PhD Curriculum Vitae
First name/Surname	Ani Gerbin
Occupation or position held	Qualification: Master’s Degree in International Economics, obtained in 2007 from the University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics, Rijeka, Croatia Current position: Associate for Project Management, Administrative and Financial Affairs, Center for Proteomics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, B. Branchetta 20, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Contact	agerbin@medri.hr
Name of the Faculty and University where you do PhD action	Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana Doctoral Program in Economics and Business Kardeljeva pl. 17, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Subject of your research activity	Knowledge transfer process between academia and industry in biomedicine and biotechnology
Name and title of your PhD supervisor	Mateja Drnovsek, PhD, Associate Professor
Description of the orientation of your research activities	In frame of my doctoral research I investigate knowledge transfer process from academia to the life science business sector, from the perspective of an individual researcher. My intention is to establish a conceptual model which would capture the relationship between different types of knowledge transfer activities, and formal and informal knowledge diffusion among life scientists. Here I analyze both the “traditional” knowledge transfer activities, such as consulting and sponsored research, and the “new-type” knowledge transfer activities, including patenting, licensing and the establishment of spin-off companies. The developed model will be empirically tested in the international life science settings, thus offering a comprehensive cross-country comparison.
Theses	The preliminary thesis is that the involvement of academic researchers in knowledge transfer activities with the business sector adversely affects the intensity of knowledge flows, manifested through formal and informal collaboration of researchers with other members of the scientific community. Other identified possible determinants of knowledge flows in the life science communities include human and social capital as well as institutional and environmental characteristics relating to individual researchers.
Remarks	I am open to collaboration with other researchers from the Network and will also be glad to receive any comments or useful information concerning the specified subject of my studies.
Publication	Cerović, Lj, Mudrić, S, Gerbin, A (2008). Corporate social responsibility in the food industry with an overview of the Republic of Croatia. Journal of International Research Publications: Economy and Business. 2(1), 346-364.