Education
- 2016 PhD in Computer Science – Software Engineering
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing - 2009 Professor of physics and computer science
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Department of Physics
Work Experience
- 2009 – today. Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Environmental Hygiene Unit, senior research assistant
Research projects
- 2024-2027 Environment Pollution and Human Health: Physico-Chemical Analysis, Toxicity and Machine Learning Models – EnvironPollutHealth, NextGenerationEU (collaborator)
- 2022–2026 Evidence Driven Indoor Air Quality Improvement – EDIAQI, HORIZON Europe (collaborator)
- 2021–2025 Air Pollution and Biomarkers of Effect in Humans – HUMNap, Croatian Science Foundation (collaborator)
- 2020–2023 Development of Functional Beverage in Sustainable Packaging – JamINNO+, ERDF (collaborator)
- 2020–2023 Deployment of Lower-Cost Ambient Air Quality Sensor System in Urban Air, JRC (national coordinator)
- 2020–2022 Determination of Long-Term Weather Trends for Monitoring Sources of Air Pollution by Nuclear Techniques, UNEP (collaborator)
- 2017–2023 Expansion and Modernisation of the National Network for Continuous Air Quality Monitoring – AIRQ, ERDF (collaborator)
- 2014–2015 European Joint Programme for the Integration of Radiation Protection Research – CONCERT, EURATOM HORIZON 2020 (collaborator)
Professional projects
- 2017-present Ecological Map of the City of Zagreb, City of Zagreb (leader)
- 2014-present Air Quality Monitoring at the CUPOVZ Construction Site in Zagreb (collaborator)
- 2014-present Monitoring of Air Pollution at the Stations of the State Network for Permanent Monitoring of Air Quality, Contract with the Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection and the State Hydrometeorological Institute (collaborator)
- 2014-present Monitoring Air Pollution in the Area of the City of Zagreb, City Office for Energy, Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, Zagreb (collaborator)
Teaching
- 2023-present Undergraduate and Graduate study at the Algebra University – Goldsmiths, University of London, Erasmus+. Courses: Object-oriented programming; Programming in Python; .NET practicum; Database (associate)
Fields of interest
- Air quality monitoring of gaseous pollution using automatic methods and sensors,
- monitoring of particle pollution,
- creation and maintenance of an information system for monitoring air quality in real time,
- creation of computer applications, web applications and websites,
- use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the field of air quality monitoring
Additional training
- 2023 Intro to Deep Learning, Kaggle, Zagreb
Feature Engineering, Kaggle, Zagreb
Data Visualization, Kaggle, Zagreb
Intermediate Machine Learning, Kaggle, Zagreb
Pandas, Kaggle, Zagreb
Intro to Machine Learning, Kaggle, Zagreb
Python programming language, Kaggle, Zagreb
Introduction to Machine Learning, Great Learning Academy, Zagreb, Croatia - 2020 Rigaku EDXRF NEX CG, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2019 Horiba – PFS-ONE, Zagreb, Croatia; Regional Training Course on Recent Advances in Receptor Models for Source Identification and Apportionment of Air Particulate Matter, IAEA, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2018 Regional Training Course on Quality Assurance in Using Nuclear Techniques for Elemental Analysis of APM, IAEA, Seibersdorf, Austria
Copernicus User Workshop, DHMZ, Zagreb, Croatia - 2017 RTC on Advanced Methods in PMF and PSCF, IAEA, Lisbon, Portugal
AirSensEUR, JRC, Ispra, Italy - 2016 Regional Training Course on Advanced Methods for Air Pollution Source Apportionment, IAEA, Athens, Greece
- 2014 IAEA Technical Cooperation Project RER/1/008 – RER1013 9001 01 Task Force Meeting to Define Modifify the RER APM Database Design, IAEA, Athens, Greece
- 2012 Regional Training Course on Air Sampling and Nuclear Analytical Characterisation of Atmospheric Particulate Matter (APM), Including Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC), IAEA, Zagreb, Croatia
Application of the Norm HRN EN ISO/IEC 17025, HMD, Zagreb, Croatia - 2010 Traceability and Measurement Uncertainty, HAA, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2008 Javascript, Algebra College, Zagreb, Croatia
SQL Basic, Algebra College, Zagreb, Croatia
SQL Advanced Use, Algebra College, Zagreb, Croatia
Java 2 Programming Language, Algebra College, Zagreb, Croatia
Java 5 Advanced Programming, Algebra College, Zagreb, Croatia
Java Web Programming, Algebra College, Zagreb, Croatia
XML Programming, Algebra College, Zagreb, Croatia
HTML, Algebra College, Zagreb, Croatia
ECDL Advance, Algebra College, Zagreb, Croatia
Memberships
- European Network of National Air Quality Reference Laboratories (Representative of the Reference laboratory for air particulate matter of the Republic of Croatia since 2017)
- Croatian Air Protection Association (Member of the Board of Directors since 2009)
Other engagements
- 2020-present Head of accredited methods: HRN EN 14212:2012, HRN EN 14625:2012, HRN EN 14211:2012, HRN EN 14626:2012