Autor: Marija Ivković

Associate Professor, Dr. Marko Miliša, Doctor of biology–ecology, is a renowned expert in freshwater research in karst environments with 20 years of experience in particular with Plitvice lakes environment. He is a full-time associate professor at University of Zagreb, the founder and the first president of the Croatian association of freshwater ecologists, the chair of the 11th European Symposium for Freshwater Sciences (SEFS11)—the most influential European symposium in the field, and the author of 40+ papers and 2 university textbooks. Associate Professor, Dr. Marija Ivković, Doctor of biology–zoology, is a specialist in ecology, taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography of aquatic flies (Insecta, Diptera) with 17 years of experience in biodiversity research and ecology of freshwater habitats, with special interest in biodiversity hotspots in karstic habitats and effect of climate change on it. She is a subject editor in Zoo Keys and associate editor in Ecological Entomology and an author of 55 peer-reviewed papers of which most of them deal with ecology and biodiversity of aquatic insects of Plitvice Lakes.