Кontakt:
Institut za medicinska istraživanja
Centar izuzetne vrednosti u oblasti istraživanja ishrane i metabolizma
Tadeuša Кošćuška 1
11 000 Beograd
tel: 011 3031997

e-mail: marijaknez186@gmail.com

Obrazovanje

2014 – 2018  Doktorske studije

Katedra biologije, Flinders univerzitet, Južna Australija & CENM, Institut za medicinska istraživanja,
Univerzitet u Beogradu

Tema doktorskog rada: LA:DGLA odnos, nov biomarker statusa cinka kod ljudi i životinja

2010 – 2011 Master studije     

Katedra biologije, Flinders univerzitet, Južna Australija

(Honours Degree of Bachelor of Science; School of Biology, Flinders University, South Australia)

 Tema master rada: Uticaj pečenja na glavne prebiotike u hlebu

2007 – 2010  Osnovne studije (Diplomirani nutricionista)

Flinders univerzitet, Južna Australija

(Bachelor of Human Nutrition, Flinders University, South Australia)

2005 – 2009  Osnovne studije (Diploma zdravstvenih nauka)      

Flinders univerzitet, Južna Australija

(Bachelor of Health Sciences-Life Science stream, Flinders University, South Australia)

Radno iskustvo

Jun 2019 – do sada: Institut za medicinska istraživanja, Univerzitet u Beogradu, Centar izuzetne vrednosti u oblasti istraživanja ishrane i metabolizma

Istrazivac saradnik

2014 – 2018 Flinders univerzitet, Adelajd, Južna Australija

Istrazivac saradnik

(Research Associate; PhD student; Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia)

2013 – 2014 Flinders univerzitet, Adelajd, Južna Australija

Naucni saradnik

(Research Support Officer; Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia)

2012 – 2013 HarvestPlus Vašington, SAD

Naučni saradnik

(Scientific Consultant, HarvestPlus, Washington, DC, USA)

2008 – 2012 Flinders univerzitet, Adelajd, Južna Australija             

Istrazivac saradnik

(Research Associate; Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia)

2008 Javni centar za ishranu, Hobart, Tasmanija & Kvin Elizabet bolnica, Adelajd
Nutricionista                     

(Nutritionist, Community Nutrition Unit, Hobart, Tasmania; Queen Elisabeth Hospital, Adelaide)

Treninzi i radionice

2008   Diploma plus program; Flinders univerzitet, Južna Australija

           (Degree Plus Program, Flinders University, South Australia)

2007   Golden Key International Honour Society Courses

2016   Stanford University online course: Writing in Sciences – with Distinction

Priznanja, stipendije i nagrade

Golden Key International Honour Society (Studenti sa prosekom ocena većim od 85%) 2007

Australian Postgraduate Award 2014-2018

Privately Funded Scholarship      2016

Studijski boravci u inostranstvu

Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Cornell University; Ithaca  2016-2017

Publikacije

• Graham, R.D., Knez, M & Welch, R.M. How much nutritional iron deficiency in humans globally is due to
  an underlying zinc deficiency? Advances in Agronomy (2012) 115: 1-40.
• Knez, M & Graham, R.D. Essentials of Medical Geology, Springer 2013 Chapter 22: The impact of micronutrient deficiencies in agricultural soils and crops on the nutritional health of humans, pp. 517-537.
• Knez, M, Abbott, C & Stangoulis, JCR (2014) Changes in the content of fructans and arabinoxylans during baking processes of leavened and unleavened breads. European Food Research & Technology, 239,
  5:803-811; doi: 10.1007/s00217-014-2273-1.
• Tako E, Knez M, Glahn R & Stangoulis, JCR (2014) The effect of wheat prebiotics on the gut bacterial population and iron status of iron deficient broiler chickens. The Journal of Nutrition, 13:58-68;
  doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-13-58.
• Knez M, Stangoulis JCR, Zec M, Debeljak-Martacic J, Pavlovic Z, Gurinovic M, Glibetic M (2016) An initial evaluation of newly proposed biomarker of zinc status in humans – linoleic acid: dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (LA:DGLA) ratio. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 15:85-92. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2016.06.013.
• Knez M, Graham, RD, Welch RM & Stangoulis, JCR (2017) New perspectives on the regulation of iron absorption via cellular zinc concentrations in humans. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 3, 57(10): 2128-2143. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2015.1050483.
• Knez M, Nikolic M, Zekovic M, Stangoulis JCR, Gurinovic M, Glibetic M (2017) The influence of food consumption and socio-economic factors on the relationship between zinc and iron intake and status in
  a healthy population. Public Health Nutrition 20(14):2486-2498. doi: 10.1017/S1368980017001240.
• Knez M, Stangoulis JCR, Glibetic M, Tako E (2017) The Linoleic Acid: Dihomo-γ-Linolenic Acid Ratio (LA:DGLA) – An Emerging Biomarker of Zn Status. Nutrients 9 (8), 825; doi: 10.3390/nu9080825.
• Knez M, Tako E, Glahn RP, Kolba N, de Courcy-Ireland E, Stangoulis JCR (2018) Linoleic acid: Dihomo-
  γ-linolenic acid ratio predicts the efficacy of Zn biofortified wheat in chicken (Gallus gallus). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 66, 1394-1400, doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b04905.
• Reed S, Knez M, Uzan A, Stangoulis JCR, Omry K & Elad T (2018) Alterations in the gut (Gallus gallus) microbiota following the consumption of zinc biofortified wheat (Triticum aestivum) – based diet. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 66 (25), pp 6291–6299. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b01481.

Prezentacije na medjunarodnim skupovima

• Eat Well Tasmanian Kids Coalition; Growing Our Futures Conference, Launceston, Australia 2008
  Poster presentation: Eat well kids
• 14^th International Symposium on Iron Nutrition and Interactions in Plants, Beijing, China 2008
  Oral presentation: Zinc – A Missing Piece in Anemia Puzzle?
• 17^th International Plant Nutrition Colloquium, Istanbul, Turkey 2013
• Bioavailability 2014, Iguassu Falls, Brazil 2014. Poster presentation: New Perspectives on the Regulation of Iron Absorption via Cellular Zinc Concentrations in Humans.
• 15^th International Symposium on Trace Elements in Man and Animals, TEMA 15, Orlando,
  Florida, USA 2014. Poster presentation: New perspectives on the regulation of iron absorption via cellular zinc concentrations in humans.
• 4^th International Zinc Symposium Improving Crop Production and Human Health, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2015
  Poster presentation: Overexpression of HvSUT-1 in wheat results in increased yield and grain Zinc,
  but how does this affect micronutrient bioavailability?
• 4^th   Micronutrient Forum Global Conference, MN Forum, Cancun, Mexico 2016
  Poster presentation: An initial evaluation of newly proposed biomarker of zinc status in humans – linoleic acid: dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (LA: DGLA) ratio.
• 13^th Congress of Nutrition, CONU 2016, Belgrade, Serbia 2016. Poster presentation: The influence of food consumption and socio-economic factors on Zn and Fe intake and status in Serbian population
• 18^th International Plant Nutrition Colloquium, IPNC 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark 2017. Oral presentation: The linoleic acid: dihomo-γ-linolenic acid ratio predicts the efficacy of Zn biofortified wheat in vivo (Gallus gallus)