Kršinić Frano, F.C.A.

Full members III. Department of Natural Sciences
Kršinić Frano

Date of birth:

  • 08/23/1947

Place of birth:

  • Lumbarda, island of Korčula

Addresses:

  • Trg Nikole Šubića Zrinskog 11, 10000 Zagreb

Phones:

  • Department of Natural Sciences +385 01 4895 171

Emails:

Kršinić Frano, F.C.A.

Full members III. Department of Natural Sciences

Academic titles:

  • fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • doctor of Science

Institutions:

  • Naslovni redoviti profesor iz područja prirodnih znanosti – polje biologija – Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb (1997. – …)
  • Scientific adviser, retired – Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split (2013. – …)

Functions in Academy:

  • head of – Trsteno Arboretum (11/26/2008 – 10/26/2011)
  • president – Scientific Council for Adriatic Research (02/23/2011 – 10/26/2011)
  • president – Committee for the Restoration of The Trsteno Arboretum (02/23/2011 – 10/26/2011)

Membership in Academy:

  • full member – Department of Natural Sciences (05/18/2000 – …)
  • associate member – Department of Natural Sciences (06/18/1992 – 05/18/2000)

 

Biography

Frano Kršinić, a Croatian biologist was born in Lumbarda on the island of Korcula on August 23, 1947. He graduated in biology in 1972 from the Faculty of Science in Zagreb, where he received his Doctorate in 1977. From 1972 to retirement in 2013 he has been working at the Biological Institute in Dubrovnik (now the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split), in the laboratory for plankton ecology. he is scientific advisor of the Institute since 1989, and full professor at the Faculty of Science in Zagreb since 1997. Explores planktonic communities in the Adriatic; primarily deals with the ecology and taxonomy of microzooplankton. From 2008 to 2011 he was the head of the CASA Arboretum in Trsteno. Full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences since 2000. Winner of the National Science Prize in 2008.