Mislav Grgic

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About Mislav Grgic

Prof. Mislav Grgic is a University Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER) of the University of Zagreb, Croatia. Prof. Grgic is currently a president of the prestigious Deans' Club association (2022-2026), and he is also serving as 10th Grand Master (2021-2026) of The Society of Brethren of the Croatian Dragon (founded in 1905). He was a Dean of FER (2014-2018), and a Vice Dean for Research of FER (2010-2014). He was a Head of the Alumni Community of FER (2018-2022), with more than members. He has also been appointed as a Special Advisor to the Rector of the University of Zagreb for STEM disciplines and international projects (2015-2022). He was a Science Advisor to the President of the Management Board of "Končar - Electrical Industry", the largest electrical engineering company in Croatia for the past two years. Prof. Grgic has been elected as a Full Member of the Academia Europaea - The Academy of Europe (based in London; founded in 1988 and in which, among others, there are over 70 Nobel Prize winners) since July 2019. He has been accepted as a full member of the Croatian Academy of Engineering (HATZ) since 2012, where he also served as a member of the Committee for International Cooperation (from 2009 to 2013). Prof. Grgic received bronze and silver medals "Josip Loncar" from FER for outstanding B.Sc. and M.Sc. theses,"Vera Johanides" award from the Croatian Academy of Engineering for scientific achievements in the area of multimedia communications, in 1997, and 2005, respectively. He received City of Zagreb Award (the highest award of the City of Zagreb) in 2017, and "Fran Bošnjaković" award of the University of Zagreb (the highest award in technical sciences) in the same year. He received the Order of the Croatian Star with the Effigy of Rudjer Boskovic for extraordinary service in scientific work, popularization of science and attracting international projects, awarded by H. E. Mrs. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, President of Republic of Croatia, in June 2019. He received the Croatian State Science Award for 2018 for popularization of technical sciences (with three co-awardees), presented in Croatian Parliament in December 2019. Prof. Grgic was a member of the Working Group for the preparation of negotiations for the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, responsible for the Chapter 10 of the acquis communautaire:"Information Society and Media" and an appointed member of the Committee on Transportation, Communications and Maritime Affairs of the Croatian Parliament.