International Database Scientist Awards
Goran Gagula — Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia
Goran Gagula is a Croatian food technology and biotechnology professional whose career combines industrial production, quality management, environmental health and safety, higher education, consultancy, and applied research. His publications examine beer quality, packaging materials, storage, volatile compounds, predictive modelling, and food biotechnology, supporting interdisciplinary research relevant to data-informed quality and process evaluation.
Abstract
Goran Gagula is affiliated with Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek and has developed a multidisciplinary professional profile spanning food technology, biotechnology, brewing technology, quality assurance, environmental management, health and safety, and academic teaching. His documented scholarly work includes studies of beer physicochemical properties, packaging effects, volatile compounds, predictive modelling, and malt quality. His Scopus record is identified by Author ID 55939984100 and reports 8 documents, 53 citations, and an h-index of 3. [1]
Keywords
Goran Gagula; International Database Scientist Awards; Indexing Techniques; Food Technology; Biotechnology; Brewing Science; Beer Quality; Packaging Materials; Volatile Compounds; Predictive Modelling; Quality Assurance; Environmental Health and Safety; Process Engineering; Food Biotechnology.
Introduction
Goran Gagula’s professional and academic activities connect laboratory science, industrial process engineering, quality systems, environmental management, and higher education. His research publications demonstrate particular engagement with brewing and food technology, including analytical assessment of beer during storage, packaging-related changes, aroma compounds, malt quality, and predictive modelling. These areas provide an applied scientific context for evaluating process variables and product quality.
Research Profile
Goran Gagula is a food technology and biotechnology professional with doctoral study in biotechnical sciences and postgraduate, master’s, and bachelor’s qualifications from Croatian universities. His expertise spans food safety, HACCP, ISO 9001/22000, environmental and occupational health and safety, auditing, leadership, project management, and finance. His career includes Croatian Ministry advisory roles, brewery consultancy and management, university teaching, process engineering, quality control, production, packaging, maintenance, EHS, ESG, budgeting, CAPEX, investments, and organizational development.
Research Contributions
The publication record indicates a sustained applied-research interest in food and beverage technology. One research stream investigates how packaging materials affect the physicochemical characteristics and volatile composition of pale lager beer during storage. [2] Another examines predictive modelling of microbial growth in different milk matrices, illustrating the application of quantitative modelling to food biotechnology. [3] Additional work addresses multivariate modelling of quality changes in lager and malt beer during storage, while later research examines the effects of pasteurisation and storage on aroma compounds in lager. [4] [5] Collectively, these studies demonstrate an applied research orientation involving analytical measurement, process variables, product quality, storage conditions, and statistical or predictive approaches. His practical work includes brewery start-ups, wastewater and water systems, beer stabilization, centrifugation optimization, PET packaging, quality assurance, product development, production savings, and technology transfer, connecting scientific and engineering principles with industrial operations.
Publications
Goran Gagula has contributed to research in food technology and brewing science through publications addressing beer quality, packaging materials, storage stability, volatile compounds, predictive modelling, and malt quality. His studies published in journals including Food Packaging and Shelf Life, Journal of the Institute of Brewing, Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists, and Mljekarstvo demonstrate an applied research focus on physicochemical analysis, quality assessment, and process-related changes in food and beverage systems. His work on packaging effects and beer storage provides evidence-based insights into product quality and technological optimization. [2][3][4][5] [6]
Research Impact
The documented Scopus profile reports 8 indexed documents, 53 citations, and an h-index of 3 for the identified author record. [1] Within the supplied publication record, research on packaging materials, beer storage, aroma compounds, predictive modelling, and malt quality represents an applied body of work connecting food science with quantitative evaluation and industrial process considerations. The relevance of this research is particularly evident in studies where product characteristics are evaluated across processing, packaging, pasteurisation, or storage conditions. Such investigations can contribute to evidence-based quality management by identifying measurable changes in product composition and quality attributes.
Award Suitability
Goran Gagula’s profile presents several documented characteristics relevant to consideration for recognition under the International Database Scientist Awards: multidisciplinary academic training, extensive industrial experience, university teaching, professional certification, applied research publications, and an indexed scholarly record. His research demonstrates the use of analytical and modelling approaches in food and beverage systems, while his professional work provides an additional applied-technology context. For an award assessment, the available evidence is best considered through the combination of publication activity, indexed research, citations, subject relevance, professional contribution, and documented technical projects rather than through a single bibliometric indicator. The Scopus record and associated publications provide identifiable sources for evaluating his scholarly activity. [1]
Conclusion
Goran Gagula’s academic and professional profile combines food technology, biotechnology, brewing science, quality assurance, environmental management, EHS, process engineering, consultancy, and higher education. His publications provide evidence of applied research into beer quality, packaging, storage, volatile compounds, predictive modelling, and malt quality. The documented Scopus record further provides a quantitative basis for scholarly profile assessment. [1]
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References
- Elsevier. (n.d.). Scopus author details: Goran Gagula, Author ID 55939984100. Scopus. https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55939984100
- Gagula, G., Mastanjević, K., Mastanjević, K., Krstanović, V., Horvat, D., & Magdić, D. (2020). The influence of packaging material on volatile compounds of pale lager beer. Food Packaging and Shelf Life, 24, 100496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fpsl.2020.100496
- Slačanac, V., Lučan, M., Hardi, J., Habschied, K., Krstanović, V., & Gagula, G. (2013). Predictive modeling of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Bb-12 growth in cow’s, goat’s and soy milk. Mljekarstvo, 63(4), 220–227. https://hrcak.srce.hr/110610
- Gagula, G., Magdić, D., & Horvat, D. (2016). PLSR modelling of quality changes of lager and malt beer during storage. Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 122(1), 116–125. https://doi.org/10.1002/jib.312
- Gagula, G., Đurđević-Milošević, D., Ncube, T., & Magdić, D. (2024). The effect of pasteurisation and storage on aroma compounds in lager. Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 130(2), 83–92. https://doi.org/10.58430/jib.v130i2.52
- Gagula, G., Šarić, G., Rezić, T., Horvat, D., & Magdić, D. (2023). Changes in the physicochemical properties of pale lager beer during storage in different packaging materials. Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists, 81(2), 351–356. https://doi.org/10.1080/03610470.2022.2134110