prof. dr. sc. Irena Žuntar

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Irena Žuntar, PhD is a Full Professor, course leader of Toxicology of the independent unit of Toxicology. Her scientific research area is biomedical and toxicological.

Education:

• 2006 Specialist of Analytical Toxicology (Toxicology), Ministry of Health, Postgraduate specialist study program at Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb
• 2002 Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb, Postgraduate doctoral study, academic title: PhD, field of science: biomedicine and health
• 1998 Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb, Postgraduate study, academic title: MSc, field of science: biomedicine and health
• 1993 Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb, Graduate study of Medical Biochemistry, academic title: Graduate Engineer of Medical Biochemistry (Master of Medical Biochemistry)

Work experience:

• 1999-today: Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb
• 1993.-1999. Clinical Deprtment of Chemistry, Clinical Hospital Sestre milosrdnice (research fellow and professional internship)
• March 1993.-August 1993. Volunteer at scientific project lead by dr. sc. B. Pokrić, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb
• 2016- today, Full professor
• 2011.– today, scientific title of scientific advisor
• 2010. – 2016, Associate professor
• 2005. – 2010. Assistant professor
• 2002. – 2005. senior assistant
• 1999. – 2002. assistant
• 1993. – 1999. research assistant

Visiting positions:

• CEEPUS scholarships, November 2001 - Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles Univerity of Prague, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Projects:

1. Molecular pathobiochemistry of hepatocyte proliferation (project ID: 3-01-253), principal investigator: prof. dr. sc. Elizabeta Topić, 1993.-1995. Junior Research Assistant. Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Zagreb, Croatia
2. Pathobiochemical processes in liver and effect on other organs (project ID: 134003), principal investigator: prof. dr. sc. Elizabeta Topić, 1995.-1999. Junior Research Assistant. Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Zagreb, Croatia
3. Pharmacobotanical and Chemotaxonomical Research of Medicinal Plants (project ID: 0006521), principal investigator: prof. dr. sc. Željan Maleš, 2002.-2006. Senior researcher. Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Zagreb, Croatia
4. Pharmacobotanical & chemical characterization of angiosperms of the Croatian flora, principal investigator: prof. dr. sc. Željan Maleš, 2007.-2013. Senior researcher. Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Zagreb, Croatia
5. Glutathione S-transferase and superoxide dismutase in ethiopathogenesis of various diseases (project ID: 006-0061245-0010), principal investigator: Assistant Professor Irena Žuntar, 2007.-2013. Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Zagreb, Croatia
6. RegPot, IntegraLife, 2013., EU international scientific project, Senior researcher
7. Interaction of glycoproteins with drugs, scientific project of University of Zagreb, Croatia, Potpora 1, principal investigator: prof. dr. sc. Mario Gabričević, 2013.-2014. Senior researcher
8. Hrvatsko-njemački bilateralni projekt MZOSa i DAAD, Učestalost diabetes mellitus tip 2 u hrvatskoj populaciji kao posljedica kronične izloženosti arsenu (Frequency of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 in Croatian Population after Chronic Exposure to Arsenic), 2015-2016., principal investigator dr. sc. I. Vinković Vrček, principal investigator: dr. sc. B. Michalke, Helmholtz-Zentrum München; voditelj:; Senior researcher
9. Uloga vitamina, minerala u tragovima i oksido-reduktivne ravnoteže u pretilosti, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Potpora 2015, voditelj prof. dr. sc. AM Domijan, kao istraživač
10. Bilateralni projekt hrvatsko-srpski, Novi aspekti potrošača, sigurnosti i kontrole kvalitete biljnih dodataka prehrani u Srbiji i Hrvatskoj (principal investigator M. Zovko Končić, FBF, and B. Božin, Medicinski fakultet Univerziteta u Novom Sadu), 2016-2017., Senior researcher
11. Istraživanje značajki inhibitora protein tirozin kinaze i histon deacetilaze u antitumorskoj terapiji, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Potpora 2016, principal investigator izv. prof. dr. sc. M. Jandrijević Mladar Takač, kao istraživač
12. Istraživanje značajki inhibitora protein tirozin kinaze i histon deacetilaze u antitumorskoj terapiji, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Potpora 2017, principal investigator izv. prof. dr. sc. M. Jandrijević Mladar Takač, kao istraživač

Awards and honours:

1. The award of The society of university teachers, scholars and other scientists in Zagreb, Society Annual Award for young scientists and artists, for scientific research paper in clinical biochemistry, biomedical science, which was published in the academic year 1998-99.
2. The award for the best work of young researchers, in 1996, 2nd Congress of medical biochemists, Pula, Croatia (Žuntar I, Topic E, Antoljak N. The hepatocyte growth factor exon 4 restriction polymorphism, Biochem Med 1997;7:107-118.)

Memberships:

1. Croatian Toxicological Society
2. The society of university teachers, scholars and other scientists - Zagreb
3. AMAC (Almae Matris Alumni Croaticae)
4. Croatian Chamber of Medical Biochemists, by the end of 2013.

Other:

• She is the author of several scientific and professional papers with students of Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb
• Mentor/comentor of several student works awarded by the Rector and Dean's Award
• Author of the university textbook „Introduction to Analytical Toxicology“ and several chapters in university textbooks of toxicological areas.