Expert in Environmental Chemistry, Soil Contaminants & Exposure Assessment
By: Deepthi
Conference Manager, WARE 2026
11/26/2025
Prof. Sanja Stipičević is a leading environmental chemist whose work focuses on the behavior, fate, and human-exposure pathways of contaminants in soil and environmental media. Based at the Institute for Medical Research & Occupational Health (IMI) in Zagreb, Croatia, she specializes in pesticide sorption processes, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and radionuclide transfer from soil to crops research crucial for advancing food-safety standards and environmental risk assessment.
Government Building / Research Institute
Dr. Stipičević’s contributions span laboratory investigations, field monitoring, and analytical method development. Her research has helped clarify how soil composition and environmental conditions control contaminant mobility and bioavailability, providing essential scientific insight for regulatory decision-making and sustainable land-management practices. She has collaborated on national and international projects dedicated to environmental monitoring, agricultural safety, and public-health protection.
At WARE-2026, Dr. Stipičević will present cutting-edge findings on contaminant transport in agro-ecosystems, including pesticide dynamics, POPs distribution, and radionuclide behavior in Croatian soils. Her session will explore how integrated chemical, environmental, and exposure-assessment approaches can strengthen waste-management policies, improve agricultural resilience, and support evidence-based environmental governance across the region.