Academy Members

• Gymnasium, Osijek
• 1976 B.Sc. in Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Technology (Department for Food Technology), University in Osijek
• 1983 M.Sc. in Chemistry (Analytical Chemistry), Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Zagreb
• 1985 Ph.D. in Biotechnology, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb

• 1976 – 1979 Gymnasium, Osijek, Professor of the Chemistry and the Physics
• 1979 –  2019 Faculty of Food Technology, University of J. J. Strossmayer in Osijek
  • 1979 – 1987  Assistant
  • 1987 – 1992  Assistant Professor
  • 1992 – 1997  Associate Professor
  • 1997 – 2000 Full Professor
  • Since 2000 Full Professor  (second election)
  • 10/01/2007 – 09/30/2008 Seconded National Expert with EU Commission, Brussels, Belgium, DG RTD, Unit E.3: Food-Health-Well being
  • 10/01/2009 – …  Full professor (permanent)

• 1979 – 1987  Assistant
• 1987 – 1992  Assistant Professor
• 1992 – 1997  Associate Professor
• 1997 – 2000 Full Professor
• Since 2000  Full Professor (second  election)

• 1988 and 1989 USDA/ARS/ ERRC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA  (COCHRAN stipendija) / COCHRAN Grant
• 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998/99, 2000, 2001/2002  – USDA/ARS/ERRC,  Philadelphia, PA, USA
• 1998 and 2000, Stazione Sperimentale per l’Industria Dele Conserve Alimentari, Angri (SA), Italy
• 1996, 2001, 2005 i 2007, Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za živilstvo, Ljubljana, Slovenija / Biotechnology Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Membership and functions at scientific and professional societies

• IFT (Institute of Food Technologists), Chicago Ill, USA (1988)
• Editorial Boarad of magazine Food Technology and Biotechnology, Zagreb
• since 1993 member of CASA’s Scientific Council for Agriculture and Forestry
• Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers / Savez kemijskih inženjera i tehničara Hrvatske (HDKI), Zagreb – member
• Society of Chemists and Technologists Osijek   – member
• Technical Subcommittee on Fruit, Vegetables, Mushrooms and Products of the State Institute for Standardization and Metrology of the Republic of Croatia
• Working Committee for Science and Innovation within the Euroregion “Danube-Drava-Sava”(representative of the City Government of the City of Osijek)
• National (Croatian) Expert in SCAR (Standing Committee on Agricultural Research), EC, Brussels, Belgium (till  September 30 2007)
• Member in three different boards for documents,preparation for negotiations for enrolement in European Union
• United-Fresh, Alexandria, VA, USA (2003)
• Head of the Section for Food Industry of the Council for Technological Development of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (since 2003.)
• Associate Member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (1997-2006)
• Full Member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (May 2006)
• GHI (Global Harmonization Initiative) Ambassador for Croatia (May 2012.)
• ALLEA – ALL European Academies, representative of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts for the field of Biotechnical Sciences

• 1994 and 1997  USDA, USA: Certificate of Appretiation
• 2001.  Charter Award  for special contribution to the renovation and development of the Faculty of Food Technology in Osijek and on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of its founding, Faculty of Food Technology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
• 2011 – University of Ljubljana, Biotechnological Faculty, Slovenia – Certificate of Appretiation for long time cooperation and food technology development
• 2014 – Certificate of Appretiation for long time work in organization of Ružička Days Conference: Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers and Technologists (Vukovar, Croatia, 11th and 12th September, 2014)
• 2014 – Annual National Science Award of the Republic of Croatia for 2013 – Croatian Parliament, 27th October, 2014
• 2015 – Recognition “golden badge” on the occasion of participation in a scientific conference ”Valorizacija intermodalnoga logističkoga koridora Ploče-Mostar-Sarajevo-Vukovar (Srednji Jadran-Podunavlje)”, held on June 11, 2014 at the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb, with a lecture: Značaj i status te perspektive prehrambene industrije u RH nakon ulaska u EU, HAZU, Scientific Council for Transport, Zagreb, November 20, 2015
• 2017 – Acknowledgment for the vision and perseverance in starting the Entrepreneurship Center in Osijek. Letter of thanks was presented on the occasion of the celebration of 20 years of work of the Entrepreneurship Center in Osijek. Faculty of Economics Osijek, March 27, 2017 Z
• 2017 – National Lifetime Achievement Science Award 2016

Organizing acivities

• 1991 – 1994 Vice Dean of Faculty of Agriculture and Food Technology Vicedean PTF in Osijek (two terms)
• 1994 – 1998 Dean of Faculty of Agriculture and Food Technology Vicedean PTF in Osijek (two terms)
• 2002 – 2004 Dean of Faculty of Agriculture and Food Technology Vicedean PTF in Osijek (one term)
• 2005 – 2007, 2009 – 2014 Head of the Department of Food Technologies, Faculty of Food Technology, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek
• 2004 President of Organising Committee of the Meeting 11. Ružičkini dani
• 2009 – 2015 Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Croatian Journal of Food Science and Technology
• 2017 – 2021 Regional Scientific Council for Biotechnical Sciences (president)
• 2021 – Regional Scientific Council for Biotechnical Sciences (president)

Scientific and professional meetings

• Participation (81)
• Chairmanship (a numbers)
• Organizing (16)

Scientific projects

Scientific leader

• National projects (7)
• International projects (8)

Researcher on other projects

• National project (7)
• International project (4)

Professional projects

• Applicable Main Project (5)
• Fisibility Study – Technical Project (28)

Educational activity

Lectures

She was the Vice-Dean (1991-1994) and Dean (1994-1998, 2002-2004) of Faculty of Food Technology, University of J. J. Strossmayer in Osijek, and Supervisor of the Department of Food Technology (2005-2007 ; 2009-2014).

As a Professor of numerous of courses, at her faculty and other faculties (in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina), she has taught many undergraduate and post-graduate courses related to the food technology, fruit and vegetable processing and preservation, raw material of vegetative origin, food chemistry, development of new food products, rapid methods for detection in food, waste management in food industry, management in agribusiness.

For educational purposes she has issued, as a co-author, one book for students.

She was supervisor for 63 diploma degree holders (B. Food Eng.), 5 postgraduate students (M.Sc.) and 7 doctoral theses (Ph.D.) in the field of Biotechnology, Food Technology.

Theses defense committees (a numerous)

Publication editing

• Journals (5)

Bibliography

Vlasta Piližota – Croatian Scientific Bibliography CROSBI