She is a senior expert adviser in Department for risk assessment of Croatian Food Agency (HAH). She graduated at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek. At the same Faculty she attended postdoctoral education and completed doctoral dissertation with theses in field of chemical risk assessment. In addition, she gained postdoctoral scientific title as scientific associate. During her professional carrier she was work as an analyst in the Department of Environmental Health by County Public Health Institute. During the academic year 2004/2005 at Department of Microbiology of the Faculty of Agriculture, carried out the practical exercises for students. In the HAH she is employee from the establishment where she acquired a number of necessary knowledge in the field of risk analysis and risk assessment, especially in the field of pesticides and genetically modified organisms. From 2006 to 2012 she was national coordinator for the IPA pre-accession program, funded by the European Commission entitled: “Preparations for participation of candidate countries and potential candidate countries in the work of EFSA” implemented by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). By joining Croatia’s of full membership of the EU she has been appointed as the national contact (Focal Point) for EFSA in order to ensure faster and easier exchange of scientific information between Croatia and other EU member states. Also, she is appointed representative of the EFSA Scientific Network for Risk Assessment of GMOs.