Ana Boban, mag. chem., PhD student at the HRZZ project “Impact of native non-Saccharomyces yeasts on wine aromas- WINE AROMAS” successfully defended the topic of her doctoral dissertation entitled “Impact of indigenous non-Saccharomyces yeasts on the aroma profile of young wine from ‘Maraština’ cv. (Vitis vinifera L.)” on January 16, 2023.

The public defence of the topic of the doctoral dissertation was held at the Faculty of Food and Biotechnology of the University of Zagreb in front of the Committee for Postgraduate Studies and the Committee for the Defense of the Topic composed of:

Prof Karin Kovačević Ganić; Faculty of Food and Biotechnology, Zagreb

Dr Irena Budić-Leto, senior scientist; Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation, Split

Prof Vlatka Petravić Tominac; Faculty of Food and Biotechnology, Zagreb

Prof Jasenka Gajdoš Kljusurić; Faculty of Food and Biotechnology, Zagreb

Dr Vesna Milanović, research associate; Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

and under mentorship: Dr Irena Budić-Leto, senior scientist; Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation, Split.