Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DATA

Date/Place of Birth

July 14, 1953.

Zvirnjača, Kupres

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Education and Positions

1971 – 1976       M.D., Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka

1979 – 1982      Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka

1979 – 1987      Research Assistant, Department of Physiology and Immunology Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka

1982                  M.Sc., University of Rijeka

1982 – 1983      Research Assistant, Federal Research Center for Virus Diseases – Tübingen, Germany

1985                   Ph.D. in Medicine, University of Rijeka

1986                  Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Immunology Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka

1986                  Research Assistant, Federal Research Center for Virus Diseases – Tübingen, Germany

1990                  Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka

1992                   Full Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka

1993 – 1994      Vice-rector of the University of Rijeka

1996 – 2021      Professor and Chair, Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka

1997 –  2007     Professor and Chair, Department of Biology and Medical genetics Faculty of  Medicine, University of Mostar

1999 – 2003      Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka

2006 –               Chair, Center for Proteomics Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka

Awards and Honours

1975      University of Rijeka – Student Award for Science

1991      The Award of the City of Rijeka for scientific work

1993      Croatian National Prize for Science “Rudjer Boskovic”

1994      Günther Weitzel Science Award 1994 (League for the development of molecular biology and biotechnology, Tübingen, Germany)

1995      Medal of the President of the Republic of Croatia

2000      Yearly Award of the Primorsko – Goranska County for scientific work

2003      The Annual Award of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts for Scientific Achievements

2004      Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka – Award for the contribution for the    development in dental science and education

2007      Raine Foundation Visiting Professorship at the University of Western Australia

2009      The Award of the Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences

2013      Lifetime Achievement Award in Science of the Republic of Croatia

2017      Lifetime Achievement Award in Science of the City of Rijeka

Academy Memberships

2012      German National Academy of Science – Leopoldina

2015      European Academy of Microbiology

2021      Academia Europaea

2022      Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Editorial Boards

Memberships

1994 – 2002     The National Scientific Council (Croatia)

2000 – 2003    The National Council for Higher Education (Croatia)

2000 –              American Society for Microbiology

2002 – 2006    President of the Croatian Immunological Society

2005 –              Society for Natural Immunity

2006 – 2011      EU FP6/ FP7 Programme Committee – Health (Member)

2006 – 2011      President of the National Board for FP7 projects

2010 – 2021      Croatian Science Foundation – Board of Directors

2012 –                Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Medicine Zagreb – Chair of the Governing Council Member

2013 –  2017      Chairman of the Science Council, University of Rijeka

2014 –                ERC Starting grant evaluation panel LS6 – Immunity and Infections

2016 –                Leibniz Institute of Virology (former Heinrich Pette Institute, HPI) – Scientific Advisory Board member

2016 – 2019       ERC Starting grant evaluation panel LS6 – Immunity and Infections       

2016 –                Croatian parliament – Board of national awards for science

2017 –                Honorary Chairman of the Science Council, University of Rijeka

2021 –                Jadran Galenski Laboratory Rijeka – Scientific Advisory Board member

Reviewer For Scientific Journals

Blood, Cell Host & Microbe, Croatian Medical Journal, Current Opinion in Immunology, Current Opinion in Virology, eLife, Expert Review of Vaccines, Infection and Immunity, International Immunology, Immunity, Nature Communication, Nature Immunology, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Journal of General Virology, Journal of Leukocyte Biology, Journal of Virology, Journal of Virological Methods, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Methods in Virology, PloS Pathogens, Virology, Viruses, The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Grants Reviewer

Principal Advisor

Pero LucinM.sc.1989
Pero LucinPh.D.1991
Ivica PavicM.sc.1992
Bojan PolicM.sc.1993
Irena CrnkovicM.sc.1994
Ivica PavicPh.D.1995
Bojan PolicPh.D.1996
Irena CrnkovicPh.D.1997
Davor StimacPh.D.1997
Astrid KrmpoticM.sc.1998
Irena MiloticM.sc.1999
Dubravka MatanicPh.D.2000
Milena HasanM.sc.2000
Astrid KrmpoticPh.D.2001
Marina BralicM.sc.2004
Luka Cicin-SainM.sc.2004
Milena HasanPh.D.2004
Ivan BubicPh.D.2005
Luka Cicin – SainPh.D.2006
Tihana Lenac RovisPh.D.2007
Jurica ArapovicPh.D.2009
Djurdjica CekinovicPh.D.2011
Marina Babic CacPh.D.2011
Irena SlavuljicaPh.D.2012
Faruk SkenderiM.sc.2012
Maja ArapovicPh.D.2013
Vanda Juranic LisnicPh.D.2013
Zeguang WuPh.D.2014 (co-menthor, University Clinic Ulm)
Tihana TrsanPh.D.2015
Ilija BrizićPh.D.2016
Hrvoje ŠimićPh.D.2018
Antonija MiletićPh.D.2019
Daria KveštakPh.D.2022