Assoc. Prof. Emilija Zdraveva, Ph.D.

 Personal data

• Date of birth 01/08/1983, Štip, North Macedonia

 Web links

• https://www.croris.hr/osobe/profil/29587

 Academic education

• 2016 Postoctoral study: University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology
• 2015 Doctoral degree: University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology
• 2009 Master degree: University of Ghent, Belgium
• 2006 Diploma degree: University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology

 Employment and titles

• 2026-today University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, assoc. prof.
• 2020-2026 University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, assist. prof.
• 2016-2020 University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, postdoc
• 2009-2015 University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, junior researcher

 Scientific specialisation and research stays abroad

• 04/2014-06/2015 - Deakin University, Insitute for Frontier Materials, Geelong, Australia
• 02/2013-08/2013 - Deakin University, Insitute for Frontier Materials, Geelong, Australia

 Teaching activity

• Composite materials - graduate study
• Mechanics of textiles - graduate study
• Mechanical material models - graduate study
• Mechanisms of textile machinery - undergraduate study

Supervision

• Supervisor of 12 Master theses
• Supervisor of 3 Bachelor theses
• Supervisor of 1 student's work for the Rector's award
• Supervisor of 2 student's work for the "Tehnologijada" award
• Supervisor of 1 student's tranieeship through the Erasmus+ program

 Research activity

• Technical Sciences, Textile Technology

 Scientific-professional work

• 6 editorial books
• 3 book chapters
• 13 scientific papers in CC journals
• 4 scientific papers in SCIE journals
• 11 scientific papers in other journals
• 1 professional paper
• 23 scientific papers in conference proceedings
• 11 abstracts in conference proceedings

 List of key scientific papers

• Zdraveva, Emilija; Gaurina Srček, Višnja; Kraljić, Klara; Škevin, Dubravka; Slivac, Igor; Obranović, Marko. Agro-Industrial Plant Proteins in Electrospun Materials for Biomedical Application. Polymers, 15 (2023), 12; 2684, 22
• Zdraveva, Emilija; Bendelja, Krešo; Bočkor, Luka; Dolenec, Tamara; Mijović, Budimir. Detection of Limbal Stem Cells Adhered to Melt Electrospun Silk Fibroin and Gelatin-Modified Polylactic Acid Scaffolds. Polymers, 15 (2023), 3; 777, 23
• Zdraveva, Emilija; Mijović, Budimir; Govorčin Bajsić, Emi; Slivac, Igor; Holjevac Grgurić, Tamara; Tomljenović, Antoneta; Zubin Ferri, Tea; Ujčić, Massimo. Electrospun PCL/Cefuroxime scaffolds with custom tailored topography. Journal of experimental nanoscience. 14 (2019), 1; 41-55
• Zdraveva, Emilija; Mijović Budimir; Govorčin Bajsić, Emi; Grozdanić, Vedrana. The efficacy of electrospun polyurethane fibers with TiO2 in a real time weathering condition. Textile research journal. 88 (2018), 21; 2445-2453
• Zdraveva, Emilija; Fang, Jian; Mijovic, Budimir; Lin, Tong. Electrospun Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Phase Change Material Fibers: Morphology, Heat Properties, and Stability. Industrial & engineering chemistry research. 54 (2015), 8706-8712
• Zdraveva, Emilija; Magovac, Eva; Mijović, Budimir. Elektroispredanje – značajna tehnika 21. stoljeća. Tekstil: časopis za tekstilnu tehnologiju i konfekciju. 65 (2016), 11-12; 397-409

 Projects (collaborator)

• Development of sustainable value added clothing (RoDv), Institutional research project, TTF-IIP-05,  01.10.2025.-30.09.2029., principal investigator: assoc. prof. Ksenija Doležal
• Biocompatibility and cell scaffolding assessment of silk fibroin based materials, MSES Croatian-Chinese  collaboration 2019-2022, principal investigators: assoc. prof. Igor Slivac (UniZg FFTBT) and prof. Tonghua Zhang (Southwest University, College of Textile and Garment)
• Development and thermal properties of intelligent clothing, ThermIC, IP-2018-01-6363, 01/01/2018-31/12/2022, principal investigator: prof. Dubravko Rogale
• Custom Tailored Fibrous Scaffold Prototype for Tissue Cells Culture via Combined Electrospinning, COMBOELECTROSPUN, IP-2016-06-6878, 01/03/2017-28/02/2021, principal investigator: prof. Budimir Mijović
• Ergonomic design of the worker-furniture-enviroment system (117-0680720-3051), principal investigator: prof. Budimir Mijović
• Development and implementation of professional practice at the Faculty of Textile Technology - RAST, UP.03.1.1.04.0024, 09.03.2020.-09.03.2023., principal investigator: assoc. prof. Goran Čubrić

 Work in scientific and professional associations

• Editor-in-chief of The Journal Leather & Footwear
• Croatian Ergonomics Society - secretary general, 2024-today
• Croatian Leather and Footwear Association - member
• TSRC board - member, 2019-2020
• Deputy Head of IRO TTF, 2017-2020
• Erasmus+ coordinator of IRO TTF, 2017-2020

 Acknowledgments and rewards

• 2012 - Acknowledgement for the work in the Organizational Committee of the world AUTEX 2012 conference
• 2011 - Award of the Textile Science Research Centre for scientific research work in the PhD students category
• 2007 - Dean's award for best graduate student