**Zeljana Nikoli´c ˇ**

Zeljana Nikoli ˇ c is a Professor of Structural Mechanics, Computational Mechanics, and ´ Earthquake Engineering and head of the Laboratory for Numerical Modelling at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split, Croatia. Her research focuses on the development of methodologies, advanced numerical techniques, and new non-linear numerical models for the simulation of problems of structural mechanics and earthquake engineering. She has authored and co-authored more than 230 scientific contributions and participated in numerous research projects.
