Farmaceutski-biokemijski fakultet

University of Zagreb
Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry
since 1882

prof. dr. sc. Sanda Vladimir-Knežević

E-mail: svladimir@pharma.hr
Phone: 01 6394 791
Address: Department of Pharmacognosy
Marulićev trg 20/II, 10000 Zagreb

prof. dr. sc. Sanda  Vladimir-Knežević

Profile

Sanda Vladimir-Knežević, PhD is a Full Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacognosy. She teaches graduate courses Pharmacognosy 1, Isolation of Bioactive Natural Products, Introduction in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical care, as well as postgraduate courses Natural Products in Drug Research and Development and Pharmaceutical Essential Oils: Quality, Efficacy and Safety. Her major scientific interest is focused on isolation, characterization and biological effects of natural products that could be used in therapy or drug discovery.

EDUCATION

  • 1998. Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Postgraduate doctoral study, academic title: PhD, field of science: Biomedicine and Health (subfield Pharmacy)
  • 1993 University of Zagreb, Postgraduate study, academic title: MSc, field of science: Natural Sciences (subfield Chemistry)
  • 1987 Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Graduate study Pharmacy, academic title: Master of Pharmacy

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • 2012-today Full Professor at Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb
  • 2008-2012 Associate Professor at Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb
  • 2002-2008 Assistant Professor at Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb
  • 1999-2002 Senior Assistant at Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb
  • 1992-1999 Assistant at Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb
  • 1989-1992 Young Researcher at Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb
  • 1987-1989 Pharmacist intern at City Pharmacies Zagreb

INTERNSHIPS

  • 2012-2014 several short-term stays at Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Karl-Franzens-University (Austria)
  • 2005-2006; 2009-2010 several short-term stays at Medical School, University of Pecs (Hungary)

PROJECTS

Principal investigator:

  • 2014 Investigation of biomedical potential of plant secondary metabolites; Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia and University of Zagreb
  • 2013 Phytochemical characterization and biological effects of traditional medicinal plants; Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia and University of Zagreb
  • 2012-2013 Croatian-Austrian bilateral scientific project Investigations of herbal medicinal products and pure natural compounds for prevention and treatment of aging disease; Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research
  • 2007-2013 Bioactive natural products: isolation, characterization and biological effects; Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia

Participating investigator:

  • 2013-2017 FP7 project RegPot INTEGRA-Life Integrating research in molecular life sciences at the University of Zagreb
  • 2009-2012 Croatian-Hungarian bilateral project Endothelin axis and antioxidants and malignant tumours; Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • 2007-2013 Endothelin system and antioxidants in malignant tumours, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports
  • 2005-2007 Croatian-Hungarian bilateral project Effects of antioxidants and ochratoxin A-induced toxicity; Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • 2002-2004 Investigaton of bioactive compounds and biological effects of medicinal plants; Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia
  • 1997-2001 Investigation of Croatian medicinal plants; Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia
  • 1993-1996 Investigation of biologically active compounds of Croatian medicinal plants; Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia
  • 1989-1993 Investigation of active principles of medicinal plants originating from Croatia; Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

  • 2005 Diploma of Croatian Pharmaceutical Society for a significant contribution to pharmacy profession
  • 2008. Award of Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry for the best evaluated teacher

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Croatian Pharmaceutical Society
  • Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research
  • European Society of Oncology Pharmacy

OTHER

  • 2009-2014 Head of Centre for Applied Pharmacy
  • 2002-2014 President of the Section for Phytopharmacy of Croatian Pharmaceutical Society

The works included in the Croatian scientific bibliography (CROSBI)