Originally from Zagreb, Croatia, Borna earned his bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, USA, in 2022. During his time there, he conducted research on the MAPK signaling pathway using molecular dynamics simulations and biophysical methods.

In the autumn of 2022, Borna joined the Dikic group as an MS/PhD student through the IMPRS program at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt. His doctoral research focuses on exploring novel mechanisms of selective autophagy of the endoplasmic reticulum.