Personal Information

Born: 1.07.1954, Zagreb, Croatia

Citizenship: Croatia

Address: Faculty of Geodesy, Kačićeva 26, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Tel: +385 1 4639 318;   fax: +385 1 4828 081

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Professional Preparation

PhD, Astrophysics , Institute "Ruđer Bošković" ,1994

MSc, Astrophysics , University of Zagreb, 1987

BSc, Physics, University of Zagreb, 1980

Employment: Hvar Observatory, Faculty of Geodesy, Uni. Zagreb, since 1981

Position: Scientific Advisor, since 2010

Research field: stellar physics - observations and modelling of Be stars and eclipsing binary systems with accretion disks, stellar photometry – observations, reduction and transformation of measurements to international standard system

Member of International Astronomical Union (IAU), Croatian Astronomical Society

Referee of a number of papers in journal Cent. Eur. Astrophys. Bull.

Participation in national and international projects in the field of stellar and solar physics:

2009 – 2013     “Accurate physical properties of hot stars based on binary and multiple studies" (CU Prague)

2010 - 2011    "Open clusters and their variable content" (Austro-Croatian billateral project)

2007- 2010    “Physical Processes in the Solar and Stellar atmospheres”  (MZOŠ)

2006 – 2007    “Improving physics of hot stars via observations of suitably selected binaries” (CU Prague)

2003 – 2005    “Asymmetry of Be-star envelopes“ (CU Prague)

2002- 2006    “Physical Processes in the Solar and Stellar atmospheres”  (MZOŠ)

1996 – 2001   “Plasma of the Solar Atmosphere; Phenomenon of Be Stars” (MZIT)

1991- 1995    “Physical Processes in the Solar and Stellar atmospheres”  (MZOŠ)

1986 – 1990   “Radiative Processes and Mass Transfer in Stars” (SIZZ SRH)

1983 – 1986   “Physics of Sun and stars” (RKZTI)