Vladimir Mrša received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb in 1984. He joined Laboratory of Biochemistry, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb in 1980 and has been the full Professor at the same Faculty since 1999. He has conducted research in the field of protein glycosylation and secretion, as well as cell wall biosynthesis in fungi. Professor Mrša has published 50 scientific papers which have been cited over 1200 times according to Web of Science. Besides, he has published 2 patents and has been an invited lecturer at a number of domestic and international meetings. Besides, he was a member or president of over 30 international scientific conferences. He is an active member of the International Commission for Yeasts of the International Union of Microbiological Societies, Croatian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Croatian Microbiological Society and Croatian Society for Biotechnology. Professor Mrša has served as the dean of the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb in two mandates (2003-2007) and is presently Secretary General of the Croatian Academy of Engineering. Besides, he is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Food Technology and Biotechnology.