Melita Švob (German: Schwob; born 17 July 1931 in Zagreb, former Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now Croatia) is a Croatian Jewish[1] biologist, scientist, and historian.
Having completed her secondary education, she studied biology at the University of Zagreb from where she graduated successfully.
After four years she moved with her husband, Tvrtko Švob, to Sarajevo, where she worked at the Faculty of Medicine as an assistant in the field of histology and embryology.
From 1964 until 1979 Švob worked at the Institute for Skin and Venereal Diseases where she establish histopathological laboratory.
In 1977 she moved to Tuzla where she helped in establishment of Faculty of Medicine, and was elected as professor of histology and embryology.