CONTACT INFORMATION
RESEARCH AND WORKING EXPERIENCE
- Ministry of Environment and Energy (MEE), Zagreb, Croatia, 2016-2017 External advisor for EU LIFE Nature & Biodiversity
- University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Department of Environmental Sciences, 2014-2015
ATTENDED SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS WITH PRESENTATION
- Kopački rit, jučer, danas, sutra - 6th Symposium with international participation, 2017
Organised through DanubeParcs project in Tikveš, Croatia, Sep ’17
Talk: 'Enhancing Nature and Environmental Protection through LIFE Programme'
- 2nd Symposium on freshwater biology, 2017
Organised by Croatian association of freshwater ecologists at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science in Zagreb, Feb ‘17
Talk: ‘Strengthening the conservation and management of freshwater ecosystems through Programme LIFE’
- 29th European Cetacean Society Conference 2015 Hosted by ECS in St Julian`s, Malta, March ‘15
Talk: ‘Fisheries-cetacean competition: Lessons learned and its implications for conservation and ecosystem management’
Hosted by University of Helsinki, Finland, March ‘15
Talk: ‘Fisheries-cetacean competition: Lessons learned and its implications for conservation and ecosystem management’
- ICES Symposium “Ecological Basis of Risk Analysis for Marine Ecosystems” Hosted in collaboration with University of Helsinki, Finland, Jun ‘14
Poster: ’Evolutionary pressures under current fishing practices in European Hake (Merluccius merluccius)'
OTHER ATTENDED SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
- 28th European Cetacean Society Conference 2014 Hosted by ECS in Liége, Belgium, April ‘14
- 27th European Cetacean Society Conference 2013 Hosted by ECS in Setúbal, Portugal, April ‘13
Participant and volunteer during the duration of the conference
- BRIGHT LERU Conference 2012: Future networks
Hosted by the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Aug ‘12
Active participation in a workshop with a focus on the concept of “Cooperation”
RESEARCH INTERSHIPS AND STUDY VISITS
- 1st Advanced school on Multispecies modelling Approaches for ecosystem based marine REsource Management in the MEDiterranean Sea (AMARE-MED 2017; 30/07/2017 – 05/08/2017)
- NGO Yayasan Konservasi RASI, East Kalimantan, Indonesia (16/06/2016 – 27/06/2016)
- Instituto Español de Oceanografia (IEO), Vigo, Spain (17/04/2015-30/05/2015; 01.09.2015-31.10.2015)
- Instituto Español de Oceanografia (IEO), Vigo, Spain (29/03/2015 - 16/04/2015)
- 10th European Seminar on Marine Mammals: Biology and Conservation (01/09/2014 – 05/09/2014)
- Research Institute of the University of Iceland in Húsavik, Iceland (03/07/2013 - 03/11/2013)
- Research Institute of the University of Iceland in Húsavik, Iceland (23/06/2013 - 02/07/2013)
PRIZES AND AWARDS
- DENVI doctoral position, 2017 – one-year funding for the for conducting the PhD project and attending the DENVI doctoral programme
- CIMO fellowship award, 2014 –personal grant for conducting the PhD project and attending the DENVI doctoral programme (01/09/2014 – 31/05/2015)
- EU placement award, 2013 – financial support for a marine mammal internship programme with the collaboration of the Research Institute in Húsavik, Iceland
- Erasmus Mundus grant – Basileus project, 2011 –granted on the basis of previous achievements through graduate studies for the purpose of obtaining a Master of Science degree at Lund University