Born February 22, 1937, Sarajevo, Citizenship: Croatia, 1962 MD degree, Medical Faculty, University of Zagreb, 1962 Assistant (Department of Physiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty in Rijeka), 1968 Master of Sciences degree (Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka), 1971 Doctor of Sciences degree (University in Zagreb), 1972-1973 Fulbright scholarship (Department of Cell Biology, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas - in the group of Dr. Rupert Billingham), 1973 University docent 1976 Associate Professor, 1977 - Chairman, Department of Physiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty University of Rijeka, 1977-1979 Vice-Dean for science, Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, 1981- Professor of Physiology and Immunology, 1983-1987 Dean of the Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, 1984 Founder and Chairman of Postdiplomic studies (Master of medical sciences program) in Clinical Immunology and Experimental and Clinical Transplantation, 1985-1988 President of the Association of Medical Faculties of Yugoslavia, 1987-1990 Vice-Dean for science, Medical Faculty in Rijeka, 1989-1997 Professor of Clinical Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Medical School, Department of Pathology; 1990 Full member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Croatia; 1991-1994 Member of the Task Force for Continuing Medical Education in Europe of the World Federation for Medical Education; 1996 Member of the Board for Human Reproduction, Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology; 1998 Professor of Physiology, Medical Faculty, University of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 2000-Full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in the Department of Medical Sciences; 2000 Acting Rector, University of Rijeka; 2001 Rector of the University of Rijeka; 2001 President of Rectors Assembly of Croatian Universities; 2001 Member of Advisory Board UNIADRION; 2002 Member of the Council of European University Association; 2003 President of the Science Foundation of the University of Rijeka; 2003-2004 Member of the Council of the European Science Foundation (European Medical Research Council Standing Committee); 2003 Chairman, Foundation of the University of Rijeka; 2005-2009 Rector of the University of Rijeka, Croatia.

Visiting Professor-Invited lectures at the Universities in the Europe, USA and Japan

1990-La Jolla University (European Campus); University of Verona (Italy); University in Pittsburgh (Department of Pathology); FUHS University in Chicago (Department of Microbiology and Immunology); University of Miami (Department of Microbiology and Immunology); 1992/93-Karolinska Institute, Department of Endocrinology, Sweden; 1993-University of Uppsala, Sweden, 1994-University in Pittsburgh (Department of Pathology); FUHS University in Chicago (Department Microbiology and Immunology); University of Miami (Department Microbiology and Immunology); University of Milano, Institute of Science and Pharmacology; University Medical School of Pecs, Hungary; University of Liverpool (Department of Immunology) Liverpool; 1995-University of Miami (Department of Microbiology and Immunology), Harward Medical School (Schepens Eye Research Institute in Boston); Roswel Memorial Cancer Institute (Buffalo, New York); 1996-University of Liverpool (Department of Immunology) Liverpool; University of Bristol (Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology) Bristol, UK; University Medical School of Pecs (Department of Microbiology) Pecs, Hungary; University of Ljubljana, Conference Life Sciences 1996, Slovenia, 1997- University of Liverpool and University of Bristol (Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology) Bristol, U.K, 1999- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Microbiology, Division of Immunology and Gnotobiology, Prague, Czech Republic; University of Alabama, Birmingham (Al), USA; University of Miami (Department of Microbiology and Immunology), Florida, USA; Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA; 2000 - Hyogo Medical College, Nishinomya, Japan; Toyama Medical & Pharmaceutical College & Association, Toyama, Japan; Tokai University Medical School, Isihara, Tokai Medical Association Meeting, Japan; 2004 Hyogo Medical College, Nishinomiya, Japan and Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan.