Anita Šalić, PhD was born on 1984 in Banja Luka. She graduated from General secondary school in Zagreb. In 2003, she enrolled in studies of Biotechnology and Molecular Biotechnology at the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb. She graduated in 2009 with a BSc in Biotechnology and another in Molecular Biotechnology. Since 2009 till 2022 she was working in the Department of Reaction Engineering and Catalysis at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb (Faculty) as a scientific assistant. In 2009, she enrolled postgraduate study Chemical Engineering at same Faculty. She graduated in 2015 and received her PhD in area of Technical Science in the scientific field of Chemical Engineering. In 2023 she was elected assistant professor at the Faculty, Department of Thermodynamics, Mechanical Engineering and Energy, Department of Process Engineering, Laboratory of Measurements, Automation and Regulation.

During her research work at the Faculty, she has co-authored 37 original scientific papers, 11 review papers, 1 professional paper, 2 papers in other journals and 4 book chapters. She has actively participated in several national and international scientific conferences where she has delivered 69 presentations (three invited). According to WoS, her papers have been cited 427 times with an h-index 13.

She co-edited of 3 proceedings (two international and one domestic conference) and was a member of the scientific and/or organizing committee of four international and three domestic conferences. In 2012, she spent three months at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Slovenia.

For her work so far, she received the Young Chemical Engineer Award represented by the Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers and Technologists for distinguished scientific contribution in the field of chemical engineering in 2014 and Annual Award of the Society of University Teachers and Other Scientists in Zagreb for the Young Scientists and Artists in 2014. In 2017 she receives recognition as one of the winners of the “Influential Croatian Women” Award in the science category from the Network of Croatian Women. In 2019 she received the Croatian Annual Award for Science for young scientist in the field of technical sciences. In 2021 she was awarded with the Ivan Plotnikov Prize which is awarded to the best young scientist of the Faculty.

She is a member of the Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers and Technologists, the Society of University Teachers and Other Scientists in Zagreb, and the European Society for Applied Biocatalysis. She is a member of the Review Editor Board of Microfluidic Engineering and Process Intensification, a section of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, and a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Kemija u industriji.

Anita Šalić is mother of three children.

1. Šibalić, Darijo; Šalić, Anita; Zelić, Bruno; Tran, Nghiep Nam; Hessel, Volker; Nigam, Krishna D.P.; Tišma, Marina. Synergism of ionic liquids and lipases for lignocellulosic biomass valorization. Chemical engineering journal, 461 (2023), 142011, 17. IF = 16,774/2021, Q1

2. Šalić, Anita; Ljubić, Anabela; Marčinko, Tomislav; Jurinjak Tušek, Ana; Cvjetko Bunalo, Marina; Tišma, Marina; Zelić, Bruno. Shifting the natural deep eutectic solvents based liquid lipase extraction from batch to continous for more efficient process performance. Journal of cleaner production, 405 (2023), 136899, 14. IF = 11,072/2021, Q1

3. Gojun, Martin; Šalić, Anita; Zelić, Bruno. Integrated microsystems for lipase-catalysed biodiesel production and glycerol removal by extraction or ultrafiltration. Renewable Energy, 180 (2021) 213-221. IF = 8,634/2021, Q1

4. Jurinjak Tušek, Ana; Šalić, Anita; Valinger, Davor; Jurina, Tamara; Benković, Maja; Gajdoš Kljusurić, Jasenka; Zelić, Bruno. The power of microsystem technology in the food industry – going small makes it better. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 68 (2021) 102613 (18). IF = 7,104/2021, Q1

5. Šalić, Anita; Jurinjak Tušek, Ana; Gojun, Martin; Zelić, Bruno. Biodiesel purification in microextractors: choline chloride based deep eutectic solvents vs water. Separation and purification technology, 242 (2020) 116783 (9). IF = 7,312/2020., Q1

6. Sokač, Tea; Gojun, Martin; Šalić, Anita; Jurinjak Tušek, Ana; Zelić, Bruno. Purification of biodiesel produced by lipase catalysed transesterification by ultrafiltration: selection of membranes and analysis of membrane blocking mechanisms. Renewable Energy, 159 (2020) 642-651. IF = 8,001/2020, Q1

7. Tišma, Marina; Šalić, Anita; Planinić, Mirela; Zelić, Bruno; Potočnik, Martin; Šelo, Gordana; Bucić-Kojić, Ana Production, characterisation and immobilization of laccase for an efficient aniline-based dye decolourization, Journal of Water Process Engineering, 36 (2020) 101327 (10). IF = 5,485/2020, Q1

8. Šibalić, Darijo; Šalić, Anita; Zelić, Bruno; Tran, Nghiep Nam; Hessel, Volker; Tišma, Marina. A new spectrophotometric assay for measuring the hydrolytic activity of lipase from Thermomyces lanuginosus: a kinetic modeling. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 8 (2020) 4818-4826. IF = 8,198/2020., Q1

9. Šalić, Anita; Jurinjak Tušek, Ana; Sander, Aleksandra; Zelić, Bruno. Lipase catalysed biodiesel synthesis with integrated glycerol separation in continuously operated microchips connected in series. New Biotechnology, 47 (2018) 80-88. IF = 3,739/2018., Q1

1. Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers, member

2. Technologists, the Society of University Teachers and Other Scientists in Zagreb, member

3. European Society for Applied Biocatalysis, member

4.  European Society of Biochemical Engineering Sciences, member

Project leader

1. Continuous protein extraction in a microextractor by aqueous two-phase systems promoted with natural deep eutectic solvents: from waste to valuable product(s); PhosAgro/UNESCO/IUPAC research grant in green chemistry for young scientists, 2022.-2023.

Project leader on the institution

1. Bridging the Gap Between Biotechnology and Industry:Integrating Design Thinking and Flipped Learning; Erasmus+ projekt, 2022. - 2024. Coordinator: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Turkey

Team member on projects

1. Biocatalysts and biotransformations; MSES, Republic of Croatia; Project leader: Prof. Đurđa Vasić-Rački, PhD; 2006 – 2013

2. Sustainable bioseparation processes; founding: CSF; Project leader: Prof. Bruno Zelić, PhD; 2009 – 2012

3. Development of integrated microsystem for biocatalytic biodizel production, CSF; Project leader: Prof. Bruno Zelić, PhD; 2017– 2021

4. Development of Tehnix plant for bioreactor composting of biodegradable municipal waste, IRI; Project leader: Prof. Bruno Zelić, PhD; 2017– 2021

5. Bioconversion of lignocellulosic material into high-value animal feed, IRI; Project Leader: prof. Mirela Planinić, PhD; 2019-2022

6. Integrated micro-system for enzymatic biohydrogen production, CSF; Project leader: Prof. Bruno Zelić, PhD; 2023– 2027

2022 - today Assistant Professor, Department of Thermodynamics, Mechanical Engineering and Energy, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb

2015 - 2022,  Scientific Assistant in postdoctoral position, Department for Reaction Engineering and Catalysis, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb

2009 - 2015, Scientific Assistant in the assistant position, Department for Reaction Engineering and Catalysis, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb