Nives Novosel Vlašić

Nives Novosel Vlašić, Ph.D., is a Researcher at the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb, Croatia, where she works in the Institute for Marine and Environmental Research within the Laboratory for biogeochemistry of the sea and atmosphere. Her research focuses on the behavior and surface properties of microalgae as indicators of environmental changes in aquatic ecosystems.

Her research interests span Marine Biology, Microalgae Research, Environmental Stress Response, Biogeochemistry, and Cell Surface Properties. Dr. Novosel Vlašić investigates how marine microalgae respond to various environmental stressors including salinity changes, temperature fluctuations, and heavy metal pollution. Her work employs multimethod approaches combining biophysical, electrochemical, and microscopic techniques to analyze algal cell behavior, surface properties, and physiological responses.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong focus on environmental stressors affecting marine microalgae, particularly examining how changes in salinity, temperature, and pollutants like cadmium impact algal cell behavior, surface properties, and physiological responses. Her research demonstrates how microalgae can serve as sensitive bioindicators of environmental changes in aquatic ecosystems, with particular attention to cell adhesion, motility, and surface characteristics as measurable response parameters.

Dr. Novosel Vlašić has collaborated extensively with researchers from the Faculty of Science at the University of Zagreb and other international institutions. She has contributed to numerous conference proceedings and has served as an editor for academic symposia, including the 11th ISE Satellite Student Regional Symposium on Electrochemistry (2022).

Her doctoral work completed in 2022 at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, focused on 'Behavior and surface properties of microalgae as indicators of stress in aquatic ecosystems,' building upon her earlier graduation thesis from 2018 on 'Adhesion properties of the phytoplankton species Dunaliella tertiolecta Butcher under stressful conditions.'