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International Science Council
The International Science Council was established following the decision of the UNIRI Senate, and operates as an advisory body of the University Management and the Council for Science of the University of Rijeka for research and science issues and the development of strategies and policies in the field. Members of the International Science Council are distinguished scientists who, based on the experience and practices of reputable scientific institutions, can contribute to the development of the University through their valuable input, advice, and activities.
Prof. Igor Štagljar, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Toronto, ON, Canada
Professor Igor Štagljar, a Croatian molecular biologist, was born in Zagreb in 1966. He graduated in molecular biology at the Faculty of Science of the University of Zagreb in 1990. He is a professor at the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the Donnelly Center of the University of Toronto, Canada. He earned his Ph.D. at ETH Zürich (Switzerland) under the supervision of professors Charles Weissmann and Markus Aebi and trained in the laboratories of professors Walter Schaffner and Ueli Hübscher (University of Zurich, Switzerland) and Stanley Fields (University of Washington, USA). He is one of the world leaders in the field of proteomics/chemical genomics developing high-throughput technologies to facilitate the study of protein-protein interactions (PPIs) of various human membrane proteins involved in cancer. He has published more than 140 research papers listed on PubMed, holds 8 patents, and has been recognized as one of the best inventors in Canada.
Prof. Željko Ivezić, Ph.D.
University of Washington, WA, USA
Željko Ivezić earned his M.A. degree in mechanical engineering and physics from the University of Zagreb and a Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Kentucky. After developing software for the first digital sky survey (Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Princeton University) for seven years, he became a professor of astronomy at Washington University. His main area of expertise includes statistics and big data applications in astronomy. He is the author of over 300 publications in leading journals and has over 75,000 citations. He is currently the scientific director of the largest project funded by the American Science Foundation, The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, which will collect about 20,000 gigabytes of astronomical data every night, starting from 2021. There is even one asteroid named after him – 202930 Ivezic.
Prof. Aleksandra Kanjuo Mrčela, Ph.D.
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Aleksandra Kanjuo Mrčela teaches Sociology of Labor and Economic Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. She is a researcher at the Center for Research on Organizations and Human Resources at the Institute of Social Sciences in Ljubljana and has participated in the organization of numerous Slovenian and international projects and collaborations. She has been a visiting researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. She is currently the head of the Doctoral School at the University of Ljubljana and a member of the Steering Committee at EUA-CDE. Since 2003, she has been the coordinator of the National Center for the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound, Dublin). She is a member of the Experts’ Network in the fields of employment, social inclusion and gender equality, and editor of the scientific journal Social Politics. She is interested in working organizations, work, industrial relations, the position of women in the economic sphere, economic democracy, and ownership and post-privatization changes in Slovenian companies.
Assoc. Prof. Iva Skov, Ph.D.
Aalborg University, Denmark
Iva Skov was born in 1988. She earned her Master’s degree in 2012 at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Shipbuilding of the University of Zagreb and earned her Ph.D.