Organizational structure

President: Marija Ivković

Marija is Associate Professor at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb (Croatia). Her scientific work focuses on ecology, taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of aquatic insects (primarily aquatic flies; Diptera, Insecta) in Croatia and the wider area of ​​Europe. Her research focuses on the diversity of aquatic insects with an emphasis on biodiversity hotspots and research of long-term changes of the composition and structure of communities affected by climate change.


Vice president: Vlatka Mičetić Stanković

Vlatka is senior curator of beetle collections in the Department of Zoology at the Croatian Natural History Museum in Zagreb (Croatia). Her scientific work focuses on taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, and ecology of water beetles, especially riffle beetles and minute moss beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elmidae, Hydraenidae), as well as scientific and professional revision of beetle museum collections.


Secretary: Romana Gračan

Romana is Assistant Professor at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb (Croatia). Her scientific work focuses on the developmental and population biology of aquatic organisms, the adaptation of cave animals to life in underground habitats, and the histological response of organisms to toxicants in freshwater ecosystems.