Marijan Unji Physicist - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Apr 05, 1940 Zagreb, Zagreb County, Croatia 84 years old

Croatian physicist, university professor, former rector of the University of Zagreb and a diplomat

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About Marijan Unji Physicist

  • Marijan Šunjic (Croatian pronunciation: [mârija?n ?u??it?]) (born 5 April 1940 in Zagreb) is a Croatian physicist, university professor, former rector of the University of Zagreb and a diplomat. Šunjic went to the Classical Gymnasium in Zagreb and later enrolled at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb (Croatian Prirodoslovno-matematicki fakultet or PMF) where he graduated from the Physics department in 1963.
  • In 1966 he earned his Master of Science degree at the Faculty of Science with a thesis in theoretical solid-state physics and in 1970 the earned a doctorate at the Imperial College London.
  • Between 1963 and 1970 he worked at the Ruder Boškovic Institute and in 1981 he became a professor at the Zagreb Faculty of Science.
  • Between 1983 and 1989 he was the head of the department for postgraduate studies in physics at the Faculty of Science.Šunjic held many posts in Croatian and international university associations and between 1990 and 1991 he held the post of assistant to the Croatian Science Minister Osman Muftic.
  • Šunjic then served as the Rector of the University of Zagreb for almost seven years between 25 April 1991 and 8 February 1998, and between 1998 and 2000 he was Croatia's ambassador to the Holy See. His main scientific interests are in the area of theoretical condensed matter physics, especially surface physics, electron spectroscopy (HREELS) and photoemission.
  • He has published over 100 scientific papers.
  • He is a member of the Institute of Physics in London and the American Institute of Physics.
  • Šunjic was also made honorary senator of the University of Maribor and he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Mostar.

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