Zrinka Kovarik

Dr. Kovarik is group leader in pesticides and toxicants at the Institute for Medical Research & Occupational Health in Zagreb, Croatia. She trained with the late Elsa Reiner and with Palmer Taylor, before rising to her current position. She has collaborated with the Taylor-Sharpless group for nearly two decades and has the safety clearance and facilities at her institute to use nerve agent, organophosphates in her studies. She will be responsible for the studies in mice, comparing parenteral and pulmonary exposures to the organophosphates. She is familiar with cholinesterase mechanisms, toxicology and pharmacology.