Contact: ivan.dolanc@inantro.hr , Phone: +38515535112
Academic and Scientific Degrees
- 2012 University of Split , University Centre for Forensic Science, Master of Forensic science
- 2010 University of Split, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Tehnology, title: Bsc Chemical Engineering
Work Experience
- January 2025 – obtained a Certificate for internal audit of the quality management system according to ISO 9001:2015
- 2024 – senior professional associate in the Quality Assurance and Improvement Unit, Institute of Anthropology, Zagreb
- 2023 senior professional associate
- 2020 – 2024 Administrator of the Centre for Applied Bioanthropology, Institute of Anthropology, Zagreb
- 2016 Professional Associate, Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb
- 2014 – 2016 CROATIA Health insurance
Work on projects
- 2024 – 2026 head of the INANTRO project team “Analysis of Accuracy of Media Articles (ATENA)” (NPOO C1.1.1. R6-I2, project leader: Gordan Akrap, PhD, Institute for Hybrid Conflict Research (IIHS))
- 2021-2022 “The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the determinants of food choice in the adult population of Croatia and Belgium (CFC CRO-BE)” (Co-PIs: Jose Luis Peñalvo, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen; Tamara Sorić, Psychiatric Hospital Ugljan) (international collaborative project)
- 2020-2022 “Unraveling Data for Rapid Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (unCoVer)” (HORIZON2020, project manager: Jose Penalvo, INANTRO project team leader: Miran Čoklo)
- Since September 2017, a member of the founding project of the Croatian Science Foundation’s Croatian Island’s Birth Cohort Study – CRIBS (UIP-09-2014, project leader Saša Missoni, Ph.D.)
- Since May 2017, a member of the research project HRZZ “Investigation of the balance of the microbiome of the colon – MicroEquilibrium” (IP-2016-06-3509, project leader Assoc. Prof. Antonio Starčević, PhD)
- 2010 – 2012 Member of Workgroup EduQuality – Education for Equal Opportunities at Croatian Universities
Scientific and Professional Work
- July 2022 – July 2023. Ministry of interior of the Republic of Croatia, scientific training in working with GC-MS and LC-MS/MS instruments
- 2020 In house training – GC-MS/MS Q-TOF i ICP-MS/MS
- 2019 Mayo Clinic Short Course on Epigenomics (Split, Croatia, 16th June 2019)
Organizational Skills and Competences
- 2021 member of the Organizing Committee of the International Scientific Conference “12th ISABS Conference on Forensic and Anthropologic Genetics and Mayo Clinic Lectures in Individualized Medicine”
- 2021 Secretary of the International Congress: IUAES Congress 2020: Coming of Age on Earth: Legacies and Next Generation Anthropology
- 2020 member of the Organizing Committee of the International Scientific Conference “15. International Conference of Auxology: Growth and Health – A Life Course Perspective (International Society for the Study of Human Growth and Clinical Auxology – ISGA)”, 2022, Šibenik.
- 2019 member of the Organizing Committee of the International Scientific Conference “11th ISABS Conference on Forensic and Anthropologic Genetics and Mayo Clinic Lectures in Individualized Medicine”
- 2017 member of the Organizing Committee of the International Scientific Conference “10th ISABS Conference on Forensic and Anthropological Genetics and Mayo Clinic Lectures in Individualized Medicine”
- 2017 member of the Organizing Committee of the scientific conference “Anthropology and Health”
- 2017 member of the Organizing Committee of the “School of Biological Anthropology”
- 2013 member of the Organizing Committee of the International Scientific Conference “8th ISABS Conference on Forensic and Anthropological Genetics and Mayo Clinic Lectures in Individualized Medicine”
- 2010 – 2013 member of the working group EduQuality- Education for Equal Opportunities at Croatian Universities
Laboratory skills and competencies
- DNA isolation from biological samples (whole blood)
- Inductively coupled plasma tandem mass spectrometry (ICP-MS / MS)
- Laser ablation (LA)
- Gas chromatography with Q-TOF mass spectrometry (GC-MS / MS Q-TOF)
- years of experience in the laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Split
Participation in writing / planning scientific and professional projects
- „EU Platform Against Disinformation (EU-PAD)“, HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-03 – Miran Čoklo, leader of INANTRO team, associates: Ivan Dolanc, Antonija Jonjić, Lejla Ferhatović Hamzić
- „Artificial Intelligence for Safe and Healthy LIFE (AISHLIFE)“, HORIZON-RIA:HORIZON-HLTH-2022-STAYHLTH-01-04-two-stage – Miran Čoklo, leader of INANTRO team, associates: Ivan Dolanc, Antonija Jonjić, Lejla Ferhatović Hamzić
- „Utjecaj crijevne mikrobiote na klinički tijek i ishod COVID-19 infekcije (MICROBIOCOV)“, Adris Foundation 2022. – Miran Čoklo, leader, associates: Antonija Jonjić, Ivan Dolanc, Jelena Šarac, Luka Bočkor
- „Toksikološko opterećenje metalima i kardiometabolička svojstva u otočnoj populaciji (METCAR)“ HRZZ IP 2022-10 – Miran Čoklo, leader, associates: Antonija Jonjić, Ivan Dolanc
- „Istraživanje utjecaja ranoživotnog ekspozoma na razvoj pretilosti i zdravlje djece (CHILDEXPOSE)“ HRZZ IP 2022-10 – associates: Miran Čoklo, Antonija Jonjić, Ivan Dolanc
- “Investigating the early-life exposome and obesity-related child health outcomes (CHILDEXPOSE)”. PI Saša Missoni, associates: J. Šarac, D. Havaš Auguštin, N. Novokmet, I. Šunić, L. Bočkor, M. Čoklo, I. Dolanc, A. Jonjić
- “Potential of toxicological burden analysis and genetic landscape of ACE2 to predict poor clinical course of COVID-19 using artificial intelligence (ToxiCov)” (leader: Saša Missoni, PhD), HRZZ, IP- CORONA-2020-04
- “Unraveling Data for Rapid Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (unCoVer)” (PI: Jose Penalvo, INANTRO PI: Miran Čoklo), HORIZON 2020.
- “National Platform for Combating Disinformation (NAPA)” (INANTRO PI: Miran Čoklo), 2020 CEF Telecom Call – European Digital Media Observatory (CEF-TC-2020-2) within the European Digital Media Observatory, EC
- “Toxicological burden analysis to predict poor clinical course and outcomes of COVID-19 (ToxiCov)” (leader: Miran Čoklo, PhD), HRZZ, tender IP-CORONA-2020-12
Research Interest: forensics, toxicology, population genetics, pharmacogenomics, forensic gentics
Membership in professional organizations and associations
- Croatian Society for Precision (Personalized) Medicine
- European Anthropological Association
- Croatian Society for Human Genetics
- Croatian Medical Association
- World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS)
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
- Matrix Croatica (Vinkovci Branch)
Positions within the Institute of Anthropology
- Since 2020. till 2022. Member of the Governing Board
- Since 2020. till 2024. Administrator of the Center for Applied Bioanthropology
- From 2020. Employer’s representative for safety at work
- Since 2016. Member of the Ethics Committee