Gordana Kralik
Professor emerita
Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek; Nutricin j.d.o.o.
Born: 1943

Education:
Year of awarding PhD degree: 1976 – PhD in Technical sciences, Food technology/Food chemistry; 1985 – PhD in Biotechnical sciences/Agronomy

Business address: 
Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, 31000 Osijek
Nutricin j.d.o.o., Đure Đakovića 6, 31326 Darda

e-mail address: gkralik@fazos.hr

Academy membership: Emeriti member
Year of admission to HATZ: 2009
Affiliation with the Academy Department: Department of bioprocess engineering 

Professional activities

Leading of scientific and/or professional projects:

• Head of researches of Element 5 ” Enrichment of eggs with functional ingredients (omega-3 fatty acids, luteinom, vitamin E and selenium)” and Element 6 “Enrichment of chicken meat with functional ingredients (carnosine, omega-3 fatty acids and selenium)” that are parts of research unit „Research, Production and Medical Testing of Functional Food”, within the project “The Scientific Center of Excellence for Personalized Health Care” financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds (grant #KK.01.1.1.01.0010) and Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia, 2017-2022
• Norwegian project No. 7 „Reorientation od academic education in agriculture in SE Europe – Curriculum development in animal breeding and animal husbandry“ in bay of Norwegian – south-eastern Europe (SEE) Programme “Institutional Collaboration Between Academic Institutions in Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine In Norway and Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia & Montenegro” 2006-2009
• “Innovative technology to competitive production of table eggs”, VIP Project, Ministry of Agriculture, 2012-2014
• „Enrichment of eggs with functional ingredients“– Business Innovation Agency of the Republic of Croatia (BICRO), 2012-2013    
• Carnosine – Functional Ingredient in Poultry Meat” – technological research and developmental project, jointly realized by the Croatian Institute of Technology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek and Technology Development Center Osijek; co-financed by the Osijek-Baranja County, 2009-2012
• Growth specificities of pigs and poultry and quality of products (No. 079-0790566-0567), project of Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, 2006-2014
• “Omega chickens” (No. TP-03/0079-01), technological project of Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, 2005-2007
• “Ecological pig production on family farms” – VIP project of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, 2003-2005
• “Growth characteristics and quality of poultry and pig meat» (No. 0079020), project of Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, 2001-2005
• Utilization of growth capacity of pigs and poultry in the aim of enhancing the quality of the meat” (No. 079110), Project of Ministry of Science and Technology, 1995-2000

Area of scientific and professional interest:

• Biotechnical sciences
• Zootechnics
• Animal products
• Functional food

Memberships in scientific or professional associations:

• Member of the World’s Poultry Science Association (WPSA)
• Member of the Croatian Society of Agronomists
• Member of Croatian Genetic Society

Awards or recognitions:

• Acknowledgement for za innovation UNO and QUARTET eggs enriched with functional ingredients at 11^th BE IDEAL^R Exhibition of Inventions of Prototypes and Student Business Plans and at the 40^th INOVA^R Croatian Innovation Exhibition with International participation Croatian, Association of Inventors Entrepreneurs, Tera Tehnopolis Ltd. Osijek and Croatian Association of Innovators,  2015
• State Award for Science 2012 – Lifetime Achievement Award for overall scientific research work within the field of Biotechnical Sciences, 2013
• Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding career achievements in science and education, awarded by the Osijek-Baranya County, 2013
• State Award for Science for 2009 – application of the scientific-research results in Biotechnical sciences, 2010
• Medal “Order of Croatian Danica with a figure of Ruđer Bošković”, awarded by the President of the Republic of Croatia, 2007

Bibliography:

Gordana Kralik – bib.irb.hr