professor of University of  Zagreb, Faculty of Metallurgy, Department of Mechanical Metallurgy, Laboratory of Thermal Technique and Mechanical Engineering. The main areas of scientific activities: Computation of high-temperature radiative heat transfer, Thermodynamics of fuel utilization and pollutant formation, Design and efficiency of industrial furnaces and heating equipments, CFD approach to combustion modelling and numerical simulation of furnace processes, Finite element technique in simultaneous transient conduction and thermal stress analysis, Techniques in the reduction of NOx emissions and, in particular, Metallurgical archeology.