Prof. dr. sc. Vladis Vujnović has passed away

Last Updated on Monday, 31 March 2025 19:23 Written by Jaša Čalogović Wednesday, 26 February 2025 13:31

We are sad to announce that prof. Dr. sc. Vladis Vujnović, who worked as a long-time professor at the Department of Geophysics at the Faculty of Science from 1986 until his retirement in 2003, has passed away at the age of 92. From 1975 to 1978, he was also the head of the Hvar Observatory. Prof. Vujnović's field of work included laboratory atomic physics (ionized gas physics) and optics, astrophysics and geophysics, and he was a favorite professor of students. He is known to many generations with an interest in astronomy and astrophysics as the author of books and textbooks on astronomy, and he was also a very active popularizer of astronomy until his death. Prof. Vujnović's final farewell will be at the Crematorium at the Zagreb cemetery Mirogoj on Friday, February 28, 2025 at 11:55 a.m.
In memoriam prof. dr. sc. Vladis Vujnović, 1933. – 2025.