Instructor Team
Our team of instructors comprises international experts in different fields of Conservation Biology coming from Europe, USA and Canada. It includes iSCB lecturers, guest speakers and field instructors who will present latest trends, case studies and state of the art knowledge in this young and fast developing scientific discipline that is considered today as the critical science of the 21st century.
iSCB Lecturers
Assoc. Prof. Selina Heppell, PhD – lead instructor and iSCB program chair
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, and adjunct faculty at Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, USA
Asst. Prof. Scott Heppell, PhD – iSCB instructor
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, USA
Prof. Boris Kryštufek, PhD – iSCB instructor
Head of the Institute for Biodiversity Studies, University of Primorska, and Head of Vertebrate Department, Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Slovenia
Bojan Lazar, PhD – iSCB instructor
Department of Biology,
Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Peter Mackelworth, PhD – iSCB instructor
Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation, Croatia
Guest Speakers
Prof. Gjuro Huber, PhD
Department of Biology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Prof. Boris Sket, PhD
Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Asst. Prof. Sven Jelaska, PhD
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Asst. Prof. Petar Kružić, PhD
Laboratory for Marine Biology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Asst. Prof. Ante Žuljević, PhD
Laboratory for Benthos, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, and adjunct faculty at the University of Split, Croatia
Field Instructors
Goran Sušić, PhD – iSCB field coordinator and lead instructor – Cres Island
Institute of Ornithology, Croatian Academy of Science and Arts, Croatia
Peter Mackelworth, PhD – iSCB field coordinator and lead instructor – Lošinj Island
Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation, Croatia
Nikolina Rako, MSc -
iSCB field instructor
Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation, Croatia