Field Instructors

Nikolina Rako M.Sc.

Head researcher, Adriatic Dolphin Project
Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation

Ms. Rako holds a master degree in Biological Science from the University of Trieste, Italy. She is a specialist in bio-acoustics, working on the analyses of ambient noise of the Losinj Dolphin Reserve. Her research focuses on studying long term effects of anthropogenic noise on bottlenose dolphin distribution in the Lošinj – Cres archipelago. Working as a head researcher of the Adriatic Dolphin Project, she is supervising and managing data collection and analysis, presentation of scientific results and their publication.

Education

  • M.Sc. in Biological Science, University of Trieste (Italy)
  • Ph.D. student in Applied Marine Sciences, University of Split (Croatia)