Born: October 3, 1956 in Zagreb, Croatia
Nationality: Croatian
Marital status: Married to Davorka, one son (Darko)

CURRENT POSITION/ADDRESS:
Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
Horvatovac bb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Phone: +385 1 460 5914
Fax: +385 1 4680 331
E-mail: herak@irb.hr

EDUCATION: 1975: Graduate Secondary school in Zagreb; 1981: B.Sc. Physics (Geophysics), Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb; 1985: M.Sc. Physics of the Earth's interior, University of Zagreb; 1991: Ph. D. Physics of the Earth's interior, University of Zagreb

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

2002- Full professor, Geophysical Institute, Faculty of Science,
University of Zagreb
1997-2002   Associate professor, Geophysical Institute, Faculty of Science,
 University of Zagreb
1992-1997  Assistant professor, Geophysical Institute, Faculty of Science,
 University of Zagreb
1982-1992   Assistant, Geophysical Institute, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

TEACHING: Seismology, Engineering seismology, Statistical methods in geophysics (undergraduate courses); Coordinator of the postgraduate courses in Geophysics, University of Zagreb

LANGUAGES: English (fluent), German (fair)

INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND STUDY VISITS: 1984: "Ettore Majorana" - Centre for Scientific Culture, International School of Applied Geophysics, Erice, Italy; 1991: UNESCO training course in seismology, Potsdam, Germany; 1993, 1995: Workshop on nonlinear dynamics, Trieste, Italy; 1993: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA; 1987-2003: 16 visits to the Institute of Geophysics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; 1998: International workshop on intraplate earthquakes, Beijing, China.

MAIN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES: Seismology: Seismicity of Croatia, earthquake locations, determination of velocity structures, anisotropy studies, surface waves, quantification of earthquakes, historical seismology, attenuation of seismic waves, earthquake statistics, earthquake prediction, earthquake hazard and risk, seismic zonation.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Editor-in-Chief, Geofizika journal (1994-2003); editor, Geofizika journal (1984–1994), Secretary of the Croatian Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics; Titular member of Croatia in the European Seismological Commission (since 1998); Principal investigator on the project Seismicity of Croatia (since 1997); Deputy Head of the Department of Geophysics (Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb) (1995-2000), Head of the Department of Geophysics (Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb) (2000-2004), Vice-Dean of the Faculty (2004-).

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES:Collaborator in a number of international seismological projects: GSHAP seismic hazard assessment for the Adria region (1994-1997); IGCP seismotectonics and seismic hazard assessment N.382 of the Mediterranean basin (1996–2000); "Interpretation of broadband seismograms" and "Regional and global seismicity since the beginning of the 20th century", in the framework of the cooperation of the Zagreb and Hamburg Universities (since 1983); project 436 KRO 17/1/96 (Study of mechanical seismographs and the records of historical earthquakes) - Deutsche-forschungs-gemeinschaft, Bonn (1996–1997); UNESCO/IGCP project 414 - Seismic ground motion in large urban areas (since 1997); MIDSEA project (Zürich, Switzerland, 1998); Physical, spatial and temporal characteristics of seismicity in Croatia (1980-1996), COST-625, TEMPUS, and others.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: Seismological Society of America, since 1983

MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, CONGRESSES: 25 presentations ( List of publications )

PUBLICATIONS: 48 scientific papers ( List of publications )