Contact: vanda.pribacic.ambrozic@inantro.hr, +38515535136

Academic and Scientific Degrees:

  •  2012 – PhD in Biology, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Zagreb, Croatia, Thesis title: Population structure of the Island of Rab estimated by the analysis of complex phenotypic traits
  • 2007 – M. Sc. in Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Biological Anthropology, Thesis title: Anthropometrical Characteristics of the Population of the Island of Rab

Work Experience:

  • 2009 Senior expert associate, Institute for Anthropological research, Zagreb
  • 2001-2009 expert associate, Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb
  • 1999-2001 teacher of professional subjects, Veterinary High School, Zagreb
  • 1999 volunteer, Veterinary Clinic of the City of Zagreb

Work on projects:

  • 2007-2011 “Population structure of Croatia – anthropogenetic approach”, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia

Organizational Skills and Competences:

Organization of international scientific meetings (School of Biological Anthropology and Health) and congress:

  • 2010 36th School of Biological Anthropology: Anthropology – transition in the paradigm: population study to the search for disease genes, Zagreb
  • 2010 37th School of Biological Anthropology: The Vindija Neandertals and their place in History, Zagreb
  • 2009 34th School of Biological Anthropology: Advances in human evolutionary research, Zagreb
  • 2008 33th School of Biological Anthropology: Current Issues in Paleoanthropology: From Bones to DNA, Zagreb

Research Interest : Population structure, anthropometry

List of Publications – link

Teaching Experience:

  •  Faculty of Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia, undergraduate programme – assisting at courses: “Biological Anthropology” – main lecturer Academician Pavao Rudan
  •  Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb – undergraduate programme – assisting at courses: “Introduction to Anthropology” – main lecturer Academician Pavao Rudan
  •  Faculty of Forensic Sciences, Split: “Basic population genetics”-main lecturer Academician Pavao Rudan

Memberships in Professional Organizations and Associations:

  • Croatian Anthropological Society