Emerik Leaković was born 1993 in Vinkovci, Croatia. He graduated 2018 at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology. He worked in two companies for three years. In 2021 he started to work at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology as an asistant on a Horizon 2020 project. In 2023 he spent two months in the AnalytiCon Discovery GmbH,  Germany.

Horizon 2020: Rapid discovery and development of enzymes for novel and greener consumer products, Radicalz (2021-2025), Coordinator:prof Aurelio Hidalgo, PI: Prof. Zvjezdana Findrik Blažević