Department for Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Split, Croatia
Phone: +385 21 619 298 , Location: room B2-25, Ruđera Boškovića 33, Split
Personal web page: – , E-mail: spuljas@pmfst.hr

Znanstveno područje:Prirodne znanosti , Znanstveno polje: Bilogija

Scientific interest

• Biology and ecology of shellfish
• Determination of populations structure, reproductive cycles and longevity and growth of species
• Biology and ecology of underground troglobit species

Memberships

• Alumni – Department of Biology – Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
• Croatian Biological Society (HBD)

Scientific training and study visits

• 23. 05. – 27. 05. 2013. School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor, North Wales, England.
• 11. 11. – 17. 11.2013. i 26. 10. – 01. 11. 2014. Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) Brest, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Plouzané, France
• 2012. – 2016. Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries Split, Croatia
• 11. 07. – 14. 07. 2016. Freshwater Invasives – Networking for Strategy (FINS-II), University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb, Croatia

Education

• 2008 – 2013 PhD degree in Natural Science, Applied Marine Sciences, University of Split, Croatia, PhD thesis – ” Biology of the subterranean bivalve Congeria kusceri Bole, 1962 “, Supervisor prof. PhD Melita Peharda
• 1994 – 1999 Graduate degree in Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, graduate thesis – ” Seaweed of the species Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Aschers in Kašuni Bay near Split”, Supervisor prof. PhD Antonieta Požar Domac

Work experience

• 2017 – present, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Split
• 2013 – 2017. Senior Research Assistant, Faculty of Science, University of Split
• 2007 – 2013 Research Assistant, Faculty of Science, University of Split

Matični broj znanstvenika : 297594
ReasercherID : P-5378-2015
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Projects

• 2013 – 2017, „Participates in implementation of ARAMACC – Marie Curie ITN (EU FP7)“ scientific and research project – Collaborator
• 2013 – 2014, Cogito – bilateral cooperation project with France “Date shell Lithophaga lithophaga as indicator of environmental changes in the Mediterranean – sclerochronological and conservation study” – scientific and research project – Collaborator
• 2015 – 2016, „Sclerochronology as a tool for detecting long-term Adriatic environmental changes (SCOOL) “, HRZZ, 5747, scientific and research project – Collaborator

Collaborations

• Collaboration with OIKON – Institute for Applied Ecology, Zagreb – “Implementation of recent biospeleological research in Lipovo field“
• Cooperation with the State Institute for Nature Protection, Zagreb and the Croatian Biospeleological Society, Zagreb – ” Monitoring for the species Congeria kusceri Bole, 1962 and Congeria jalzici monitoring Morton & Bilandžija, 2013 in Croatia“
• Scientific collaborations with Emeritus Professor Brian Morton, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Associate Professor Julien Thebault – Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Plouzané, France; PhD. Stjepko Golubić Boston University , Boston

Reviewer

• Hydrobiology – 2013 – present
• Acta Adriatica – 2015 – present
• International Journal of Speleology – 2016 – present
• PLOS ONE – 2017 – present

Undergraduate

• Practical teaching of general zoology – Faculty of Science, University of Split – 2007 – present
• The basics of histological techniques – Faculty of Science, University of Split – 2013 – present
• Practical teaching of human anatomy with histology – Faculty of Science, University of Split – 2015 – present
• Practical teaching of Invertebrates – Faculty of Science, University of Split – 2007 – 2010
• Practical teaching of histology – Faculty of Science, University of Split – 2013 – 2014
• General zoology – Faculty of Science, University of Split – 2014/2015
• Invertebrates – Faculty of Science, University of Split – 2014/2015

Mentor – Undergraduate thesis

• Pavelin Tina (2016). „Invasive Molluscan species in Adriatic sea“
• Burazin Jelena (2016). „Bivalve diseases“
• Brkić Ines (2017). „Bivalves as pollution bioindicators“

Graduate thesis

• Stojić Danijela (2005). „Mesozooplankton community in Stobreč bay near Split“