Ivana Čorak, Ph.D., Assistant

Personal data 

1^st March 1992, Slavonski Brod

Web links

• CRORIS
• Google Scholar
• Research Gate
• ORCID

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 - 2024 - postgraduate doctoral study program Textile Science and Technology, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology; doctoral dissertation " Bio-innovated polyester material aimed for use in a hospital environment", mentor: Anita Tarbuk

Employment and titles

• 2016 - 2019 - Boxmark Leather d.o.o., QS
• 2019 - 2023 - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology, Assistant on the project
• 2023 - 2025 - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology, Assistant 
• 2025. - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology, Senior assistant 

Scientific specialisation and research stays abroad

• 2023. Erasmus+ projekt GreenTex, International Summer School, Aveiro, Portugal (5 days)
• 2023. Textile & Garment Technology Exhibition, ITMA 2023., Milan, Italy  (4 days)
• 2021. TFL - Faculty of Technology in Leskovac, University of Niš, Serbia, Scientific training outside Croatia 4 days)
• 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

Teaching activity

• The theory of textile finishing
• Textile dyeing and printing
• Colour theory
• Textile dyeing
• Colour metric
• Basics of colour metrics
• Special printing methods
• Textile printing

Research

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

Area of special research interest

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

Scientific-professional work

• 1 book chapter

• 14 original scientific papers in the journal

• 2 review paper (scientific) in the journal

• 2 reviews

• 2 professional papers in the magazine

• 19 original scientific papers from the conference

• 1 review paper (professional) from the conference  

• 3 review papers (scientific) from the conference

• 3 extended summaries of presentations from the conference

• 7 summaries of presentations from the conference

List of key scientific papers

• Kodrić, Marija; Đorđević, Dragan; Tarbuk, Anita; Islam, Shahidul; Čorak, Ivana; Đorđević, Suzana; Motaleb, K. Z. M. Abdul
  Chemical Modification of Polyester Knitted Fabric with Ultrasound to Improve Hydrophilicity and Wettability // Fibers and polymers, 26 (2025), 7; doi: 10.1007/s12221-025-01001-3

• Čorak, Ivana; Tarbuk, Anita; Flinčec Grgac, Sandra; Dekanić, Tihana
  Bio-Innovative Modification of Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) Fabric Using Enzymes and Chitosan // Polymers, 16 (2024), 17; 2532-22. doi: 10.3390/polym16172532

• Čorak, Ivana; Tarbuk, Anita; Dekanić, Tihana; Sikorski, Dominik; Draczyński, Zbigniew
  The Functionalization of Activated Polyester Fabrics with Chitosan—Changes in Zeta Potential and Moisture Management // Materials, 17 (2024), 23; 5987-19. doi: 10.3390/ma17235987

• Flinčec Grgac, Sandra ; Tesla, Tea ; Čorak, Ivana ; Žuvela Bošnjak, Franka
  Hydrothermal Synthesis of Chitosan and Tea Tree Oil on Plain and Satin Weave Cotton Fabrics // Materials, 15 (2022), 14; 5034, 17. doi: 10.3390/ma15145034

• Čorak, Ivana ; Brlek, Iva ; Sutlović, Ana ; Tarbuk, Anita
  Natural Dyeing of Modified Cotton Fabric with Cochineal Dye // Molecules, 27 (2022), 3; 1100, 13. doi: 10.3390/molecules27031100

• Flinčec Grgac, Sandra ; Jablan, Jasna ; Inić, Sara ; Malinar, Rajna ; Kovaček, Ivančica ; Čorak, Ivana
  The effect of ultrasonic treatment on the binding of the inclusion complex β-cyclodextrin-peppermint oil with cellulose material // Materials, 15 (2022), 2; 470, 13. doi: 10.3390/ma15020470

• Glogar, Martinia Ira ; Dekanić, Tihana ; Tarbuk, Anita ; Čorak, Ivana ; Labazan, Petra
  Influence of Cotton Cationization on Pigment Layer Characteristics in Digital Printing // Molecules, 27 (2022), 4; 1418, 14. doi: 10.3390/molecules27041418

• Čorak, Ivana ; Tarbuk, Anita ; Đorđević, Dragan ; Višić, Ksenija ; Botteri Lea
  Sustainable Alkaline Hydrolysis of Polyester Fabric at Low Temperature // Materials, 15 (2022), 4; 1530, 17. doi: 10.3390/ma15041530

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

Projects (collaborator)

• 01.02.2024. - 31.01.2028. - Erasmus+  Programme (ERASMUS) Partnerships for Innovation - Alliances (ERASMUS-EDU-2023-PI-ALL-INNO) Addressing Skills Gaps in the European Textile, Clothing, Leather and Footwear Industries, Emphasizing Equality, Innovation, and Resilience; acronym AEQUALIS4TCLF Blueprint project, (coordinator Prof. Dr. Dirk Vantyghem, EURATEX, Belgium, 19 partners from 11 EU countries, Legal representative/ contact person of partner: Prof. Sanja Ercegović Ražić, PhD,  University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology)

• Sustainable Design and Process in Textiles for Higher Education (GreenTEX)

  from Erasmus+ programa, Key activity2, Project No.: 2021-1-PL01-KA220-HED-000032201, 1. 1. 2022. – 31. 12. 2023. coordinator Lodz University of Technology, Poland. Partners: Technical university of Liberec, Czech Republic; Kaunas University of technology, Lithuania; University of Aveiro, Portugal; University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, Croatia, coordinator: A. Tarbuk; collaborator in the last year of the project

• 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-innovated polyester material aimed for use in a hospital environment from the "Project for the development of careers of young researchers - training of new PhDs" of the Croatian Science Foundation, HRZZ-DOK-2018-09-4254, 25^th April 2019 - 24^th April 2023
• Bio-innovated polyesters - bilateral Croatia-Serbia 2019-2021,from the program of the Ministry of Science and Education "Bilateral scientific research projects as part of joint Croatian-Serbian cooperation, partner: University of Niš, Faculty of Technology in Leskovac; leader prof. Ph.D. Dragan Đorđević

 Awards

• "Vera Johanides" Young Scientist Award for 2024 in recognition of significant personal scientific and professional progress and notable contribution to the field of research over the past five years, Croatian Academy of Technical Sciences, 2025
• 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