The public defense of the doctoral thesis entitled "Metabolic, biochemical, and physiological response of winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum L. ) to biotic stress caused by infection with Fusarium species" by Katarina Šunić Budimir, M.A., a doctoral student in Molecular Biosciences, will be held on October 27, 2025 in Hall 1 of the Rectorate of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, starting at 3:00 p.m.
The doctoral thesis supervisors are Dr. Sc. Valentina Španić, scientific advisor at the Agricultural Institute Osijek, supervisor 1, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Rosemary Vuković, associate professor at the Department of Biology at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, supervisor 2.
Committee for Public Defense of the Doctoral Thesis:
1. Prof. Dr. Sc. Andrijana Rebekić , full professor at the Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, president;
2. Assistant Professor Martina Varga, PhD , Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, member;
3. Assistant Professor, PhD. Dunja Šamec , Assistant Professor, University of the North, member;
4. Assistant Professor Vesna Peršić, PhD , Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, replacement member;
5. Prof. Dr. Sc. Karolina Vrandečić , full professor at the Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, substitute member.