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
2006-present Associate Professor, Andrija Mohorovičić Geophisical Institute, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
2002-2006 Assistant Professor, Andrija Mohorovičić Geophisical Institute, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
1998-2002 Senior Assistant, Andrija Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
1994-1998 Assistant, Andrija Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute, 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, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

Research Areas
Planetary Boundary Layer Pollution, Modeling of the Long-range Transport of Pollutants, Mesoscale Modeling, Biometeorology

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
2003-present: Editor-in-Chief of Geofizika journal
2003-present: Member of the EURASAP Committee
2005-2007: Member of the Managing Committee of the Croatian Meteorological Society
2006-present: Advisory board of Meteorologische Zeitschrift

2008-present: Editor of the EURASAP Newsletter