Dr. Maja Benković

Prof. Dr. Maja Benković works at the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. She graduated from the Faculty of Food and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb. She holds a doctorate with the theme of “Physico-chemical and sensory properties of enriched coffee-based powder mixtures” from the Faculty of Food and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb (earned in 2013). Besides her academic career, she also has an EU funds project manager degree, which she obtained at the Experta Business School in 2016. She was an assistant at the Faculty of Food and Biotechnology (2008–2014) and an assistant professor at the Faculty of Food and Biotechnology (2017–2022). Today, she is an associate professor at the same faculty. She received the support of the Biotechnical Foundation in 2012, and was awarded the PBF award for outstanding contribution to scientific research in 2014 and the Silver Medal for Innovation (14th International Innovation Exhibition ARCA 2016). She has 67 paper publications with 746 citations and an h-index of 17 (Scopus, 8 November 2023).