E UROPEAN CURRICULUM VITAE FORMAT PERSONAL INFORMATION Surname(s) / First name(s) Ružić Ivica Address(es) Work: Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia Private: Hrgovići 34, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia Telephone(s) +385-(0)1-4561140 E-mail(s), Web address(s) Nationality(-ies) Identification number from Records of Scientific Workers Fax(es) +385-(0)1-4680117 ruzic@irb.hr, http://www.irb.hr/en/home/ruzic/ Croatian Date of birth 14/12/1942 WORK EXPERIENCE 41944 Dates (from to) Name and address of employer Type of business or sector Occupation or position held Main activities and responsibilities 1990 present Rudjer Bošković Institute (RBI), Division for Marine and Environmental Research Scientific research, environmental science and application of ICT Research Advisor PROJECTS LEADER of MZT RH: 098-0982934-2723 "Information Systems for environmental quality and risk assesment" (2006-08); 0098124 Models and Information Systems for Environmental Protection and Fairway Surveillance (2002-06); 00981505 "Modeling of Processes in Water and at Interfaces (1996-01), 1-07-148 "Modeling of Physical and Chemical Processes in Water and at geological and biological interfaces" (1991-95); PROJECTS LEADER for Development of Information Systems for the Management of Fairways on Drava and Danube Rivers, for the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Communication (later Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development) with Directorate for Inland Navigation (2000-08). - Participation in cooperation with FP5 COMPRIS (2002-05) and INTERREG III B projects: D4D (2003-2008) and DANewBE Data (2005-2008); Development of Croatian standards and data models for environmental protection and fairway surveillance; Development of information systems and dynamic applications for temporal and spatial presentations using Internet and XML technologies; - International research programme: EPDRB, Environmental Programme for the Danube River Basin (on the basis of the Danube River Protection Convention DRPC, signed and ratified by Croatia), I. Ružić member of expert group MLIM-Monitoring, Laboratory and Information Management and chairman of Information Management expret sub-group (from 1996 to 2000); - International Research Project: Development of a Danube Information System for the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR),financed by UNDP/GEF in the framework of the Danube Pollution Reduction Programme, I. Ružić participated in 1998 and 1999 (project leader W. Pillmann, ISEP, Vienna); - Modelling of electrode processes and adsorption, physical and chemical processes in waters and at geological and biological interfaces, the fate of pollutants in natural waters and influence of industrial & power plants, landfills and other sources of pollution on the quality of surface and ground waters and sea. Dates (from to) 1977-1990 Name and address of employer RBI, Center for Marine Research Zagreb (until 1981 Center for Marine Research) Type of business or sector Scientific research, electroanalytical chemistry and colloid science, environmental science Occupation or position held Senior research associate Page 1 - Curriculum vitae (ecvf_en)
Main activities and responsibilities PROFESSOR OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY at the University of Rijeka (1986). COORDINATOR for establishment of databases for Yugoslav National Monitoring Programme MED-POL (MAP/UNEP), for development of oceanographic databases for Integral Research Project for Adriatic Sea (1981) and development of the Information System on Sources of Pollution in Coastal Regions for UNDP Project Jadran III (1979). - Theory electrode processes, kinetics of electrode reactions and adsorption on solid-liquid interfaces; Mathematical modeling of pollutant transport within ground waters of an alluvium near Zagreb City and of the influence of Nuclear Power Plant on surface and ground waters near Sava River; Development of oceanographic databases Dates (from to) 1975-1977 Name and address of employer RBI, Center for Marine Research Type of business or sector Scientific research, electroanalytical chemistry, colloid science. Occupation or position held Research associate Main activities and responsibilities - TEACHING on postgraduate study of oceanology at the University of Zagreb; Theory of electroanalytical techniques, kinetics of electrode processes and kinetics of adsorption. Dates (from to) 1971-1975 Name and address of employer RBI, Center for Marine Research Type of business or sector Scientific research, electroanalytical chemistry Occupation or position held Senior research assistant Main activities and responsibilities ASSISTANT PROFESSOR at the Faculty of Technology (Departments in Sisak, 1971) TEACHING on postgraduate study of oceanology at the University of Zagreb (1971); Theory of electroanalytical techniques, kinetics of electrode processes. Dates (from to) 1966-1971 Name and address of employer RBI, Department of Physical Chemistry (from 1969 Center for Marine Research) Type of business or sector Scientific research, electroanalytical and colloid chemistry Occupation or position held Research assistant Main activities and responsibilities Theory of electroanalytical techniques, Ph.D. (1971), kinetics of precipitation of sparingly soluble metal iodates, Master of Science (1968), B.Sc. (1966). EDUCATION Date 1968-1971 Name and type of organisation University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science (Department of Chemistry) Title or qualification awarded PhD in Chemistry (physical chemistry, electrochemistry) Date 1966-1968 Name and type of organisation University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science (Department of Chemistry) Title or qualification awarded MSc. in Chemistry (physical chemistry, electrochemistry and colloid chemistry) Date 1961-1966 Name and type of organisation University of Zagreb, Faculty of Sciences (Department of Chemistry). Title or qualification awarded BSc. in Chemistry (physical chemistry, colloid chemistry) TRAINING Year 1993 Place of training Aarhus (Denmark) Name and type of organisation Institute of Chemistry, University of Aarhus Guest scientist, Digital simulation of electrode processes and theory of interaction between heavy metals and organic ligands in natural waters. Page 2 - Curriculum vitae (ecvf_en)
Year 1983 Place of training Den Burg,Texel (the Netherlands) Name and type of organisation Netherlands Institute for sea research, NIOZ Guest scientist, Theory of complexation of metals with organic ligands in the sea. Year 1977 Place of training Utrecht (the Netherlands) Name and type of organisation Institute of Chemistry, University of Utrecht Guest scientist, Theory of adsorption and electrode reactions for a.c. chrono-voltamperometry. Year 1972-1975 Place of training Evanston, Illinois, USA Name and type of organisation Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University PERSONAL SKILLS AND Postdoctoral fellow, Theory of electroanalytical techniques (d.c., a.c. and squarewave chronovolt-amperometry, digital simulation of electrode processes Mother tongue(s) Croatian Other language(s) Understanding (listening and reading) Language English German French Slovenian Czech Russian Polish Speaking C2 A1 A1 B1 C1 B1 B1 Writing C1 A1 A1 B1 B2 B1 B1 C2 A2 A2 B2 C1 B2 B2 SOCIAL SKILLS AND ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS AND TECHNICAL SKILLS AND ANNEXES - Ability for team work, with recognised results in participation in national and international research projects as well as in governmental and international bodies and expert groups - Member of Scientific Council of RBI, several mandates - Member of Commissions for the defence of MSc and PhD theses and doctoral classification exams on Faculty of Natural Science and Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER), of the University of Zagreb - Speaker and invited speaker at recognised international conferences - Chairman of special sessions in a series of international conferences - Leading a number of project finaced by MSES (earlier MST) and a number of projects financed by other Ministries, National funds and funds of Zagreb City. - Teaching a number of graduate, postgraduate courses at the University of Zagreb and the University of Rijeka; leading of BSc, MSc and PhD theses performed at RBI and defended at the FER, of the University of Zagreb Mathematical modelling of electrode processes, adsorption at solid liquid interfaces, of physical and chemical processes in natural waters (modelling of the movement of solutes through saturated and unsaturated alluvial groundwater formations); the fate of pollutants in natural waters; influence of industrial sites and power plants (with special attention to nuclear facilities), landfills and other sources of pollution; Development of information systems for environmental protection and transport systems. List of papers from the Croatian Scientific Bibliography CROSBI http://www.irb.hr/en/home/ruzic/bib_41944/ Additional data available on personal Web pages: http://www.irb.hr/en/home/ruzic/ Page 3 - Curriculum vitae (ecvf_en) SIGNATURE
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Active participation in international projects: 1. DANewBE Data-Digitally Advanced New Cross-Border Exchange of Waterway Data, (2005 2007) INTERREG IIIB CADSES, coordinator via donau - Austrian Waterway Association, Vienna, Austria, J. Pečar-Ilić participated in investigations as member of GIS Forum Danube expert groups (implementation of River Information Services, RIS Directive 2005/44/EC), Croatian activities financed by Croatian Ministry for Sea, Transport and Communication. 2. D4D-Data warehouse for Danube waterway (2003 2006), INTERREG IIIB CADSES, coordinator via donau - Austrian Waterway Association, Vienna, Austria, J. Pečar-Ilić participated in investigations as member of GIS Forum Danube expert groups, Croatian activities financed by Croatian Ministry for Sea, Transport and Communication. International research programme: EPDRB, Environmental Programme for the Danube River Basin (on the basis of the Danube River Protection Convention DRPC, signed and ratified by Croatia), J. Pečar-Ilić member of expert group MLIM-Monitoring, Laboratory and Information Management (participated from 1996 to 2000). International Research Project: Development of a Danube Information System for the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR),financed by UNDP/GEF in the framework of the Danube Pollution Reduction Programme, J. Pečar-Ilić participated in 1998 and 1999. Page 5 - Curriculum vitae (ecvf_en)