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Barbara Mikac

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

Department of Cultural Heritage

Academic discipline: BIOS-05/A Ecology

Collaborations

Formal collaboration with:
Department of Applied Ecology, University of Dubrovnik
Country:
Croatia
Description:
2024–oggi Scientific collaboration on the ecology of shellfish aquaculture, with particular emphasis on the fauna associated with mussel and oyster farms and on non-native, parasitic and harmful species. Research activities also include engaging farmers and other stakeholders in the sustainable management of shellfish aquaculture. The collaboration encompasses joint participation in research projects, including the ERGA/Biodiversity Genomics Europe project “Alien Polydora (Annelida: Spionidae): Oyster Pests in the Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean)”, field sampling and sample analysis, and the training of undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students through the supervision of their research.
Formal collaboration with:
Institute of Oceanography, Nha Trang
Country:
Viet Nam
Description:
2025–present Collaboration within the international VIBRANT project on monitoring and conserving coral reef biodiversity along the south-central coast of Vietnam. The activities integrate traditional ecological surveys, taxonomy, environmental DNA, photogrammetry and other innovative technologies for monitoring coastal ecosystems.
Collaboration with:
Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (ZSM) e Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
Country:
Germany
Description:
2024–present Collaboration focusing on the characterisation of marine biodiversity and benthic communities in Brijuni National Park, Croatia. It includes research expeditions involving scientific diving, sampling and taxonomic identification, as well as the preparation of joint publications and the scientific supervision of a PhD student.
Formal collaboration with:
M.A.R.E. Società Cooperativa
Country:
Italy
Description:
2022-present Collaboration on the study and monitoring of fauna associated with shellfish farming, with particular emphasis on non-indigenous, pest and parasitic species. The collaboration has resulted in joint publications and competitively funded projects, including PolyFREE, and includes the training and scientific supervision of a PhD student.
Collaboration with:
Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo
Country:
Italy
Description:
2019–present Collaboration on the taxonomy and ecology of meiobenthic polychaetes from Indonesia, including taxonomic analyses, university-level training and co-supervision of theses on these topics. The collaboration also encompasses research on the taxonomy and ecology of fauna associated with rhodolith beds in the Adriatic Sea.
Formal collaboration with:
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali (BiGeA), Università di Bologna
Country:
Italy
Description:
2022–present Internal collaboration with the MARECOL group (Ecology, Conservation and Restoration of Marine and Coastal Environments), the Benthos Ecology Laboratory and the Ecological and Environmental Genetics Laboratory on the biodiversity, ecology, conservation and restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems. Activities include joint projects and publications on benthic community monitoring, non-indigenous species, aquaculture, integrative taxonomy and the effects of anthropogenic pressures.
Collaboration with:
Reparto Carabinieri Biodiversità Punta Marina – Raggruppamento Carabinieri Biodiversità
Country:
Italy
Description:
2024 Collaboration with the Reparto Carabinieri Biodiversità Punta Marina – Raggruppamento Carabinieri Biodiversità within the D.U.N.E. project (Digitization of Unique Natural Coastal Ecosystems in the Emilia-Romagna Region), aimed at promoting awareness and appreciation of the natural heritage of the Casalborsetti coastal dunes through a virtual museum.
Formal collaboration with:
University of Guam Marine Laboratory
Country:
Guam
Description:
2024 Participation as an invited researcher in the Guam BioBlitz, an international marine biodiversity survey conducted within the Guam NSF EPSCoR–GECCO project. Activities included scientific diving, sampling of benthic communities and taxonomic identification of polychaetes.
Collaboration with:
Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Country:
Russian Federation
Description:
2019–2025 Collaboration on the integrative taxonomy and ecology of invasive polychaetes associated with farmed oysters. Activities included morphological and molecular analyses, species identification and the preparation of joint scientific publications.
Formal collaboration with:
OIKON Ltd., Institute of Applied Ecology
Country:
Croatia
Description:
2017 Environmental consultancy for the preparation of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the Senj 2 hydropower plant. The collaboration focused on assessing the effects of the project on the marine environment.
Formal collaboration with:
Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research
Country:
Croatia
Description:
2014–2021 Following the end of employment in 2014, scientific collaboration with the Center for Marine Research of the Ruđer Bošković Institute continued on an external basis, within monitoring programmes for transitional and coastal waters and the international BALMAS project. Activities included qualitative and quantitative analyses of marine invertebrates, the study of benthic communities and the assessment of the ecological status of coastal environments. The collaboration also included applied research to monitor the status of benthic communities in marinas.
Formal collaboration with:
C.R.E.A. Cooperativa Ricerche Ecologiche ed Ambientali
Country:
Italy
Description:
2014–2015 Scientific consultancy for the identification and taxonomic analysis of marine invertebrates. The activities were conducted within coastal monitoring programmes commissioned by ARPA Sicilia.
Formal collaboration with:
National Institute of Biology – Marine Biology station Piran
Country:
Slovenia
Description:
2014 External scientific collaboration on the qualitative and quantitative analysis of marine invertebrates from the Gulf of Trieste. The work was conducted within a project investigating Mediterranean stony corals as habitat formers
Collaboration with:
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum
Country:
Germany
Description:
2011 Research and training visit focused on applying molecular techniques and scanning electron microscopy to the study of marine invertebrates. The collaboration contributed to the development of methodological expertise used in taxonomic research.
Formal collaboration with:
Laboratorio di Zoologia e Biologia Marina, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali (DiSTeBA), Università del Salento
Country:
Italy
Description:
2008–present Collaboration on the biodiversity, biogeography, taxonomy and ecology of polychaetes along the Italian and Croatian Adriatic coasts, initiated through an Italian Government research fellowship. It included research visits, the organisation of an international conference and joint publications, including descriptions of species new to science.
Collaboration with:
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg
Country:
Sweden
Description:
2008–2010 The collaboration included benthic sampling, analysis of polychaete fauna and the preparation of a joint scientific publication describing new species.
Collaboration with:
Istituto di Oceanografia e Pesca di Spalato
Country:
Croatia
Description:
2003 Collaboration with the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries in Split (Croatia) on the production of the documentary “Save Posidonia oceanica meadows: treasury of biological diversity of the Adriatic Sea”, produced in 2003 by the NGO “Istria verde”. The activity focused on scientific outreach and raising awareness of the ecological importance of Posidonia oceanica meadows, their associated Adriatic biodiversity and the need for their conservation.
Collaboration with:
Museo di Storia Naturale di Fiume (Croazia)
Country:
Croatia
Description:
2018–2019 Collaboration with the Natural History Museum Rijeka (Croatia) on scientific outreach and raising awareness of Adriatic marine biodiversity. Activities included participation in the organisation of the underwater photography exhibition “Polychaetes of the Adriatic – The worm-like creatures of the seafloor”, presented in Rijeka in 2018 on International Museum Day, and co-authorship of the accompanying catalogue for a general audience, “The charming worms of the seafloor” (“Ta simpatična crvolika čudovišta s morskog dna”), published in 2019.

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