RESEARCH AREA: Food and feed safety. Food chemistry with a focus on food functionality and safety. Development of extraction techniques and analytical methods (HPLC/DAD/ MS-MS) for the determination of bioactive compounds from different matrixes. Design of innovative products. Honey quality and safety.
RESEARCH AREA: Isolation, characterization and application of nutraceuticals. Food engineer specializing in meat technology. His research activities are focused on two main topics. The first one is related to technology, quality characterization, and standardization of traditional foods of animal origin. The second one is connected with the technological, nutritional, and sensory quality, safety, and shelf life of the meat products supplemented with plant-based functional materials. He is the co-author of over 250 scientific papers, several technical solutions, and five specifications for the protection of the designation of geographical origin of food products.
RESEARCH AREA: Isolation, characterization and application of nutraceuticals. Scientific research work focused on the quality, safety, and nutritional value of food plant products from the aspect of finding, formulating, and characterizing new functional products for the food industry. Research in the field of sugar industry is related to the quality of products, intermediate products, and by-products of sugar beet processing, with an emphasis on their application in fermentation, processing, and food technologies, as well as the application of said by-products in biotechnology.
RESEARCH AREA: Isolation, characterization and application of nutraceuticals. She is an expert in meat technology and certain parts of meat safety. Her research focus is on the creation of meat products with added value, their characterization, and the investigation of shelf life. Also, her research focuses on quality standardization and the protection of traditional food products.
RESEARCH AREA: Food and feed safety. Improvement and extending cold storage and shelf life of fresh fruit and vegetable by using contemporary technologies. Fresh fruit and vegetable quality analysis. Food mineral determination by atomic absorption spectroscopy.
RESEARCH AREA: Isolation, characterization and application of nutraceuticals. Application of environmentally acceptable solutions and standards in food and feed production. Safe use of waste deriving from agriculture and the food industry. Optimization in biodiesel production from food/agricultural waste and alternative plant species. Author of two national patents and several technical solutions for the production of highly nutritional food products and utilization of waste from the food industry.
RESEARCH AREA: Food and feed safety. Expertise in the area of microbiological food and feed safety. Antimicrobial activity of essential oils, plant extracts, and other natural compounds with a focus on the development of innovative approaches to control pathogens and extend the shelf life of food and feed products via novel and eco-friendly techniques.
RESEARCH AREA: Proizvodi na bazi zrnastih kultura za ishranu ljudi i životinja
RESEARCH AREA: Isolation, characterization and application of nutraceuticals. Application of innovative and traditional technologies to obtain functional products with added value and analysis of the quality and safety of food products. The design of innovative food products with the valorization of by-products of the food industry. Experience in cooperation with the industry on several R&D projects.
RESEARCH AREA: Isolation, characterization and application of nutraceuticals. Isolation of bioactive compounds and nutrients from various plant-based materials with special emphasis on green technologies for the valorisation of food processing by-products and agro-industrial waste. Experience in the development of value-added food products for special consumer categories (such as gluten-free products). Currently, research interest is related to improving the nutritional profile of various food products by using fat substitutes and incorporating plant-based proteins. Participant in a large number of international and national projects and author and co-author of several technical solutions. Quality assurance manager of an accredited FINSLab laboratory, with many years of experience in managing the department for instrumental analysis.