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Title: Associate professor
Function: Assoc. Prof.
According to the agreement with the students. Contact dkucic@fkit.unizg.hr.
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Dajana Kučić Grgić was born on December 4, 1986 in Rijeka. In 2010, she graduated from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology (FCET) at the University of Zagreb (UniZg). After graduation, she worked as an assistant at the Faculty of Graphic Arts at UniZG. In 2011, she returned to FCET, where she enrolled in the PhD study of Chemical Engineering. During the study, Dajana Kučić Grgić completed a three-month internship at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Maribor, Slovenia. On December 8, 2014, she successfully defended her dissertation Integration of Composting and Adsorption Processes. After that, Dajana Kučić Grgić continued her work at FCET as a postdoctoral researcher. In September 2018, she became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Ecology (at FCET). Considering the exceptional results she has achieved in teaching and in her scientific and professional work, Dajana Kučić Grgić was appointed Associate Professor on October 10, 2022, after only four years as an Assistant Professor.
The scientific activity of Dajana Kučić Grgić is related to biological treatment of waste streams, especially bioremediation of water contaminated with xenobiotics and waste composting, as well as in vitro ecotoxicological testing and development of biodegradable and compostable materials. She has been involved as a collaborator on eight national and international projects. She has published 59 scientific papers in scientific journals indexed in WoSCC (Web of Science Core Collection), 4 scientific papers in scientific journals represented in other bibliographic databases, and 29 scientific peer-reviewed papers in conference proceedings. She was co-editor of conference proceedings, book of abstracts, and has been guest editor of the Chemistry in Industry and Cabeq journals. Since September 2021, she has been editor-in-chief of the journal Chemistry in Industry. She participated in more than 45 international and national scientific conferences and gave several invited lectures. She reviewed more than 70 papers for prestigious international journals. In addition to her scientific activities, Dajana Kučić Grgić has carried out intensive professional activities and contributed to the development of the Croatian economy. She was or is the leader of numerous collaborations with industry and co-author of several conceptual projects and studies.
Dajana Kučić Grgić also actively participates in various areas of social life. She is the leader of several professional workshops within the framework of lifelong learning for children of preschool, school, high school and college age, as well as for employees of institutions dealing with water treatment and waste management issues. She regularly participates in activities organized by student associations. She has been a member of scientific and organizing committee of several international scientific conferences. She is a member of the Croatian Microbiological Society and the Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers. Dajana Kučić Grgić recieved Croatian Women of Influence Award 2023.
During her academic career, she has supervised four Rector’s Award-winning studies and 27 bachelor’s and master's theses. She is currently mentor of four PhD students in FCET’s Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry study.
The most important publications in 2021. - 2024.:
Head of the Department of Industrial Ecology
October 2023 - September 2025
Associate Professor
October 2022 -
Editor-in-Chief of the Croatian journal Chemistry in Industry
September 2021 -
Assistant Professor
September 2018 - October 2022
Head of the Department of Industrial Ecology
October 2019 - September 2021
Postdoctoral researcher
January 2015 - September 2018
Assistant
April 2011 - December 2014