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Natasa KUZAT

Assistant

Center for marine research

Ruđer Bošković Institute - Centre for Marine Research

Location

Giordano Paliaga 5
52210 Rovinj
Croatia

Nationality

Croatia

Email(s)

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Telephone

+385915926254

Profile URL

https://www.oceanexpert.org/expert/nkuzat

Persistent Digital Identifiers (UIDs)

ORCID : 0000-0002-9082-557X

Highest Degree

MSc

Job Type

Research

Subject Area

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology

Activities

I am a 3rd year PhD student at the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Study in Oceanology, Division of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Currently I'm employed as an assistant at the Rudjer Boskovic Institute, at the Center for Marine Research, in the Laboratory for evolutionary ecology. My mentor is Dr. rer. nat. Martin Pfannkuchen. I am working on the ecology and taxonomy of phytoplankton communities in the Northern Adriatic. I am also in charge of a large culture collection of marine phytoplankton organisms.

Sea regions of study

Adriatic Sea

Skills

▪  Field working on an oceanographic research vessel. Phytoplankton sampling

▪  Sample preparation for light and electron microscopy, and DNA analysis

▪  Knowledge of the ecology and taxonomy of the phytoplankton in northern Adriatic Sea

▪  Cultivation of phytoplankton species

▪  Light and electron microscopy

▪  Basic knowledge of DNA isolation and PCR

Working language(s)

English
Croatian

Citation(s)

Google Scholar

Website(s)

https://www.irb.hr/eng/About-RBI/People/Natasa-Kuzat

Created: 2020-03-31 by Natasa KUZAT | Last Updated: 2020-04-01 by Sofie DE BAENST