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Mario Novak

izv. prof. dr. sc. Mario Novak

Laboratory for Biochemical Engineering, Industrial Microbiology and Malting and Brewing Technology
Title: Associate Professor
Zavod / Katedra: Laboratory for Biochemical Engineering, Industrial Microbiology and Malting and Brewing Technology
Graduation year: 2008
PhD graduation year: 2015
Employed since: 2008
Location: K3 16
Public phone number: +385 1 4605-166
Teaching
Graduate
Science memberships

Croatian Society of Biotechnology 

Croatian Microbiological Society

List of select projects

National scientific projects:

1. Biorefinery system for biofuels and biochemicals production from non-food lignocelulosic raw materials (Biorefinery-NFLRM; IP-2022-10-3075) Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ), 2023-2027, researcher on a project

2. Sustainable production of biochemicals from waste lignocellulose containing feedstocks, (SPB-LCF, 9717), Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ), 2018-2022, researcher on a project

3. Sustainable production of bioethanol and biochemicals from agricultural waste lignocellulosic raw materials, (SPECH-LRM, 9158), HRZZ, 2014-2018, researcher on a project

4. Hybrid Integrated Bioprocesses and Sustainability of Organic Solvent Production (MZOS-058-0581990-2004), MZOŠ Republic of Croatia, 2009-2013, young researcher on project

 

International scientific projects:


1. ToFuel. An integrated biorefinery for sustainable aviation fuel production from tomato residues. European Union’s Horizon Europe programme grant agreement No. 101235233

2. People for tHe eurOpean bioENergy mIX (PHOENIX), Horizon2020; GA 690925, 2015-2019, researcher on a project

3. Virtulab, ERDF-EU project (KK.01.1.1.02.00220), 2018-2021), researcher on a project

4. Bioprospecting of Adriatic Sea, ERDF-EU fond project (KK.01.1.1.01), 2017-2022, researcher on project

Past employments

2023- Associate Professor, Department of Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology (FFTB), University of Zagreb (UniZG)

2018 – 2023- Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology (FFTB), University of Zagreb (UniZG)

2015-2018 – Senior Assistant, Department of Biochemical Engineering, FFTB, UniZG

2009-2015 - Assistant, Department of Biochemical Engineering, FFTB, UniZG

Znanstvene publikacije
  • Marine drugs, 24 (2026) str. 149-149, doi: 10.3390/md24050149
  • BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY, 85 (2025) e298498, 13, doi: 10.1590/1519-6984.298498
  • Advanced functional materials, 35 (2025) 2500099, 9, doi: 10.1002/adfm.202500099
  • Clean technologies, 7 (2025) str. 71-93, doi: 10.3390/cleantechnol7030071
  • Analysis of growth and lipid potential of the alga Desmodesmus subspicatus under cultivation with different carbon and nitrogen sources
    (2025)
  • Polymers, 17 (2025) str. 1-29, doi: 10.3390/polym17030369
  • Production of arabitol from glycerol by yeast Debaryomyces hansenii JCM 1990
    (2025)
  • (2025)
  • (2025)
  • Book of Abstracts of 11th International Congress of Food Technologists, Biotechnologists and Nutritionists, University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, (2025) str. 70-70
  • Analysis of growth and lipid potential of the alga Chlorella sorokiniana under cultivation with different carbon and nitrogen sources
    (2025)
  • INFLUENCE OF CARBON AND NITROGEN SOURCES ON XYLITOL PRODUCTION BY THE YEAST Debaryomyces hansenii
    (2025)
  • Book of Abstracts of 11th International Congress of Food Technologists, Biotechnologists and Nutritionists, University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, (2025) str. 66-66
  • Book of Abstracts of 11th International Congress of Food Technologists, Biotechnologists and Nutritionists, University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, (2025) str. 206-206
  • Food technology and biotechnology, 62 (2024) str. 89-101
  • Biorefinery approach to utilizing leached sugar beet pulp for the production of high-value chemicals and biofuels
    Neke mogućnosti iskorištenja nusproizvoda prehrambene industrije - Knjiga 5., Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku; Prehrambeno-tehnološki fakultet Osijek, (2024) str. 261-283
  • Foods, 13 (2024) str. 2834-2846, doi: 10.3390/foods13172834
  • Energies (Basel), 17 (2024) 3975, 19, doi: 10.3390/en17163975
  • Elsevier, Academic Press, (2024) , doi: 10.1016/b978-0-443-13932-1.00004-0
  • Biotechnological production of bikaverine and carotenoids using molds from the genus Fusarium
    (2023)
  • Positive socio-economic and ecological effects of biogas production by anaerobic digestion
    Glasnik zaštite bilja, 46 (2023) str. 80-92, doi: 10.31727/gzb.46.3.9
  • Cultivation of mold Mucor indicus DSM 2185 under different aeration conditions and utilization of waste substrate by non-sulfur purple bacteria
    (2023)
  • THE INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT CARBON SOURCES ON THE GROWTH AND SUGAR ALCOHOL PRODUCTION DURING CULTIVATION OF SELECTED Kluyveromyces STRAINS
    (2023)
  • BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES FOR CULTIVATION OF THE BACTERIUM Paenibacillus polymyxa DSM 742 UTILIZING RENEWABLE CARBON SOURCES IN ORDER TO OBTAIN VALUABLE PRODUCTS
    (2022)
  • Possibilities of using by-products of the malt and beer industry
    FOOD INDUSTRY BY-PRODUCTS : knjiga sažetaka s 3. međunarodnog znanstveno-stručnog skupa, Prehrambeno tehnološki fakultet Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, (2022) str. 22-23
  • 7th Croatian Congress of Microbiology with International Participation - Book of Abstracts,(2022) str. 55-55
  • Natural resources green technology and sustainable development (2022): book of abstracts, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Croatia, (2022) str. 86-86
  • Natural resources green technology and sustainable development (2022): book of abstracts, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Croatia, (2022) str. 98-103
  • Possibilities of utilisation of beer brewing and malt industry by- products
    Neke mogućnosti iskorištenja nusproizvoda prehrambene industrije, knjiga 4., Prehrambeno tehnološki fakultet Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, (2022) str. 183-218
  • BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES FOR CULTIVATION OF THE THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM Bacillus smithii DSM 460 AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES AND INVESTIGATION OF THE INHIBITORY EFFECT OF FORMIC AND ACETIC ACID
    (2022)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology,Frontiers in microbiology, 13 (2022) 812457, 16, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.812457
  • Fermentation, 8 (2022) 13, 14, doi: 10.3390/fermentation8010013
  • Lignocellulosic byproducts from agriculture and the food industry as a driver of biotechnological production progress
    Glasnik zaštite bilja, 45 (2022) str. 26-37, doi: 10.31727/gzb.45.6.3
  • 7th Croatian Congress of Microbiology with International Participation - Book of Abstracts,(2022) str. 116-116
  • Biochemicals production with Mucor indicus in different bioreactors and treatment of the fermented media with purple non-sulfur bacteria
    (2021)
  • Spathaspora yeast cultivation and arabitol production on exhausted sugar beet cossettes hydrolysate
    (2021)
  • Polymers, 13 (2021) 3736, 16, doi: 10.3390/ polym13213736
  • Biotechnological production of 2,3-butanediol by bacterium Paenibacillus polymyxa DSM 742
    (2021)
  • PRODUCTION AND ISOLATION OF LACTIC ACID USING THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA Bacillus smithii DSM 460
    (2021)
  • World journal of microbiology & biotechnology, 36 (2020) 111, 16, doi: 10.1007/s11274-020-02887-2
  • Photoheterotrophic cultivation of purple non- sulphur bacterium Rhodovulum adriaticum on the media with different carbon sources
    Hrvatski časopis za prehrambenu tehnologiju, biotehnologiju i nutricionizam, 15 (2020) str. 115-123, doi: 10.31895/hcptbn.15.3-4.5
  • Ethanol production by yeasts from genus Spathaspora on hydrolisates obtained by acid pretreatment of leached sugar beet chips
    (2020)
  • Growth of purple non sulphur bacteria Rhodovulum adriaticum DSM 2781 in the presence of inhibitors
    (2020)
  • (2020) str. 63-63
  • Microbial Stress 2020,(2020) str. 61-61
  • Effects of carbon source concentration on growth kinetics of the purple non-sulfur bacteria Rhodovulum adriaticum
    (2020)
  • 5th Conference “Microbial Stress: From Systems to Molecules and Back”, European federation of biotechnology, (2020) str. 60-60
  • EFFECTS OF NITROGEN, CARBON AND LIGHT SOURCES ON GROWTH KINETICS OF PURPLE NON-SULFUR BACTERIA Rhodovulum adriatucum DSM 2781
    (2020)
  • Power of Microbes in Industry and Environment, Book of Abstracts, Hrvatsko mikrobiološko društvo, (2019) str. 94-94
  • SIMULTANEOUS SACCHARIFICATION AND FERMENTATION OF PRETREATED CORN COBS BY FUNGUS Mucor indicus
    (2019)
  • ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS OF PRETREATED CORN COBS AND ETHANOL PRODUCTION BY Mucor indicus
    (2019)
  • COMPARISON OF THE ACID AND ALKALINE PRETREATMENT OF HAY IN HIGH-PRESSURE REACTOR
    (2019)
  • Growth kinetics and bacteriochlorophyll synthesis during cultivation of purple non sulphur bacteria Rhodovulum adriaticum DSM 2781
    (2019)
  • CULTIVATION OF PURPLE NON-SULFUR BACTERIA IN A STIRRED TANK BIOREACTOR UNDER DARK CONDITIONS WITH DIFFERENT CARBON SOURCES
    (2019)
  • Chemical and biochemical engineering quarterly, 32 (2018) str. 483-499, doi: 10.15255/cabeq.2018.1409
  • Proceedings of NATURAL RESOURCES, GREEN TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT-GREEN/3, Prehrambeno-biotehnološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, (2018) str. 101-105
  • Book of Abstracts - 9th International Congress of Food Technologists, Biotechnologists and Nutritionists, Hrvatsko društvo prehrambenih tehnologa, biotehnologa i nutricionista, (2018) str. 55-55
  • Proceedings of NATURAL RESOURCES, GREEN TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT-GREEN/3, Prehrambeno-biotehnološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, (2018) str. 106-110
  • Life cycle analysis (LCA) of the Bio-Ethanol Production processes from renewable raw materials
    (2018)
  • Book of Abstracts - 9th International COngress of Food Technologists, Biotechnologists and Nutritionists, Hrvatsko društvo prehrambenih tehnologa, biotehnologa i nutricionista, (2018) str. 56-56
  • Book of Abstracts: PhD Candidate Symposium 2018,(2018) str. 41-41
  • Natural resources, green technology & sustainable development - Book of Abstract, Prehrambeno-biotehnološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, (2018) str. 129-129
  • European summit of industrial biotechnology 2017, acib GmbH, (2017) str. 173-173
  • The EuroBiotech Journal,The eurobiotech journal, 1 (2017) str. 18-26, doi: 10.24190/issn2564-615x/2017/01.04
  • The EuroBiotech Journal,The eurobiotech journal, 1 (2017) str. 27-35, doi: 10.24190/issn2564-615x/2017/01.05
  • Anaerobni uzgoj kvasca Saccharomyces cerevisiae na hidrolizatima lignoceluloznih sirovina
    Hrvatski časopis za prehrambenu tehnologiju, biotehnologiju i nutricionizam, 12 (2017) str. 60-70
  • Hrvatski časopis za prehrambenu tehnologiju, biotehnologiju i nutricionizam, 12 (2017) str. 113-119
  • PRODUCTION OF BIOETHANOL ON THE MILD ACID WHEAT STRAW HYDROLYSATES OBTAINED BY SULFURIC ACID IN VARIOUS SCALES
    (2017)
  • Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 100 (2016) str. 10065-10080, doi: 10.1007/s00253-016-7844-6
  • PRETREATMENT OF WHEAT STRAW FOR BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION
    (2016)
  • PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL ON LIGNOCELLULOSIC RAW HYDROLYZATE BY SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE IN A HORIZONTAL ROTATING TUBULAR BIOREACTOR
    (2016)
  • Power of Microbes in Industy and Environment 2016 - Book of Abstracts, Hrvatsko mikrobiološko društvo, (2016) str. 69-69
  • Power of microbes in industry and environment 2016, Hrvatsko mikrobiološko društvo, (2016) str. 55-55
  • Power of microbes in industry and environment 2016, Hrvatsko mikrobiološko društvo, (2016) str. 56-56
  • (2015)
  • Causes, consequences and prevention of beer gushing
    Hrvatski časopis za prehrambenu tehnologiju, biotehnologiju i nutricionizam, 10 (2015) str. 14-22
  • Analysis of process kinetic of PHB biosynthesis in continuous production using the cascade of 5 biorectors and electron microscopy
    (2015)
  • Chemical and biochemical engeenering quartely,Chemical and biochemical engineering quarterly, 29 (2015) str. 183-220, doi: 10.15255/cabeq.2014.2101
  • Journal of hygienic engineering and design, 6 (2014) str. 166-170
  • The World Mycotoxin Forum 8th Conference ; Mycotoxin control: the system approach., Bastiaanse Communication, Bilthoven, Netherlands, (2014) str. 85-85
  • Book of abstracts of the 7th Central European Congress on Food, Consulting and Training Center KEY, (2014) str. 52-52
  • EBC Luxembourg, Interplan, (2013) str. 75-75
  • SDS 2013 - Sustainable Developmnet Symposium, 3rd annual european Postgraduate Symposium, 13-15 February 2013, Napels, Italy, Rogiosi editore, (2013) str. 61-62
  • 2nd Annual European Postgraduate Sustainable Development Symposium - Book of Abstracts , 2012., Verlag der Technoschen Universität Graz, (2012) str. 25-25
  • 2nd Annual European Postgraduate Sustainable Development Symposium - Book of Abstracts, IPPE, Graz University of Technology, (2012)
  • Mathematical modelling of two-step continuous process of bioethanol production
    (2012)
  • Kinetics of bioethanol production with yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae on raw sugar beet juice
    (2011)
  • Applied mathematical modelling,Applied Mathematical Modelling, 36 (2011) str. 3813-3825, doi: 10.1016/j.apm.2011.11.028
  • Production of bottom - fermenting beer with addition of concentrated marasca juice
    (2011)
  • Optimization of biotechnological waste water treatment process by mathematical modelling
    Aktualna problematika u vodoopskrbi i odvodnji,(2009)