Bruno Zelić, PhD, was born on July 15, 1973, in Osijek, Republic of Croatia. Since 2013, he has been a full professor at the Department of Reaction Engineering and Catalysis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology. From 2013 to 2017 he was Dean and from 2009 to 2013 Vice Dean of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb. He worked for two years (2000-2002) as a junior researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology II, Research Centre Juelich, Germany. He received several awards for his scientific and professional work: The Rector's Award (1994 and 1995), the Annual Award of the Society of University Teachers and Other Scientists in Zagreb (1999), the Award of the Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers and Technologists (2003), the Vera Johanides Award of the Croatian Academy of Engineering (2007), the Rikard Podhorsky Award of the Croatian Academy of Engineering (2021) and the Croatian Annual Award for Science (2018).

His scientific interests are in the field of chemical engineering and in the development of bioprocesses using microdevices. Bruno Zelić, PhD, has published more than 110 scientific and professional papers in journals and proceedings of scientific and professional conferences, six book chapters and two patents. He edited the textbook Environmental Engineering – Basic Principles (published by De Gruyter) and co-authored six book chapters and two patents. As an invited lecturer, he gave more than 20 lectures at national and international scientific conferences and participated with more than 140 oral or poster presentations at national and international scientific conferences. He was the leader of three international scientific projects (one FP-6 and three bilateral projects) and two national scientific projects funded by the Croatian Science Foundation. He was the author of 10 professional studies/projects for national companies and one of the initiators of the first spin-off company of the Faculty. Another start-up company was founded based on the results of the dissertation he supervised. Bruno Zelić, PhD, was a mentor of six dissertations, six postgraduate theses and about 50 master and bachelor theses.

Bruno Zelić, PhD was a member of the Senate of the University of Zagreb (2013-2019), faculty representative in the Council of Technical Faculties of the University of Zagreb (2009-2019) and President of the Council of Technical Faculties of the University of Zagreb (2017-2019). He was a member of the Rector's Board at University of Zagreb (2015-2017), a member of the Working Group for Study Programmes of the University of Zagreb (2010-2014), a member of the Committee for Science and International Cooperation of the University of Zagreb and a member of the Committee for Innovation and Technology Transfer of the University of Zagreb (2015-2019). He was a member of the working group for the English-language undergraduate engineering programme at the University of Zagreb, and since 2011 he has been the head of the interdisciplinary postgraduate specialisation programme in environmental engineering at the University of Zagreb. He received the Rector's Award of the University of Zagreb for the academic year 2015/2016 for his work in various committees of the University of Zagreb, especially for the establishment of a spin-off company.

From 2016 to 2017 he was a member of the Executive Board of European Federation of Chemical Engineering. Bruno Zelić is Editor-in-Chief of the journals Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, Engineering Power and Annual of Croatian Academy of Technical Sciences. He is a member of the Croatian Academy of Engineering, the European Federation of Chemical Engineering and the Council for Technological Development of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He is currently the Vice President of the Croatian Academy of Engineering.

List of the most important papers published in the last five years:

1. Šibalić, Darijo, Šalić, Anita; Zelić, Bruno; Trand, Nghiep Nam; Hessel, Volker, Nigamd, Krishna D.P.; Tišma, Marina. Synergism of ionic liquids and lipases for lignocellulosic biomass valorization. Chemical Engineering Journal, 461 (2023) 142011, IF = 15,100/2022, Q1

2. Šalić, Anita; Ljubić, Anabela; Marčinko, Tomislav; Jurinjak Tušek, Ana; Cvjetko Bubalo, Marina; Tišma, Marina; Zelić, Bruno. Shifting the natural deep eutectic solvent based liquid lipase extraction from batch to continuous for more efficient process performance. Journal of Cleaner Production, 405 (2023) 136899, IF = 11,100/2022, Q1

3. Gojun, Martin; Šalić, Anita; Zelić, Bruno. Integrated microsystems for lipase-catalysed biodiesel production and glycerol removal by extraction or ultrafiltration. Renewable Energy, 180 (2021) 213-221, IF = 8,634/2021, Q1

4. Šalić, Anita; Jurinjak Tušek, Ana; Gojun, Martin; Zelić, Bruno. Biodiesel purification in microextractors: choline chloride based deep eutectic solvents vs water. Separation and Purification Technology, 242 (2020) 116783, IF = 7,312/2020, Q1

5. Šibalić, Darijo; Šalić, Anita; Zelić, Bruno; Tran, Nghiep; Hessel, Volker; Tišma, Marina. A new spectrophotometric assay for measuring the hydrolytic activity of lipase from Thermomyces lanuginosus: a kinetic modeling. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 8 (2020) 4818-4826, IF = 8,198/2020, Q1

The Rector's Award, 1994 and 1995

The Annual Award of the Society of University Teachers and Other Scientists in Zagreb, 1999

The Award of the Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers and Technologists, 2003

The Vera Johanides Award of the Croatian Academy of Engineering, 2007

The Croatian Annual Award for Science, 2018

The Rikard Podhorsky Award of the Croatian Academy of Engineering, 2021

Editor-in-Chief:

1. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly Journal, glavni urednik, 2018-

2. Engineering Power, 2023-

3. Godišnjak Akademije tehničkih znanosti Hrvatske, 2023-

Editorial Board Member:

1. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly Journal, 2005-

2. Technologica Acta, 2015-

3. Food Technology and Biotechnology, 2019-

4. Energies, 2020-

5. International Journal of Petroleum Technology, 2021-

6. Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 2022-

Member:

1. Croatian Academy of Engineering, vice-president

2. European Federation of Chemical Engineering

3. Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers

4. The Association of University Teachers and other Scientists in Zagreb

5. Scientific Council for Technological Development of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts,  member of the Executive Board

6. European Academy of Sciences and Arts, ordinary member in Clas VI – Technical and Environmental Sciences

Principal investigator:

1. Integrated micro-system for enzymatic biohydrogen production, research project, Croatian Science Foundation, 2023-2027

2. Cooperation research on ecological restoration and monitoring technologies after unexpected disturbances of world natural heritage sites, bilateral project, Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia and Ministry of Science and Technology of the People´s Republic of China, 2020-2021

3. Development of integrated micro-system based biocatalytic process for biodiesel production, research project, Croatian Science Foundation, 2017-2021

4. Pseudomonas 2.0: Industrial biocatalysis using living cells (EIB.10.041), second transnational FP-6 ERA-IB call for proposals, 2011-2014

5. Sustainable bioseparation processes, installation research project, Croatian Science Foundation, 2009-2012

6. Applied Biocatalysis, bilateral project, Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia and DAAD, 2006-2007

7. Biotransformations and bioseparation processes, bilateral project, Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia and Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency, 2006-2007

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology

2017 - Full Professor Tenure

2013 - 2017 Dean

2012 - 2017 Full Professor

2009 - 2013 Vice Dean for Education

2007 - 2012 Associate Professor

2003 - 2007 Assistant Professor

1999 - 2003 Assistant

1996 - Scientific Novice