Marijana Matek Sarić has been a professor at the University of Zadar since 2007. She obtained her degree in Biotechnology at the University of Zagreb in 1995. From 1995 to 2003, she was employed as a research assistant at the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb. During this time, she studied Toxicology at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, where she defended her Ph.D. thesis. Her research topics include the optimization of analytical methods and monitoring of toxic metals and persistent organic compounds. Lately, she has been interested in healthy food and healthy eating.