Maja Starovič

MAJA STAROVIČ

young researcher

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+386 (0)5 9232 930

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Areas of interest:

Gelatinous zooplankton

Marine microbial ecology

SHORT CV

2013-2018:

Bachelor's degree in Food Science and Nutrition at the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana.

Bachelor's thesis: "Traditionally used medicinal and edible wild plants in the Alps and Karst as protection against intestinal diseases".

Advisor: Prof. dr. Sonja Smole Možina.

2016-2017:

Erasmus+ exchange in Food Technology at Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal.

2018-2020:

Master's degree in Food Biotechnology and Biorefining at Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands.

Master's thesis: "Metabolic interactions between Rhizopus oryzae, Rhizopus oligosporus and Propionibacterium freudenreichii in vitamin B12 enriched lupine tempeh".

Advisor: Prof. dr. Eddy J. Smid.

2021–2022:

Research Assistant at the Plant Protection Department, Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, working in nematology, bacteriology and plant protection.

2022-2024:

Research Assistant at the Microbiology Department, Acies Bio, Ljubljana. Research focused on industrial biotechnology, microbial ecology, nitrogen fixation and the development of microbial biopesticides and biostimulants.

2024-:

PhD student in Environmental Sciences at the University of Nova Gorica and young researcher at the Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Piran.

Advisor: dr. Tinkara Tinta.

Research focuses on the microbiome of gelatinous zooplankton.