Curriculum Vitae
Name: Neven
Surname: Zarkovic
Date of birth: August 25, 1960
Marital status: married, three children
Address:
Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Division of Molecular Medicine
Bijenicka 54, HR-1000 Zagreb, Croatia
Phone: 00385 1 457 234, fax: 00385 1 456 1010
E-mail:
Titles:
- M.D. - Medical Faculty, Zagreb - 1984
- M.Sc. - Faculty of Natural Sciences, Zagreb - 1986
- Ph.D. - University in Zagreb - 1989
Employment and Positions:
1984 - M.D. - Medical Faculty, Zagreb
1984/85 - Inner practice at the Clinical Hospital Centre, Zagreb
Since 1985 - Rudjer Boskovic Institute (RBI)
1986 – M.Sc. - Faculty of Natural Sciences, Zagreb
1986 - assistant 1989 - Ph.D. - University in Zagreb
1989 - senior assistant
1992/94 - postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Biochemistry of the University in Graz, Austria
1993 - research associate (assistant professor)
Since 1994 – permanent guest scientist at the Institute of Biochemistry of the University in Graz, Austria
1996 – associate researcher at the University Department of Neuropathology, Clinical Hospital Centre, Zagreb
1997 - senior research associate (associate professor) RBI
1998 - affiliate teacher Medical faculty, Zagreb
2000 - affiliate teacher Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Zagreb
2001 - head of Laboratory for Oxidative Stress RBI
2002 - senior scientist (full professor) RBI
2003/2004 - associate director for science RBI
2003 - RBI associate project co-ordinator for the co-operation with the World Bank
2003. - Initiator and author of the agreement on postgraduate studies between RBI and the Medical Faculty
2003 – Ph.D. study co-ordinator of the “Molecular Medicine” field of study within the Ph.D. study program "Medicine and public health" at the Medical Faculty in Zagreb
2003 - course convenor of the postgraduate course: ''Project Management in Science'' at the Medical Faculty in Zagreb
2004 - author of the agreement on postgraduate studies between RBI and Dubrovnik University
2004 - author of the agreement on graduate studies between RBI and the College for Business and Management "Baltazar Adam Krcelic", Zapresic, Zagreb
2004 - co-author of the co-operation agreement between RBI and Brodarski Institute
2004/2005 - Advisor to the acting director general of RBI
2005 – Counsellor for the international affairs at RBI
2005 - Affiliate lecturer at the College for Business and Management "Baltazar Adam Krcelic", Zapresic, Zagreb
2005 – Study director for the specialist studies in Project Management, joint study of the Rudjer Boskovic Institute and the College for Business and Management "Baltazar Adam Krcelic", Zapresic, Zagreb
2006 – Study director for the Ph.D. studies in Molecular Biosciences (University of Osijek, University of Dubrovnik and Rudjer Boskovic Institute)
2006 – Chairman of the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technical Research) Action B35 «Lipid Peroxidation Associated Disorders»
2006 - COST expert for Molecular Sciences - Domain Committee Biomedicine & Molecular Biosciences
2006 - National delegate to the COST Domain Committee Chemistry and Molecular Sciences and Technologies
2006 – Vice-chair of the Ph.D. Study Council in Biology of Neoplasms
- 2008. – National representative and the Board member of the European Association of Research and Technological Organisations (EARTO)
- 2008 – Co-founder and director of the Company „Ideje i projekti“ d.o.o.
- 2009 - Vice-chair of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Study Council, University of Osijek
- 2009 – College Professor of Economy (Administration & Management)
Projects:
- Principal investigator or project co-ordinator of 28 international and national projects – current national project is entitled “Lipids, free radicals and their messengers in integrative oncology”
- Co-ordinator of the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technical Research) Action B35 “Lipid Peroxidation Associated Disorders”
- Project reviewer for the: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports; Association for the International Research in Cancer (AICR); Cancer Research UK Project Grant Applications; Slovenian Research Agency; Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic and of the Slovak Academy of Sciences; EC/COST; World Cancer Research Fund International, European Science Foundation (ESF); European Space Agency (ESA); Grant Agency, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), French National Research Agency
Awards and acknowledgements:
- Sergey Saltikow Award for the best annual work in pathology – 1984
- Young Investigator Award, 10th European Immunology Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, 10-12 September 1990
- Postdoctoral Fellowship – Austrian Science Foundation 1992
- Lise Meitner Fellowship Award – FWF – 1993, 1994
- International Leadership Award - American Biographical Institute - 1996
- Member of the Research Board of Advisers of the American Biographical Institute - since 1997
- Chairman of the Scientific Session of the Croato-Austrian Society - since 1997
- Member of the Editorial Board of Acta Neurologia Croatica
– Member of the Editorial Board of Hungarian Medical Journal
- Member of the Advisory Board of Türkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences
- Co-Editor in Chief of the Clinical and Experimental Medicine Journal
- Member of the steering committee of the HNE-Club (International Society for Free Radicals Research) – since 2000
- Medal of the College of Business and Administration
- Award of the City of Zapresic 2007
- National award for excellence in scientific achievements 2007
- Emblem of the City of Zapresic 2009
- Peer reviewer for Wiley-Blackwell books and journals: Cancer Detection & Prevention, Free Radical Biology & Medicine, Indian Journal of Cancer, Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine, Chemotherapy, Biofactors, Nephron, General Physiology and Biophysics, Periodicum Biologorum, The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, Cancer Letters, Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Central European Journal of Medicine, FEMS Yeast Research, Europen Journal of Pharmacology, Free Radical Research, Gut, American Journal of Physiology, Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, British Journal of Pharmacology, European Journal of Cell Biology, Medical Science Monitor, Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry, OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, International Journal of Cancer, Redox Report, Life Sciences, Clinical Neurology Neurosurgery, Biological Trace Element Research, Talanta, Research in Sports Medicine, Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica, Cell Biochemistry and Function, European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Heart and Vessels, Cancer Biotherapy & Radiopharmaceuticals, Fertility & Sterility, Clinical and Experimental Medical Journal, Cell Biology International, European Surgical Research, International Journal of Biomaterials, Apoptosis, International Journal of Biomaterials , Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, Psychiatria Danubina,Tumor Biology
Memberships:
- Croatian Biophysical Society
- Croatian Immunological Society
- European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- The New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS)
- Society for Free Radical Research (SFFR)
Publications (until May 2011):
- Conference abstracts + 166 research articles (published or in press)
- > 1300 citations
- 50 publications cited for period longer than 5 years
- cumulative IF ~ 230, average IF ~ 2.2
- h-index 19 (according to the Google Scholar)
- cited by the National Institute of Health USA (NIH) and several other prominent medical/scientific organisations
THE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
1. Neven Zarkovic, Mislav Jurin, Zarko Danilovic (1986) Rast malignih tumora u jetrima koja regeneriraju. Libri oncol., 14: 89-100
2. Neven Zarkovic, Mislav Jurin, Zarko Danilovic (1987) Patohistoloska analiza interakcije tkiva tumora i koZe koja se regenerira. Libri oncol., 16: 111-116
3. Neven Zarkovic, Maja Osmak, Vjera Zgaga, Nella Lers, Mislav Jurin, Zarko Danilovic, Kamelija Zarkovic (1987) Prenosenje bez stanica spontanog misjeg melanoma B16. Libri oncol., 16: 117-121
4. Mislav Jurin, Neven Zarkovic (1988) Diferencijacija tumorskih stanica. U: Baltic V. (ur.): Onkogeni i faktori rasta tumora, Savez Drustava Vojvodine za Borbu Protiv Raka, str. 103-113
5. Neven Zarkovic, Hari Manev, Danka Pericic, Karolj Skala, Mislav Jurin, Anton Persin, Milan Kubovic (1989) Effect of semiconductor GaAs laser irradiation on pain perception in mice. Lasers Surg. Med., 9: 63-66
6. Neven Zarkovic, Igor Stipancic, Zoran Ilic, Tomo Saric, Maja Hrzenjak, Ivo Soldo, Mislav Jurin (1989) Immunomodulatory effects of GaAs laser irradiation in mice. In: Ming-Chien Kao ( ed. ) Proceedings of the 8th Congress of the International Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine, Taipei ´89, Taiwan, pp. 171-182
7. Ivo Soldo, Neven Zarkovic, Mislav Jurin, Zoran Ilic, Maja Hrzenjak (1990) Immunomodulatory effects of GaAs laser irradiation on tumor bearing mice. Period biol, 92: 148-149
8. Dieter Kissel, Mislav Jurin, Neven Zarkovic (1990) Über die kombinierte Tumorterapie - Eine experimentelle Studie über die Wirksamkeit von Viscum album. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Onkologie, 22: 134-136
9. Dieter Kissel, Mislav Jurin, Neven Zarkovic (1990) Über die zytostatischen und immunologischen Effekte von Viscum Album. Erfahrungsheilkunde Acta Medica Empirica, 39: 1-16
10. Neven Zarkovic, Kamelija Zarkovic, Mislav Jurin, Zoran Ilic, Ivan Zgradic, Zarko Danilovic, Alija GeZo (1990) Inhibicija rasta melanoma B16 izazvana regeneracijom jetara. Lijec Vjesn, 112: 80-85
11. Neven Zarkovic, Branka Salzer, Maja HrZenjak, Zoran Ilic, Greta Pifat, Igor Stipancic, Ivo Vuckovic, Mislav Jurin (1991) The effect of gallium arsenide laser irradiation and partial hepatectomy on murine skin wound healing and lipoprotein composition. Period biol, 93: 359-361
12. Neven Zarkovic, Maja Osmak, Đurđica Novak, Nella LerS, Mislav Jurin (1991) The influence of mouse sera, regenerating liver extracts and bacterial products on the abilities of different cells in vitro. Int. J. Develp. Biol. 35: 239-249
13. Neven Zarkovic, Greta Pifat, Branka Salzer (1992) The influence of liver regeneration and tumor growth on serum lipoprotein composition in mice. Period biol, 94: 53-58
14. Mislav Jurin, Neven Zarkovic, Maja HrZenjak, Zoran Ilic (1993) Antitumorous and immunomodulatory effects of Viscum album preparation Isorel. Oncology, 50: 393-398
15. Mirko KorSic, Neven Zarkovic, Kamelija Zarkovic, Vesna Plavsic, Martina Lovric, Zoran Ilic, Dunja Rogic, Mislav Jurin, Josko Paladino (1993) The relation of pituitary adenoma hormone levels determined by immunocytochemical detection and in tissue explant culture media to morphological studies and clinical events. Period biol, 95: 429-436
16. Neven Zarkovic, Igor Stipancic, Maja Hrzenjak, Zoran Ilic, Stjepan Kis, Ivo Vuckovic, Mislav Jurin (1993) The influence of liver regeneration on skin wound healing and lymphocyte growth features. In: Faist E, Meakins G, Schildberg H (Eds.) Host defense dysfunction in Trauma, Shock and Sepsis, Springer-Verlag, Berlin - Heidelberg, pp. 1085-1093
17. Neven Zarkovic, Zoran Ilic, Mislav Jurin, Rudolf Jörg Scahur, Herbert Puhl, Hermann Esterbauer (1993) Stimulation of HeLa cell growth by physiological concentrations of 4-hydroxynonenal. Cell Biochemistry and Function, 11: 279-286
18. Neven Zarkovic, Rudolf Jörg Schaur, Herbert Puhl, Mislav Jurin, Hermann Esterbauer (1994) Mutual dependence of growth modifying effects of 4-hydroxy-nonenal and fetal calf serum in vitro. Free Radic Biol Med 16: 877-884
19. Renate Wildburger, Neven Zarkovic, Harald Dobnig, Walter Petek, Peter Hofer (1994) Post-traumatic dynamic change of carboxyterminal propeptide of type I procollagen, alkaline phosphatase and its isoenzymes as predictors for enhanced osteogenesis in patients with severe head injury. Res Exp Med 194: 247-259
20. Renate Wildburger, Neven Zarkovic, Gerd Egger, Walter Petek, Kamelija Zarkovic, Peter H Hofer (1994) Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) immunoreactivity as a possible link between head injury and impaired bone fracture healing. Bone Min 27: 183-192
21. Neven Zarkovic, Manfred H Tillian, Rudolf Jörg Scahur, Georg Waeg, Mislav Jurin, Hermann Esterbauer (1995) Inhibition of melanoma B16-F10 growth by lipid peroxidation product 4-hydoxynonenal. Cancer Biotherapy 10: 153-156
22. Renate Wildburger, Neven Zarkovic, Walter Petek, Harald Dobnig, Ulrike Leopold -Wildburger, Franz Schweighofer, Peter H Hofer (1995) A possible early quantitative prediction of bone fracture callus volume according to the post-traumatic increase in the serum alkaline phosphatase and procollagen I. Med Sci Res 23: 219-223
23. Renate Wildburger, Neven Zarkovic, Gerd Egger, Walter Petek, Andreas Meinitzer, Suzana Borovic, Kamelija Zarkovic, Libin Li, Igor Stipancic, Milica Trbojevic - Cepe, Dubravka Cvoriscec, Marko Doko (1995) Comparison of the values of basic fibroblast growth factor determined by an immunoassay in the sera of patients with traumatic brain injury and enhanced osteogenesis and the effects of the same sera on the fibroblast growth in vitro. Eur J Clin Chem Clin Biochem 33: 693-698
24. Renate Wildburger, Neven Zarkovic (1995) Enhanced osteogenesis in patients with traumatic brain injury. Editorial, Period biol, 97: 281-288
25. Neven Zarkovic, Milica Trbojevic - Cepe, Zoran Ilic, Maja Hrzenjak, Serife Grainca, Mislav Jurin (1995) Comparison of the effects of high and low concentrations of the separated Viscum album L. lectins and of the plain mistletoe plant preparation (Isorel) on the growth of normal and tumor cells in vitro. Period biol 97: 61-67
26. Suzana Borovic, Neven Zarkovic , Renate Wildburger, Franz Tatzber, Mislav Jurin (1995) Post-traumatic differences in titer of autoantibodies against oxidised low density lipoproteins (oLDL) in the sera of patients with traumatic bone fractures and brain injury. Period biol, 97:289-294
27. Mislav Jurin, Neven Zarkovic, Suzana Borovic (1995) The influence of Polyerga preparations on experimental lung metastases. Period biol, 97: 69-72
28. Mislav Jurin, Neven Zarkovic, Zoran Ilic, Suzana Borovic, Martin Hartleb (1996) Porcine splenic peptides (Polyerga) decrease the number of experimental lung metastases in mice. Clin Exp Metastasis, 14: 55-60
29. Neven Zarkovic, Marianne Hayn, Vesna Plavsic, Kamelija Zarkovic, Josko Paladino, Nevenka HirSl, Jasminka Golubic, Simon Mikulandra, Dunja Rogic, Branka Salzer, Biserka Pokric , R Jörg Schaur, Franz Tatzber, Heinz Faulhammer, Mislav Jurin and Mirko Korsic (1996) Modification of the ACTH release from the human pituitary adenoma tissue explant cultures by addition of a human plasma ultrafiltrate bioactive fraction (TBP). Eur J Clin Chem Clin Biochem, 34: 23-30
30. Renate Wildburger, Neven Zarkovic, Walter Petek, Gerd Egger, Ulrike Leopold - Wildburger, Franz Schweighofer (1996) Hypertrophe Kallusformation und Schädelhirntrauma: Frühdiagnostik und das Verhalten des basischen Fibroblastenwachstumsfaktors. Unfallchirurg, 99:17-23
31. Vesna Plavsic, Mirko Korsic, Neven Zarkovic, Dunja Rogic, Kamelija Zarkovic, Zlatko Giljevic, Simon Mikulandra, Izet Aganovic, Josko Paladino, Blazenka Kozic (1996) Glycoprotein hormone alpha-subunit release in sera and tumor cell cultures and the response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone in the patients with clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas. Clin Lab, 42:285-289
32. Mislav Jurin, Neven Zarkovic , Suzana Borovic, Dieter Kissel (1996) Immunomodulation by the Viscum album L. preparation Isorel and its antitumorous effects. In: (Scheer R, ed.) : Grundlagen der Misteltherapie, Hippocrates Verlag, Stuttgart: 315-324
33. Neven Zarkovic, Mislav Jurin, Walter Dittrich, Martin Hartleb, Srecko Sladoljev, Dieter Kissel (1996) Comparison of the antitumorous effects of Viscum album lectins and the plain or fractional fresh plant preparation Isorel. In: (Scheer R, ed.) : Grundlagen der Misteltherapie, Hippocrates Verlag, Stuttgart: 325-336
34. Neven Zarkovic, Kamelija Zarkovic, Serife Grainca, Dieter Kissel, Mislav Jurin (1997) The Viscum album preparation Isorel inhibits the growth of melanoma B16F10 by influencing the tumor-host relationship. Anticancer Drugs, 8 (suppl.1) 17-22