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SCIENTIFIC INTEREST
⦁ Physical oceanography
⦁ Sea level
⦁ Meteorological tsunamis
Professional experience
Education
Publications
Deep learning approach to landmarking and measurement error analysis for gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) origin classification in geometric morphometrics
Monitoring, reporting and verification for marine carbon dioxide removal
New records of introduced species in the Mediterranean Sea (December 2025)
Seagrass and mangroves as water-associated bird habitat in the southern Red Sea coasts of Saudi Arabia
Exploring spatial-based management scenarios to protect the seafloor in different areas of the Mediterranean Sea
Fisheries performance indicators for assessing the ecological sustainability of wild-caught seafood products in Europe
AdriE: a high-resolution ocean model ensemble for the Adriatic Sea under severe climate change conditions
Relative benthic status guides sustainable trawl management in the Adriatic--Ionian Seas
Incorporating key environmental drivers in European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) stock assessment model in the Adriatic Sea
Characterisation of plasmid-associated antimicrobial resistance genes in coastal marine Enterobacterales from the central Adriatic Sea: De novo assembly and bioinformatic profiling
Marine communities do not follow the paradigm of increasing similarity through time
Wind-driven upwelling in the Adriatic Sea: Coastal vs. open-sea processes
Capitalizing on the wealth of chemical data in the accretionary structures of aquatic taxa: Opportunities from across the tree of life
Oyster shells as archives of present and past environmental variability and life history traits: A multi-disciplinary review of sclerochronology methods and applications
Correlation between nanomechanical properties and microstructural design concepts of bivalve muscle attachment sites
Collaborative bottom-up Trust Missions: a perspective on long-term strategies with and for people and Nature
The prevalence of two known pathogens of Atlantic Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) in coastal Adriatic, Aegean sea, and Atlantic Iberian coast
Growth dynamics and toxin production of Pseudo-nitzschia species isolated from the Central Adriatic Sea
New record of the Mediterranean killifish Aphanius fasciatus in Croatia—phylogenetic and morphological profile of the population with conservation recommendations
Commercial sea cage farming assessment of sustainable diets on growth performance and fillet quality of gilthead sea bream and European sea bass
Prospecting microbiota of Adriatic fish: Bacillus velezensis as a potential probiotic candidate
Plankton communities in oligotrophic offshore environments in the Eastern Adriatic Sea in relation to mesoscale hydrodynamic fluctuations
Mediterranean-wide transfer of the polyopisthocotylean Sparicotyle chrysophrii between wild sparids and farmed gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) inferred by ddRAD loci
Staying hooked: effective science engagement and communication in recreational fisheries
Contribution of different bacterial groups in the carbon flow through the microbial food web
Application of a real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for rapid detection of Escherichia coli in drinking water: an EU representative study
Advancing the taxonomy of the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia through an integrative study conducted in the central and southeastern Adriatic Sea
Comprehensive insights into Pseudo-nitzschia research in the Adriatic Sea:Diverse perspectives and emerging discoveries
Genomic diversity in time and space in the toxic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata
New records of introduced species in the Mediterranean (February 2025)
Unravelling the intricate language of fish guts: Impact of plant-based vs. plant-insect-poultry-based diets on intestinal pathways in European seabass
Challenges in modelling and forecasting radiation fog with atypical dissipation during the night: a case study at Zagreb Airport
Seawater physics and chemistry along the Med-SHIP transects in the Mediterranean Sea in 2016
Deficiencies in monitoring practices of marine protected areas in southern European seas
Spatio-temporal patterns of whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in the Adriatic Sea under environmental forcing
Large-scale biogeographical shifts of abundance of antibiotic resistance genes and marine bacterial communities as their carriers along a trophic gradient
Modeling of the habitat suitability of European sprat (Sprattus sprattus, L.) in the Adriatic Sea under several climate change scenarios
Fragmented marine plastics as the prevalent litter type on a small island beach in the Adriatic
Northernmost historical records of the Atlantic pomfret, Brama brama (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Teleostei: Bramidae, Braminae), in the Mediterranean Sea and the variability of adult morphology
Global freshwater distribution of Telonemia protists
Early-life dispersal traits of coastal fishes: an extensive database combining observations and growth models
New records of introduced species in the Mediterranean (August 2024)
Influence of changing water mass circulation on detrital component and carbon burial of late Pleistocene and Holocene sediments in the eastern-central Mid-Adriatic deep
The effect of sampling frequency and spatial and temporal variation in the density of fecal indicator bacteria on the assessment of coastal bathing water quality
Sources of uncertainty in satellite-derived chlorophyll-a concentration—An Adriatic Sea case study
Marine plankton community and net primary production responding to island-trapped waves in a stratified oligotrophic ecosystem
Natural and shipping underwater sound distribution in the Northern Adriatic Sea basin and possible application on target areas
Ecology of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs on a fine-scale taxonomic resolution in Adriatic Sea unravelled by unsupervised neural network
Are winter conditions impacting annual organic production in the northern Adriatic? Verifications and future projections
Other
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
MBZ: 375644
PROJECTS
⦁ 2018 – 2021: Scientific project “The Adriatic decadal and interannual oscillations: observations, modelling and consequences (ADIOS)” founded by Croatian science foundation lead by Dr Ivica Vilibić
⦁ 2019 – 2021: INTERREG Italy-Croatia project “Climate Challenges on Coastal and Transitional Changing Areas: Weaving a Cross – Project Adriatic Response (CHANGE WE CARE)” lead by Institute of Marine Sciences CNR-ISMAR
⦁ 2019 – 2021: INTERREG Italy-Croatia project “Ecological Observing System in the Adriatic Sea: Oceanographic Observations for Biodiversity (ECOSS)” lead by Institute of Marine Sciences CNR-ISMAR
MEMBERSHIPS
⦁ 2022 – present: Member of Croatian Statistical Association
⦁ 2016 – 2018: Member of Student association BEST (Board of European Students of Technology)
COURSES AND RESEARCH VISITS
⦁ October 2022, Rijeka, Croatia: Numerical modelling workshop, Faculty of Physics, University of Rijeka (one-week workshop)
⦁ October – November 2021, Liverpool, UK: National Oceanography Centre, British Scholarship Trust grant (2 months research visit)
⦁ November 2019, Venice, Italy: THEMES workshop (3 days workshop)
⦁ October 2019, Ostend, Belgium: UNESCO/ IOC, Ocean Teacher Global Academy Training Course: Research Data Management (one-week school)
⦁ December 2018, Ostend, Belgium: UNESCO/ IOC, Ocean Teacher Global Academy Training Course: Ocean Data Management for Researchers (one-week school)
⦁ October 2016 – March 2017, Dresden, Germany: Erasmus+ project, Technische Universität Dresden (6 months)
