Avrelija Cencič

Avrelija Cencič (pronounced Cen•cich) (19 October 1964 – 14 December 2012) was a Slovenian university professor, researcher in the fields of biochemistry, molecular biology and immunology, manager and educator in health and life sciences.

Education and training In 2000 she made her PhD (with 1st class honours) from biochemistry and molecular biology of leukocytic and trophoblastic interferon gamma participating with University of Paris XI, Orsay, France and University of Ljubljana, Medical Faculty, Slovenia.

Work experience She was employed as the Chair of Dept. of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine and Chair of Dept. of Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences and she was a Vice dean for research and was Vice dean for International Relations at the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Maribor.

Other skills and competences Multi language skills including English, German, French and Croatian.

Awards 1987: Award of the University of Maribor; for the outstanding Student research work. 1989: Krka award; for the second best pharmaceutically interesting Student research work. 2006 onwards: COST programme (expert in Food and Technology) 2008 onwards: EFSA expert.