Curriculum vitae

• Born: April 5, 1968, Šibenik (Croatia)

Research interests

• string theory
  
  
• classical and quantum gravity, black holes
  
  
• anomalies in quantum field theory
  
  
• higher-spin theories
  
  
• low-dimensional quantum field theory and spin chains
  
  

Education

• University education: 1988-1994, Faculty of Science (PMF), University of Zagreb - Bachelor of Science (Physics). Diploma thesis: Bethe Ansatz and Spin Chains; advisor: prof. dr. Silvio Pallua.
  
  
• 1995-1998: PhD student, University of Zagreb, Theoretical Physics Department
  
  
• 1998: Master of Natural Sciences (advisor: prof. dr. Silvio Pallua; title of the thesis: Quantum Group Invariant Spin Chain and Conformal Field Theory)
  
  
• 1999: Doctor of Natural Sciences (advisor: prof. dr. Silvio Pallua; title of the thesis: Massive Thirring and Sine-Gordon Models)
  
  
• Physics schools and courses:
  
  
  • 34. Internationale Universitätswochen für Kern- und Teilchen Physik ``Low-Dimensional Models in Statistical Physics and Quantum Field Theory'', Schladming, Austria, March 4-11, 1995
    
    
  • Spring School and Workshop on String Theory, Gauge Theory and Quantum Gravity, ICTP Trieste, Italy, March 27 - April 7, 1995
    
    
  • Triangle Graduate School in Particle Physics '95, Raach, Austria, September 25-30, 1995
    
    
  • Spring School and Workshop on String Theory, Gauge Theory and Quantum Gravity, ICTP Trieste, Italy, March 18-29, 1996
    
    
  • Triangle Graduate School '96, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2-10, 1996
    
    
  • 38. Internationale Universitätswochen für Kern- und Teilchen Physik ``Geometry and Quantum Physics'', Schladming, Austria, January 9-16, 1999
    
    

Working experience

• 2016--now : Full Professor at the Department of Physics, University of Rijeka
  
  
• 2010--2016: Head of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics Division, University of Rijeka - Department of Physics
  
  
• 2009--2010: Vice-Head of the Department of Physics, University of Rijeka
  
  
• 2009--2016: Associate Professor at the Department of Physics, University of Rijeka
  
  
• 2007--2009: Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, University of Rijeka
  
  
• 2003--2007: Assistant Professor at the Theoretical Physics Department, Faculty of Science (PMF), University of Zagreb
  
  
• 1995--2003: Research/Teaching assistant at the Theoretical Physics Department, Faculty of Science (PMF), University of Zagreb
  
  

Membership in scientific bodies

• National Council for Natural Sciences (2009-2013)
  
  
• Strategy Board (Univ. of Rijeka)
  
  
• Accreditation Committee (Univ. of Rijeka)
  
  
• Council of Science (Univ. of Rijeka) (2010-2016)
  
  

Research publications

• see separate page
  
  

Teaching responsibilities

• Undergraduate studies (Department of Physics, University of Rijeka):
  • Electrodynamics
    
  
  
• Graduate studies (Department of Physics, University of Rijeka):
  • General Relativity
    
  • Selected Topics on Elementary Particle Physics
    
  • Quantum Field Theory
    
  • Theoretical physics and applications 1
    
  
  
• Doctorate studies (Department of Physics, University of Rijeka):
  • Black hole physics
    
  • Selected Topics on Elementary Particle Physics
    
  
  
• In the past years:
  • Elementary Particle Physics 1 (Univ. Rijeka)
  • Mathematical Methods in Physics 2 (Univ. Rijeka)
  • Physics and Biophysics (Faculty of Medicine, Univ. Rijeka)
  • Quantum Field Theory I and II (doctorate study, Univ. Zagreb)
  • Differential Equations and Dynamical systems (Univ. Zagreb)
  • Symbolic Languages - Mathematica
  • Seminar in Statistical Physics
  • Classical Electrodynamics (exercises)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmology (exercises)
  • Classical Mechanics I (exercises)
  • Electromagnetic waves and optics (exercises)
  • Statistical Mechanics (exercises)
  
  

Fellowships

• Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship (2004-2006) - Albert Einstein Institut, Golm (Potsdam), Germany
  
  
• Return Fellowship of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2006-2007)
  
  

Research visits

• Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, October 1-10, 1997; March 26 - April 7, 2000
  
  
• CERN - Theory Division, Geneve, Switzerland, May 29 - June 9, 2000
  
  
• International School For Advanced Studies (SISSA-ISAS), Trieste, Italy, April 1 - July 1, 2001
  
  
• Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert Einstein Institut), Golm (Potsdam), Germany, October 20 - November 20, 2002
  
  
• International School For Advanced Studies (SISSA-ISAS), Trieste, Italy, August 1 - October 15, 2003
  
  
• Universita degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica, Italy, October 17 - December 19, 2003
  
  
• Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, February 15 - 28, 2004
  
  
• International School For Advanced Studies (SISSA-ISAS), Trieste, Italy, May 25 - June 24, 2004
  
  
• Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert Einstein Institut), Golm (Potsdam), Germany, September 1, 2004 - March 1, 2006
  
  

Conference participation

• 7th Adriatic Meeting on Particle Physics: Perspectives in Particle Physics, Islands of Brijuni, Croatia, September 13-20 1994
  
  
• Conference on Recent Developments in Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory, ICTP Trieste, Italy, April 10-12, 1995
  
  
• Second Trieste Conference on Recent Developments in Statistical Field Theory, ICTP Trieste, Italy, March 13-15, 1996
  
  
• Conference on Phenomenological Aspects of Superstring Theories, ICTP Trieste, Italy, October 2-4, 1997
  
  
• Triangle Seminar on Particle Physics, Vienna, Austria, November 28-29, 1997
  
  
• Nuclear and Particle Physics with CEBAF at Jefferson Lab Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, November 3-10, 1998
  
  
• Spring Workshop on Superstrings and Related Matters, ICTP Trieste, Italy, March 22-30, 1999
  
  
• Central European Triangle Symposium on Particle Physics, Zagreb, Croatia, June 17-19, 1999
  
  
• Spring Workshop on Superstrings and Related Matters, ICTP Trieste, Italy, March 27 - April 4, 2000
  
  
• Non-commutative Yang-Mills Theories Conference, Bayrischzell (Germany), March 30 - April 2, 2001
  
  
• NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Statistical Field Theories, Villa Olmo, Como (Italy), June 18-23, 2001
  
  
• 8th Adriatic Meeting: Particle Physics in the New Millenium, Dubrovnik (Croatia), September 4-14, 2001
  
  
• EURESCO Conference on Particle Physics and Gravitation, Bad Herrenalb (Germany), June 1-6, 2002
  
  
• 9th Adriatic Meeting: Particle Physics and the Universe, Dubrovnik (Croatia), September 4-14, 2003
  
  
• Strings 04, College de France, Paris (France), June 28 - July 2, 2004
  
  
• Southeastern European Workshop on Challenges Beyond the Standard Model, Vrnjacka Banja (Serbia and Montenegro), 19 - 23 May, 2005
  
  
• Alexander von Humboldt Conference: Advances in Physics and Astrophysics of the 21st Century, Varna (Bulgaria), 6 - 11 September, 2005
  
  
• Mini meeting on Black Holes and Topological Strings, SISSA Trieste (Italy), 20 - 22 November 2006
  
  
• SEENET-MTP Workshop SQ2007: New methods in string theory and quantization, Niš (Serbia), March 22 - 26, 2007
  
  
• Strings 07, Instituto de Fisica Teorica UAM/CS, Madrid (Spain), June 25-29, 2007
  
  
• BW2007 3. Southeastern European Workshop: Challenges Beyond the Standard Model, Djerdap-Kladovo (Srbija), September 2-9, 2007
  
  
• 5. Znanstveni sastanak Hrvatskog fizikalnog drustva, Primosten, 5-8. listopad 2007.
  
  
• Croatian-German Bilateral Symposium: DFG & NZZ (NFS) Workshop on Field Theory, Non-commutative Geometry and Strings, Zagreb (Croatia), November 9-11, 2007
  
  
• 34. International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP08), Philadelphia, PA (USA), July 29 - August 5, 2008
  
  
• Workshop on Black Holes in General Relativity and String Theory, Veli Losinj (Croatia), August 24-30, 2008
  
  
• Strings 09, Rome (Italy), June 22-26, 2009
  
  
• 6. Znanstveni sastanak Hrvatskog fizikalnog drustva, Primosten, 8-11. listopad 2009.
  
  
• GoranFest: the joy of making physics, Split (Croatia), June 9-12, 2010.
  
  
• Workshop on Black Holes in Supergravity and M/Superstring Theory, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Potsdam (Germany), 10-12 September 2012.
  
  
• 2nd Mediterranean Conference on Classical and Quantum Gravity, Veli Losinj (Croatia), June 9-15, 2013.
  
  
• 10th Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (CosPa 2014), Auckland (New Zealand), December 8-12, 2014.
  
  
• Aspects of Gauge and String Theories, SISSA Trieste (Italy), July 1-2, 2015.
  
  
• Cosmic acceleration, Kavli IPMU, Kashiwanoha (Tokyo, Japan), September 20-21, 2015.
  
  
• Workshop on Topics in Three Dimensional Gravity, Abdus Salam ICTP Trieste (Italy), March 21-24, 2016.
  
  
• Workshop on Mathematical Physics, ICTP-SAIFR (IFT-UNESP) Sao Paolo (Brazil), June 16-17, 2016.
  
  
• 31st International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics, CBPF Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), June 19-25, 2016.
  
  
• Physical Interpretations of Relativity Theory (PIRT) - 2017, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow (Russian federation), July 3-6,2017.
  
  
• 6th International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics (ICNFP 2017), Kolymbari, Crete (Greece), 17-29 August, 2017.