Background
Branica, Marko was born on January 14, 1931 in Zagreb, Croatia. Son of Marko and Franciska (Manzini) Branica.
oceanology educator Physical chemist
Branica, Marko was born on January 14, 1931 in Zagreb, Croatia. Son of Marko and Franciska (Manzini) Branica.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University Zagreb, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University Zagreb, 1963.
In 1963 he obtained his Phd from the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. In 1970 he became a senior scientist at the Ruđer Bošković Institute and in 1997 a full professor at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. He was an expert of the International Atomic Energy Agency for nuclear materials and nuclear plants safety problems and an expert of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Between 1970 and 1995 he was several times a chairman of the Marine Chemistry Committee of the CIESM and in 1992 became Croatia’s national delegate to CIESM, a post he held till the end of his life.
His scientific interests were polarography and other electrochemical methods, physical chemistry of seawater, oceanography, ecology, extraction of inorganic substances with organic solvents and investigation of the presence of trace metals in natural and polluted waters.
He published more than 250 papers in international scientific journals and numerous scientific and technical reports.
Member of Polarographic Society of London
Member of Academia Europaea (London) since 1992
Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1992
Member of International Commission for the Exploration of the Mediterranean.
Married Marija Separovic, August 4, 1956. Children: Gina, Ivan.