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

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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)

(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.