• Coldrick, Z., Penezić, A., Gašparović, B., Steenson, P., Merrifield, J. & Nelson, A. (2011) High throughput systems for screening biomembrane interactions on fabricated mercury film electrodes. Journal of applied electrochemistry, 41 (8), 939-949 doi:10.1007/s10800-011-0319-7.

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• Penezić, A., Gašparović, B., Burić, Z. & Frka, S. (2010) Distribution of marine lipid classes in salty Rogoznica Lake (Croatia). Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 86 (4), 625-636 doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2009.11.030.

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• Plavšić, M., Gašparović, B., Slađana, S., Vjeročka Vojvodić & Tepić, N. (2009) Copper complexing ligands and organic matter characterization in the northern Adriatic Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 85 (2), 299-306 doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2009.08.014.

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• Tepić, N., Gašparović, B. & Ahel, M. (2009) Multivariate statistical analysis of the distribution patterns of carbohydrates and surface-active substances in the northern Adriatic. Marine chemistry, 114 (1-2), 37-46 doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2009.03.005.

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• Gašparović, B., Frka, S., Kozarac, Z. & Nelson, A. (2008) A method for characterization of sea surface microlayer based on monolayer properties in presence and absence of phospholipids. Analytica chimica acta, 620 (1-2), 64-72 doi:10.1016/j.aca.2008.05.043.

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• Hai, N., Gašparović, B., Wandelt, K. & Broekmann, P. (2007) Phase transition in ordered porphyrin layers on iodide modified Cu(1 1 1): An EC-STM study. Surface Science, 601 (13), 2597-2602. (https://www.bib.irb.hr/302659).

• Gašparović, B., Plavšić, M., Bošković, N., Ćosović, B. & Reigstad, M. (2007) Organic matter characterization in Barents Sea and eastern Arctic Ocean during summer. Marine Chemistry, 105 (1-2), 151-165 doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2007.01.021.

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• Gašparović, B., Plavšić, M., Ćosović, B. & Saliot, A. (2007) Organic matter characterization in the sea surface microlayers in the subarctic Norwegian fjords region. Marine Chemistry, 105 (1-2), 1-14 doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2006.12.010.

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• Gašparović, B., Risović, D., Ćosović, B. & Nelson, A. (2007) The influence of frequency on fractal dimension of adsorbed layers. Electrochimica Acta, 52 (7), 2527-2534 doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2006.08.073.

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• Plavšić, M., Gašparović, B. & Ćosović, B. (2007) Copper complexation and surfactant activity of organic matter in coastal seawater and surface microlayer samples of north Norwegian fjords and Mediterranean. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 16 (4), 372-378.

• Mandić, Z., Gašparović, B. & Weitner, Z. (2006) Electrochemical reduction of Rh(bpy)(3+)(3) at Hg/phosphate electrolyte interface. Journal of electroanalytical chemistry (1992), 587 (2), 314-322 doi:10.1016/j.jelechem.2005.11.031.

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• Gašparović, B., Plavšić, M., Ćosović, B. & Reigstad, M. (2005) Organic matter characterization and fate in the subarctic Norwegian fjords during late spring/summer period. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 62, 95-107.

• Gašparović, B., Risović, D. & Ćosović, B. (2004) The simple electrochemical method for detection of 3d molecular reorientation in adsorbed layer of organic substances. Journal of electroanalytical chemistry, 573 (2), 391-398.

• Gašparović, B., Risović, D. & Ćosović, B. (2004) Complex voltammetric and fractal study of adsorbed layer's structure of pure Triton-X-100 and in mixture with o- or p-nitrophenol. Electrochimica Acta, 49 (20), 3383-3396.

• Risović, D., Gašparović, B. & Ćosović Božena (2003) Hydrodynamic influence on the fractal morphology of the linoleic acid adsorbed layer at the mercury/electrolyte interface. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engeneering Aspects, 223, 145-156.

• Gašparović, B. & Ćosović, B. (2003) Surface-active properties of organic matter in the North Adriatic Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 58, 555-566.

• Risović, D., Gašparović, B. & Ćosović Božena (2002) The impact of fractal geometry on permittivity and related quantities. Journal of Physical Chemistry B,, 106, 9810-9814.

• Gašparović, B. & Ćosović, B. (2001) Distribution of surface active substances in the northern Adriatic Sea. Marine Chemistry, 75, 301-313.

• Risović, D., Gašparović, B. & Ćosović, B. (2001) Fractal and voltammetric study of linoleic acid adsorption at the mercury/electrolyte solution interface. Langmuir, 17 (4), 1088-1095.

• Gašparović, B., Vojvodić, V. & Ćosović, B. (1998) Excretion of organic matter during an experimental phytoplankton bloom followed using o-nitrophenol as an electrochemical probe. Croatica chemica acta, 71 (2), 271-284.

• Gašparović, B., Kozarac, Z., Saliot, A., Ćosović, B. & Moebius, D. (1998) Physicochemical characterization of natural end ex-situ reconstructed sea-surface microlayers. Journal of colloid and interface science, 208 (1), 191-202 doi:10.1006/jcis.1998.5792.

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• Gašparović, B., Ćosović, B. & Vojvodić, V. (1998) Contribution of organic acids to the pool of surface active substances in model and marine samples using o-nitrophenol as an electrochemical probe. Organic geochemistry, 29 (5-7), 1025-1032 doi:10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00055-2.

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• Gašparović, B., Vojvodić, V. & Ćosović, B. (1997) Characterization of Organic Matter in Fractionated Seawater Samples Using o-Nitrophenol as an Electrochemical Probe. Analytica chimica acta, 338 (3), 179-190 doi:10.1016/S0003-2670(96)00500-4.

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• Gašparović, B. & Ćosović, B. (1995) Electrochemical Reduction of o-Nitrophenol as a Tool for the Rough Characterization of Organic Matter in Seawater Samples. Electroanalysis, 7 (12), 1136-1142.

• Gašparović, B. & Ćosović, B. (1994) Electrochemical estimation of the dominant type of surface active substances in seawater samples using o-nitrophenol as a probe. Marine chemistry, 46 (1-2), 179-188 doi:10.1016/0304-4203(94)90054-X.

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• Kozarac, Z., Ćosović, B., Gašparović, B., Dhathathreyan, A. & Mobius, D. (1991) Interaction of p-nitrophenol with lipids at hidrophobic interfaces. Langmuir, 7 (6), 1076-1081.

Conference proceedings papers

Scientific conference proceedings papers

• Pfannkuchen, M., Najdek, M., Godrijan, J., Đakovac, T., Korlević, M., Gašparović, B., Smodlaka Tanković, M., Baričević, A., Marić Pfannkuchen, D. & Ivančić, I. (2016) Mechanisms of phytoplankton succession across steep spatio-temporal nutrient gradients in the northern Adriatic. U: Rapport du 41e congres de la CIESM = 41st CIESM Congress proceedings = Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Médit., 41.

• Gašparović, B., Đakovac, T. & Tepić, N. (2007) SURFACE ACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND NUTRIENTS IN THE NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA. U: Briand, F. (ur.)Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Médit..

• Frka Milosavljević, S., Guigue, C., Goutx, M., Kozarac, Z., Ćosović, B. & Gašparović, B. (2007) Sea surface microlayer: fractionation and analysis. U: Briand, F. (ur.)Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Médit..

• Gašparović, B., Frka, S. & Kozarac, Zlatica, Nelson, Andrew (2006) Development Of Electrochemical Sensor For Sea-surface Microlayer Characterization By Use Of DOPC. U: Gojo, M. & Mandić, Z. (ur.)Proceedings of the 4th Croatian Symposium on Electrochemistry.

• Risović, D., Gašparović, B. & Ćosović, B. (2004) Application of fractal analysis to adsorption of organic substances. U: Gojo, M. (ur.)3rd Croatian Symposium on Electrochemistry.

• Gašparović, B., Risović, D. & Ćosović, B. (2001) Fractality of the Adsorbed Layer of Triton-X-100 on the Mercury Electrode and its Influence on the Oxido-Reduction Processes of o- and p-Nitrophenols. U: Gojo, M. (ur.)2. HRVATSKI SIMPOZIJ O ELEKTROKEMIJI.

• Gašparović, B., Saliot, A., Momzikoff, A., Fillaux, J., Vojvodić, V. & Ćosović, B. (2001) Biogeochemistry of organic matter in Mediterranean Sea surface films. U: Briand, F. (ur.)Rapp. Com. int. Mer. Medit. 36.

• Vojvodić, V., Ćosović, B., Cauwet, G., Gašparović, B. & Kodba, Z. (1999) Variability of surface active organic material in the northern Adriatic. U: Ecosystems research report No. 32. The Adriatic Sea..

• Gašparović, B., Vojvodić, V. & Ćosović, B. (1999) Chemical characterization of sea-surface microlayer by using electrochemical methods. U: Briand, F. (ur.)The role of sea surface microlayer processes in the biogeochemistry of the Mediterranean Sea.

Theses

Doctoral dissertation

• Gašparović, B. (1996) 'Characterization of dissolved organic matter in the seawater using o-nitrophenol as a probe', doktorska disertacija, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb.

Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers and Technologists

International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)

The Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM)

Croatian Chemical Society