Mihaela Matovina works as a Research Associate in the Laboratory for protein biochemistry and molecular modeling at Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI) since June 2021. She obtained PhD in biology in 2006 from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science. She worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Laboratory of Prof. Arthur Landy at Brown University, Providence RI, USA from September 2006 until August 2009. Her previous work experience also includes the positions of Senior Research Assistant, at the Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Bacteriology, RBI from September 2009 until January 2011, Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia, from February 2011 until June 2013, and Experienced Researcher on IntegraLife project at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Croatia, from July 2013 until March 2014. She is currently investigating the protein-protein interactions of dipeptidyl peptidase 3 (DPP3) as a PI of the Croatian science foundation project „Dipeptidyl peptidase III interaction with SH2 domain-containing protein 3C – possible link between oxidative stress response and cell migration“ (March 2021 – February 2025). She is also a lecturer of Genetic Engineering in Biotechnology course at the University postgraduate interdisciplinary study of molecular biosciences, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Osijek, Croatia, since 2017.