Matija Cepanec was born in 2000 in Osijek. He completed his secondary education in 2019 in Osijek, after which he enrolled in the Department of Chemistry at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek. Under the mentorship of Assist. Prof. Ana Amić, he defended his bachelor's thesis (2022), and under the mentorship of Assoc. Prof. Martina Šrajer Gajdošik, his master's thesis (2024).

He begins his academic career in 2025 when he is employed as an assistant at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, specifically in the Department of Physical Chemistry, under the mentorship of Prof. Marko Rogošić. His scientific and professional activities are in the scientific field of technical sciences, in the scientific branch of chemical engineering.