2021. - 2026. Doctoral Studies in Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb.
2019. - 2021. Master's Degree in Bio-Industrial Techniques, University of Orleans.
2019. - 2021. Master's Degree in Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb.
2016-2019. Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology Engineering, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb
Slavica, A., Dukić, J., Martinić Cezar, T., Košpić, K., Diminić, J., Jukić, F., Jurčević, M., Čakić Semenčić, M., Ostojić, S., Sabljak, I., Režek Jambrak, A. (2026) Extraction strategies integrated with digitalization processes for the characterization of proteins from broad bean and red beetroot waste leaves. Ultrason Sonochem. IF = 9,7 (Q1)
Martinić Cezar, T., Paić, A., Žunar, B., Stuparević, I., Mrša, V., Teparić, R. (2025) Enhancing Yeast Surface Display: UPR, ERAD, and ER Dynamics in Recombinant Protein Production. Food Technol. Biotechnol., 64 (1). IF = 2,5 (Q2).
Šupljika, N., Paić, A., Novačić, A., Martinić Cezar, T., Vallée, B., Teparić, R., Stuparević, I., Žunar, B. (2025) Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mub1, a substrate adaptor of E3 ubiquitin ligase Ubr2, modulates sensitivity to cell wall stressors through multiple transcription factors. FEBS J. 292 (19), 5046–5066 IF = 4,2 (Q2).
Martinić Cezar, T., Paić, A., Prekpalaj, S., Teparić, R., Žunar, B., Stuparević, I. (2025) Measuring the capacity of yeast for surface display of cell wall-anchored protein isoforms by using β-lactamase as a reporter enzyme. FEBS Open Bio. 15 (4), 573-579. IF = 2,3 (Q3).
Martinić Cezar, T., Marđetko, N., Trontel, A., Paić, A., Slavica, A., Teparić, R., Žunar, B. (2024) Engineering Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the production of natural osmolyte glucosyl glycerol from sucrose and glycerol through Ccw12-based surface display of sucrose phosphorylase. J. biol. eng., 18 (1). IF = 6,5 (Q1).
Martinić Cezar, T., Lozančić, M., Novačić, A., Matičević, A., Matijević, D., Vallee, B., Mrša, V., Teparić, R., Žunar, B. (2023) Streamlining N-terminally anchored yeast surface display via structural insights into S. cerevisiae Pir proteins, Microb. Cell Fact. 22 (174), 1-17. IF = 4,3 (Q1).
Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (since 2022)
Croatian Microbiological Society (member since 2024)
Biotechnological Application of Heterologous Protein Incorporation into Yeast Cell Walls (PRODIS) (Collaborator, Croatian Science Foundation, IP-2019-04-2891, Project Leader: Prof. Vladimir Mrša, PhD, and Renata Teparić, PhD 2020–2023).
2021 - present: Research assistant at the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology in the Laboratory for Biochemistry, University of Zagreb.
2025: University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology Award for a published scientific paper in the highest-ranked journal in the field of Biotechnology in the previous year (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13036-024-00468-7).
2024: University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology Award for a published scientific paper in the highest-ranked journal in the field of Biotechnology in the previous year (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-023-02183-2).