Matea Nikolac Perkovic is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Molecular Medicine, Rudjer Boskovic Institute. She received her MSc degree in molecular biologist at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb in 2008. She finished her Ph.D. Studies in Molecular Biosciences, University of Osijek, Osijek from 2010 to 2015. She is a member of the Croatian Pharmacological Society, the Federation of European Pharmacological Societies, the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, the Croatian Society for Neuroscience, the International Brain Research Organization, and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies.