Zvjezdana Bencetić Klaić

Born in Zagreb, Croatia on September 10, 1958.

Education
1998 Ph.D. Natural Science-Physics, University of Zagreb, Croatia
1989 M.S. Physics-Atmospheric Physics, University of Zagreb, Croatia
1983 B.S. Physics-Meteorology, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Professional Experience
2010-2024 Professor, Andrija Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute, Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, retired on October 1, 2024.
2006-2010 Associate Professor, Andrija Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute, Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
2002-2006 Assistant Professor, Andrija Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute, Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
1998-2002 Senior Assistant, Andrija Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute, Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
1994-1998 Assistant, Andrija Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute, Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
1991-1994 Creation of databases, software enterprise '3Dnet', Zagreb
1988-1991 Hydrological and hydrotechnical modeling, 'Hidroprojekt', Zagreb
1983-1988 Graduate Research Assistant, Andrija Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute, Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

Research Areas
Planetary Boundary Layer Pollution, Air Quality Modeling, Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling, Biometeorology; Physical Limnology; Lake-Atmosphere Interactions

Scholarships, Professional and Scientific Visits
2000 Post-doctoral scholarship of the Greek State Scholarship Foundation (I.K.Y.) at Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Environmental Engineering, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
2000 Visiting Scientist at Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada, USA
1998 Professional collaboration on ALADIN project, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France
1987 Post-graduate scholarship of the Norwegian Government at Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway

Professional activities
2010-2014: Head of Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

2005-2007: Member of the Managing Committee of the Croatian Meteorological Society

2024-present: Member of the Editorial Board of Geofizika journal