biography
Education:
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics
Department of Mathematics, University of Klagenfurt, Austria (March 2000 -- July 2003)
Bundle Methods in Combinatorial Optimization,
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Franz Rendl
Postgraduate Study in Applied Mathematics
Department of Mathematics, University of Zagreb, Croatia (September 1997 -- February 2000)
Diploma, Mathematical Engineering in Applied Mathematics and Informatics
Department of Mathematics, University of Zagreb, Croatia (September 1992 -- April 1997)
Academic Appointments:
Full Professor
Department of Econometrics & Operations Research , Tilburg University, The Netherlands
(October 2014 --)
Associate Professor
Department of Econometrics & Operations Research , Tilburg University, The Netherlands
(June 2009 -- September 2014)
Assistant Professor
Department of Econometrics & Operations Research , Tilburg University, The Netherlands
(March 2007 -- June 2009)
Honorable Appointment
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, The University of Melbourne , Australia
(March 2006 -- December 2008)
Researcher
Department of Econometrics & Operations Research , Tilburg University , The Netherlands
(March 2006 -- March 2007)
Project Leader: Prof. Etienne de Klerk
Research Fellow
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, The University of Melbourne , Australia
(September 2004 -- February 2006)
Project Leader: Prof. Natashia Boland
Project: Open-Pit Mine Optimization, in collaboration with BHP-Billiton
Post Doctoral Fellow
Advanced Optimization Laboratory, Department of Computing and Software, McMaster University, Canada
(September 2003 -- August 2004)
Project Leader: Prof. Tamás Terlaky
&
Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo, Canada
(September 2003 -- August 2004)
Project Leader: Prof. Henry Wolkowicz
Research and Teaching Assistant
Department of Mathematics, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
(July 2000 -- August 2003)
Research and Teaching Assistant Department of Mathematics, University of J.J. Strossmayer, Osijek, Croatia
(September 1999 -- February 2000)
Research and Teaching Assistant
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Food Technology, University of J.J. Strossmayer, Osijek, Croatia
(July 1997 -- February 2000)
Scholarships and Fellowships:
NWO open competition EW project, with E. de Klerk, (September 2010 -- May 2014)
NWO Project, The Netherlands (March 2007 - March 2011)
Dr. Manfred Gehring Research Fellowship, University of Klagenfurt, Austria (September 2002 -- May 2003)
Scholarship from the Austrian Science Foundation (July 2000 -- August 2002 )
Alpe Adria Research Scholarship for a Doctoral Study, University of Klagenfurt, Austria (February -- June 2000)
Research Scholarship, University of Klagenfurt, Austria (February 1999)
Alpe Adria Research Scholarship , University of Klagenfurt, Austria (January, February and July 1998)
Languages: Fluent in Croatian, English and Dutch. Understanding German.