Katarina Trebusak Podkrajsek is a full-time professor of medical biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, where she is head of the research laboratory for translational medical biochemistry. She holds two specializations: one in medical biochemistry and one in laboratory medical genetics. Additionally, she is employed part-time at the University Children's Hospital of Ljubljana, working on genetic diagnostics of inherited disorders. Her research interests are focused on medical genetics, medical biochemistry, and laboratory medicine.