Prof Dr Irena Colic Baric is a full professor with permanent occupation at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, where she graduated, obtained MSc and PhD in the field of Biotechnology. She established the undergraduate and graduate study of Nutrition, whose head has been for 9 years. She is the coordinator of the postgraduate PhD study of Nutrition.
She has supervised more than 20 doctoral, master’s and postgraduate specialist thesis and more than 100 undergraduate and graduate scientific papers.
She was the coordinator/associate at more than 20 national and international scientific and expert projects and is author/co-author of more than 80 scientific papers. Last 10 years, she has been collaborating on various projects with the food industry. During her professional carrier, she obtained experience at universities in the United States and Europe. She is a member of the working groups in the ministries and agencies, and editorial boards in scientific and professional journals in the field of food, nutrition and health.
She has been active in the Croatian Food Agency since 2005 to date. She has been for 8 years chair of the Scientific Panel for Nutrition, Allergens and Food for Special Dietary Needs. Since 2007, she is a member of the EFSA Working Group on Food Consumption Data.