Nataša Bauer received a graduate degree in Molecular Biology from Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb in 1996. She started postgraduate studies at the same university, and she received her MSc degree in Molecular Biology in 2002 and Ph.D. degree in 2006 from the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. She became Assistant Professor in 2009 and Associate Professor in 2017 at Faculty of Science University of Zagreb. She is teaching plant tissue and cell culture, plant engineering, genetic engineering in biotechnology and molecular and functional genomics. The focus of her academic study and research are the fields of plant molecular biology and biotechnology, plant development and stress response. She has hands-on experience in various genetic engineering methods, gene expression monitoring by quantitative PCR, gene cloning and modifications, plant and bacteria proteins over-expression and purification, yeast transformation and yeast two-hybrid assay, transient plant transformation and in vivo imaging of plant cells by epi-fluorescent and confocal microscopy. She is experienced in in vitro plant cell/tissues cultivation, the induction and regeneration of plant somatic embryos, and the isolation and manipulation of zygotic embryos, as well as in the abiotic stress manipulation of plants, from germinating seeds and seedlings to adult plants.