Malzacher, S.; Meißner, D.; Range, J.; Findrik Blažević, Z.; Rosenthal, K.; Woodley, J. M.; Wohlgemuth, R.; Wied, P.; Nidetzky, B.; Giessmann, R. T.; Prakinee, K.; Chaiyen, P.; Bommarius, A.; Rohwer, J.; de Souza, R. O. M. A.; Halling, P.; Pleiss, J.; Kettner, C.; Rother, D., STRENDA Biocatalysis Guidelines: A Metadata Catalogue, Nature Catalysis, 7 (2024) 1245-1249, DOI: 10.1038/s41929-024-01261-x

Milčić, N.; Stepanić, V.; Crnolatac, I.; Findrik Blažević, Z.; Brkljača, Z.; Majerić Elenkov, M., Inhibitory effect of DMSO on halohydrin dehalogenase: Experimental and computational insights into the influence of an organic co-solvent on the structural and catalytic properties of a biocatalyst, Chemistry: a European journal, 28 (2022), 56; e202202870, 11 doi:10.1002/chem.202201923

Milčić, N.; Sudar, M.; Dokli, I.; Majerić Elenkov, M.; Findrik Blažević, Z., Halohydrin dehalogenase-catalysed synthesis of enantiopure fluorinated building blocks: bottlenecks found and explained by applying reaction engineering approach, Reaction chemistry & engineering, - (2022), -; - doi:10.1039/D2RE00461E

Česnik Katulić, M.; Sudar, M.; Hernández, K.; Charnock, S.; Vasić-Rački, Đ.; Clapés, P.; Findrik Blažević, Z. Cascade synthesis of L-homoserine catalysed by lyophilized whole cells containing transaminase and aldolase activity: The mathematical modeling approach, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 60, 2021, 13846-13858.

Masdeu, G., Findrik Blažević, Z., Kralj, S., Makovec, D., López-Santín, J., Álvaro, G., Multi-reaction kinetic modeling for the peroxidase–aldolase cascade synthesis of a D- fagomine precursor, Chem. Eng. Sci., 239, 2021, 116602, 11.

Sudar, M., Česnik, M., Clapés, P., Pohl, M., Vasić-Rački, Đ., Findrik Blažević, Z., A cascade reaction for the synthesis of D-fagomine precursor revisited: Kinetic insight and understanding of the system, New Biotechnol. 63, 2021, 19-28

Findrik Blažević, Z., Milčić, N, Sudar, M., Majerić Elenkov, M. Halohydrin dehalogenases and their potential in industrial application – a viewpoint of enzyme reaction engineering, Adv. Synth. Catal. 363 (2), 2021, 388-410.

Franjo Hanaman Award for promoting the name of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, 2023

Croatian Academy of Technical Sciences Award - Vera Johanides to a Young Scientist for 2009.

Annual State Science Award - Annual Award for Young Scientists 2006 in the Field of Biotechnical Sciences.

Award for the Best Poster at the Summer School: European Summer School - Production of Fuels, Specialty Chemicals and Biobased Products from Agro-Industrial Wastes and Surplus, 2006.

Award of the Society of University Teachers and Other Scientists in Zagreb 2005.

Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions, Innovative training networks, Call: HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01, 2023 – 2026 ''Decoding novel reaction chemistries in biocatalysis – Training Europe’s next visionaries for a sustainable future'', acronym: Biodeccodinng, (GA number: 101073065). Coordinator: Dr. Sandy Schmidt (Groningen, Nizozemska), PI: Prof. Zvjezdana Findrik Blažević PhD, https://biodeccodinng.eu/

Croatian - Austrian bilateral project: 2022 – 2023 BioFragrance: Enzyme engineering and process engineering for the synthesis of fragrance compounds from renewable resources, financed by MZO (partner: Graz University of Technology, Prof. Robert Kourist, PhD)

2021 – 2025 Obzor 2020 projekt (Research and Innovation Action) ''Rapid discovery and development of enzymes for novel and greener consumer products - RadicalZ'', coordinator Prof. Aurelio Hidalgo, PhD (Madrid, Spain), PI: Prof. Zvjezdana Findrik Blažević, PhD, (GA number: 101000560). https://radicalz.eu/

Croatian - Slovenian bilateral project: 2020 – 2022  ''Stabilizacija halogenhidrin-dehalogenaza za primjenu u nekonvencionalnim medijima'', financed by MZO (partner: Fakulteta za kemijo in kemijsko tehnologijo, Univerza v Mariboru, prof. Maja Leitgeb, PhD)

Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions, Innovative training networks, Call: H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020, 2021. – 2025., ''C-C Bond formation using top performing enzymes – Training the next generation of innovators for a sustainable bioeconomy'', acronym: C-C Top, GA number: 95663. Coordinator: Prof. Wolf-Dieter Fessner, PhD (Darmstadt, Germany), PI: Prof. Zvjezdana Findrik Blažević, PhD. https://cc-top-itn.eu/

Horizon 2020, ''CARBAZYMES'' (Innovation Action), ''Sustainable industrial processes based on a C-C bond-forming enzyme platform'', PI: Assoc. Prof. Zvjezdana Findrik Blažević, PhD, coordinator: Prof. Wolf-Dieter Fessner, PhD (Darmstadt, Germany). 2015 - 2019. http://carbazymes.com/

CEEPUS network Chemistry and Chemical Engineering active since 2012/2013. Croatian coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Zvjezdana Findrik, PhD.

”Industrial biotransformations in nonconventional media”, Croatian-Hungarian bilateral project, 2009 - 2011. (Partner: Pannon University, Prof. Laszlo Gubicza, PhD.

2002. Junior Research Fellow on the Biocatalysts and Biotransformations project led by Prof. Đurđa Vasić-Rački, PhD 

2007.  Elected to the scientific title of Research Associate

2009.  Assistant Professor at the Department of Reaction Engineering and Catalysis

2010.  Elected to the scientific title of Senior Research Associate

2012.  Associate Professor at the Department of Reaction Engineering and Catalysis

2013. Elected to the scientific title of Scientific Advisor

2018. Full Professor at the Department of Reaction Engineering and Catalysis

2023. Full Professor Tenure at the Department of Reaction Engineering and Catalysis