Prof. Senka Blažetić is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. After completing the General High School in Osijek, she enrolled in the study of Biology and Chemistry. She graduated from the Department of Biology and the Department of Chemistry in 2008, obtaining the qualification of biology and chemistry teacher. She enrolled in the post-graduate interdisciplinary doctoral study of molecular biosciences at the University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek in 2008, and she obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Science in 2015, defending her doctoral thesis titled: "Distribution of basic chemical phenotypes of interneurons in the brain of 3 genetically altered mice models with St3Gal2, St3Gal3 and St3Gal2/St3Gal3 genes turned off". Her research work is focused on the biochemical and molecular mechanisms of the connection between metabolic disorders and the nervous system, and its impact on reproductive health. Also, she is active in research in the field of educational biology. During her research work, she participated as a manager and associate in several scientific research projects covering the above research area. She is a member of the Croatian Society for Neuroscience, the Croatian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the Croatian Society for Laboratory Animal Science.