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Assoc. Ph.D. Ines Vlahović is a Professor of Physics and Computer Science at Algebra University, Croatia. Her research bridges computational biology, genomics, and STEM education, focusing on algorithm development for DNA sequence analysis. She graduated in 2008 and earned her doctorate in 2014 in natural sciences, specializing in physics. Dr. Vlahović has contributed to projects funded by Croatia’s Ministry of Education and Science and the Croatian Science Foundation, particularly in analyzing higher-order repeats (HORs) in alpha satellite DNA and their implications for human evolution and disease.
Her work includes groundbreaking studies on:
- Higher-order periodicity in DNA sequences (centromeres)
- Olduvai triplets in NBPF genes and their relation to cognitive evolution
- Computational methods like the Global Repeat Map (GRM) algorithm
- Applications of DNA symmetry analysis in evolutionary biology
Dr. Vlahović has also pioneered educational technologies to promote critical and computational thinking in primary and secondary non-STEM subjects. She actively participates in the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Committee for Bioinformatics and Biological Physics) and the Croatian Biophysical Society. Her publications span genomics, bioinformatics, and pedagogical innovations, with recent articles focusing on HORs in human, Neanderthal, and primate genomes.
