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Dr. Nikolina Udiković Kolić

voditelj laboratorija Znanstveni savjetnik prvi izbor
Telephone
+385 1 468 0944
Internal phone number
1743
Address
Bijenicka street 54
10 002 Zagreb
Croatia
Curriculum vitae

Education

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

Research Areas

Specific research interests

Projects

a) Principal Investigator

  • 2024–2027: "Antimicrobial resistance surveillance via analyses of groundwaters", research project funded by the Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ)
  • 2020–2024: "Antibiotic resistance in wastewater treatment plants in Croatia – focus on extended-spectrum β-lactamases and carbapenemases", research project funded by HRZZ
  • 2022–2023: "Epidemiology of carbapenemase- and ESBL-producing colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from municipal wastewater in Croatia", bilateral Croatian-Austrian project, partner: Dr. Ivan Barisic, Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria
  • 2017–2019: "Exploring the link between environmental pollution with antibiotics and the development of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens", research project funded by the Adris Foundation
  • 2015–2018: "Impact of pharmaceutical industry wastewater on the composition and antibiotic resistance profile of exposed microbial communities in freshwater sediments", installation research project funded by HRZZ
  • 2015–2016: "Biodegradation of the macrolide antibiotic azithromycin and its impact on microbial community composition and structure in wastewater treatment plants", bilateral Croatian-German project, partner: Dr. Michael Schloter, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany
  • 2012–2013: "Antibiotic resistance on vegetable farms fertilized with dairy cow manure from antibiotic-treated cows", Fulbright Foundation fellowship project

b) Collaborator

  • 2021–2025: "Structure and function of microbial communities as the missing link in assessing the environmental status of coastal zones under anthropogenic pressure", research project funded by HRZZ
  • 2020–2023: "Potential of the rhizosphere microbiome for adapting agriculture to climate change", project funded by the European Structural and Investment Funds
  • 2021–2022: "Detailed characterization and antimicrobial activity of selected bee products against multidrug-resistant pathogenic bacteria", applied research project funded by the Croatian Paying Agency for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development
  • 2013–2014: "Identification and characterization of soil microbial communities resistant to the herbicide nicosulfuron", bilateral Croatian-French project
  • 2011–2012: "Development and evaluation of innovative tools to estimate the ecotoxicological impact of low-dose pesticide application in agriculture on soil functional microbial biodiversity", EU SEE.ERA-NET Plus project
  • 2007–2013: "Organic compounds as molecular markers of anthropogenic impact on the environment", project funded by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (Croatia)
  • 2005–2006: "Taxonomic, genetic, and physiological characterization of bacteria for atrazine degradation", bilateral Croatian-French project
  • 2002–2005: "Microbial communities as catalysts of biological transformations", project funded by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (Croatia)
  • 2002–2005: "Conceptual design of a biotechnological process for treating wastewater from atrazine production", technology development project

Awards and Achievements

2024, 2020, 2019 Annual Awards from the director of the Ruđer Bošković Institute for papers published in journals with high impact factor

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

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, 13th 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, 13th 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

Classes

2013-2024  Postgraduate course ˝Biotechnology in Environmental Protection˝ at the Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Study in Protection of Nature and Environment“ at the University of Osijek, Croatia

Publications - book chapters

Izvorni znanstveni rad

Publications - journal articles

Izvorni znanstveni rad

Pregledni rad (znanstveni)

Prikaz, osvrt, kritika

Publications - conference proceedings

Sažetak izlaganja sa skupa

Izvorni znanstveni rad

Kratko priopćenje

Prethodno priopćenje

  • Dželalija, Mia; Maravić, Ana; Fredotović, Željana; Šamanić, Ivica; Udiković-Kolić, Nikolina; Kalinić, Hrvoje | DE NOVO PLASMID ASSEMBLY FROM CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE IN CENTRAL ADRIATIC SEA // Book of Abstracts of 1st International Congress for Sustainable Ecosystems in the Mediterranean Area (STEcoMed2024) / Šimat, Vida ; Krželj, Maja ; Generalić Mekinić, Ivana (ur.). | Split: Sveučilište u Splitu, Sveučilišni odjel za studije mora, 2024. str. 65-65

Publications - Conference journals

Sažetak izlaganja sa skupa

Publications - Conference unpublished

Neobjavljeni prilog sa skupa

Publications - Graded papers

Diplomski rad (sveučilišni)

Doktorski rad

Membership in professional associations / societies

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

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