Ljiljana Iveša

Ljiljana Iveša is a senior scientific associate at the Center of Marine Research, Institute Rudjer Boskovic. She received her PhD in Biology from the University of Zagreb in 2005. Her fields of research include taxonomy and ecology of macrophytobenthos (seaweeds and seagrasses) with a special interest in ecology of canopy-forming brown macroalgae of the order Fucales and distribution patterns of invasive non-indigenous macroalgal species. Her current research focus on the ecology of coastal habitats of the natural rocky shore as well as the artificial hard surfaces. She is teaching courses for the Bachelor Degree of Undergraduate study programme Marine Science at University Juraj Dobrila in Pula. Since 2009 she is involved in several national projects for the assessment of the ecological status of coastal waters using macroalgal assemblages.