Ivana Čorak, mag. ing. techn. text., Assistant

Personal data 

1^st March 1992, Slavonski Brod

Web links

• CROSBI
• Google Scholar
• Research Gate

Academic education

• 2010 - 2013 - univ. bacc. ing., Textile Technology and Engineering, Department of Textile Chemistry, Materials and Ecology, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology; final paper on "Degumming of silk fibers with citric acid", mentor: Maja Andrassy

• 2013- 2015 - mag. ing. techn. text., Textile Technology and Engineering, Department of Textile Chemistry, Materials and Ecology, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology; graduate thesis on the topic "PET fabric modification by cutinase", mentor: Anita Tarbuk

• 2018 - 2019 - Pedagogic-psychological-didactic-methodical education; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Education, Department of Lifelong Learning

• 2019 - postgraduate doctoral study program Textile Science and Technology, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology

Employment and titles

• 2016 - 2019 - Boxmark Leather d.o.o., QS
• 2019 - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology, Assistant 

Scientific specialisation and research stays abroad

• 2021. (3 months) - Erasmus+ Student Mobility for Traineeship at Lodz University of Technology, Faculty of Material Technologies and Textile Design, Institute of Material and Commodity Sciences and Textile Metrology, Lodz, Poljska

Research

• Scientific Area: Technical Sciences
• Scientific Field: Textile Technology
• Scientific Branch: Textile Chemistry

Area of special research interest

• interface phenomena on textile
• textile for medical application
• enzymes in textile finishing
• polyester hydrolysis

Scientific-professional work

• 1 scientific paper published in journal quoted in other bases

• 1 scientific paper published in journal quoted in WoSCC

• 6 scientific papers published in International Conference Proceedings

• 1 extended abstract published in International Conference Proceedings

• 1 professional paper published in journal quoted in other bases

• 1 participation in a domestic professional meeting

List of key scientific papers

• Sutlović, Ana; Glogar, Martinia Ira; Čorak, Ivana; Tarbuk, Anita: Trichromatic Vat Dyeing of Cationized Cotton // Materials, 14 (2021), 5731, 18 doi:https://.org/10.3390/ma14195731 (međunarodna recenzija, članak, znanstveni)

• Čorak, Ivana; Dekanić, Tihana; Kašaj, Petra; Tarbuk, Anita: The optimization of di(cyanstyryl) derivative application to polyester fabric and its blend // BOOK OF PROCEEDINGS 13th International Scientific Professional Symposium TEXTILE SCIENCE & ECONOMY / Petrak, Slavenka ; Zdraveva, Emilija ; Mijović, Budimir (ur.). Zagreb: University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, 2020. str. 45-50 (ostalo, međunarodna recenzija, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni)

• (Tehnološki fakultet u Leskovcu, Univerzitet u Niš, Srbija) Tarbuk, Anita; Đorđević, Dragan; Flinčec Grgac, Sandra; Kodrić, Marija; Magovac, Eva; Čorak, Ivana: The influence of lipase surface modification to polyester crystallinity and absorbility // BOOK OF PROCEEDINGS 13th International Scientific Professional Symposium TEXTILE SCIENCE & ECONOMY / Petrak, Slavenka ; Zdraveva, Emilija ; Mijović, Budimir (ur.). Zagreb: University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, 2020. str. 33-38 (ostalo, međunarodna recenzija, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni)

• Čorak, Ivana; Dekanić, Tihana; Botteri, Lea; Tarbuk, Anita: THE INFLUENCE OF POLYESTER SURFACE MODIFICATION BY CUTINASE TO ITS ADSORPTION AND UV PROTECTION // PROCEEDINGS of 13th SYMPOSIUM „NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT“ / Lazić, Miodrag (ur.). Leskovac: Faculty of Technology, 2019. str. 119-127 (poster, međunarodna recenzija, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni)

• Čorak, Ivana; Pušić, Tanja; Tarbuk, Anita: Enzimi za hidrolizu poliestera // Tekstil : časopis za tekstilnu tehnologiju i konfekciju, 68 (2019), 7-9; 142-151 (međunarodna recenzija, pregledni rad, znanstveni)

Projects (collaborator)

• HRZZ UIP-05-2019-8780, HPROTEX: Hospital Protective Textiles, leader: Associate Professor Sandra Flinčec Grgac, PhD (15^th March 2018 - 14^th September 2023)
• Bio-inovirani poliesterski materijal za ciljanu primjenu u bolničkom okruženju iz „Projekta razvoja karijera mladih istraživača – izobrazba novih doktora znanosti“ Hrvatske zaklade za znanost, HRZZ-DOK-2018-09-4254, 25^th April 2019 - 24^th April 2023
• Bio-innovated polyesters - bilateral Croatia-Serbia 2019-2021, iz programa Ministarstva znanosti i obrazovanja „Bilateralni znanstveno-istraživački projekti u sklopu zajedničke hrvatsko-srpske suradnje, partner: Univerzite u Nišu, Tehnološki fakultet u Leskovcu; voditelj prof. dr. sc. Dragan Đorđević

 Awards

• Interim Dean's award for excellence at the postgraduate university study Textile Science and Technology in the academic year 2019/2020 on the occasion of the Faculty Day, January 25, 2021
• Textile Science Research Center Award for the scientific research work in the field of textiles in category I: for young researchers at the TSRC Day, September 24, 2021