Petra Petrović, mag. chem.

Biography

Petra Petrović, M.Sc. Chem. completed her undergraduate studies in chemistry in 2019 and earned her master's degree in chemistry (research programme: Analytical and Organic Chemistry) in 2021 at the same Faculty. Her master's thesis, titled "Suitability of Gold Nanoparticles for Sterigmatocystin Analysis by SERS Spectroscopy," was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Snežana Miljanić, Ph.D.

Since October 2021, she has been employed as an assistant at the Division of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. She participates in teaching Analytical Chemistry Laboratory 1 and 2 at the undergraduate level and Chemical Sensors at the graduate level.

In 2021, she enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Chemistry, specializing in Analytical Chemistry. Her research focuses on Raman spectroscopy, with a particular emphasis on Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS). She investigates nucleic acid structures and the interactions of DNA and G-quadruplexes with small organic molecules using SERS spectroscopy.

She is actively involved in organizing scientific events, including the PhD Student Symposium at the Faculty of Science, where she has taken on leadership roles in organizing committees. She is the author of one original scientific paper and multiple conference presentations and regularly participates in international and national conferences in the fields of chemistry and spectroscopy.

For her scientific contributions and active engagement in the academic community, she has received several scholarships and grants, including the ICORS 2024 grant, the University of Zagreb academic mobility grant, and a CEEPUS mobility grant.

Since 2021, she has been a member of the Croatian Chemical Society.
She is also the direct supervisor of two master's theses.

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