Curriculum vitae
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Born: April 5, 1968, ©ibenik (Croatia)
Research interests
Elementary particle physics and cosmology, active research focused on:
- 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
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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:
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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
Teaching responsibilities
- Undergraduate studies (Department of Physics, University of Rijeka):
- 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
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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
(For published contributions to conference proceedings see here.)
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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, Ni¹ (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.
Last update: 30-12-2015