Ante is Associate Professor at Department of Geography, UNIZD. As project manager and head of the research team he is responsible for coordination of the project, supervision of project implementation and financial matters. In addition, due to his extensive experience in working on numerous international projects, he is an expert in GIS and remote sensing, responsible for selecting test site for scientific research based on multi-criteria analysis, as well as for creating high resolution digital relief models (DMR) using LiDAR technology and aero-photogrammetry. He will participate in the development of new methodological approaches to the study of tufa and gullies based on the application of modern technology (TLS and unmanned aircrafts) for precise monitoring of the intensity of gully erosion within selected gullies as well as for the publication and interpretation of the scientific research results of the project and the dissemination of the project.

Nina is Associated Professor at Department of Geography, UNIZD. She is an expert in the field of karst geomorphology and palaeoenvironmental changes, responsible for monitoring travertine sampling, preparing and processing of travertine samples, and measuring its growth in the Krka River area. She will co-mentoring students and participate in the development of new methodological approaches in the environmental geomorphology studies of tufa deposition and gully erosion, based on the application of modern technology (TLS and unmanned aircrafts) for precise monitoring of the intensity of dredging within selected gullies. She will be responsible for the dissemination of the project through participation at international research conferences and the organization of research workshops.

Prof. dr. Branko Cavrić is an environmentalist, geographer and chartered town planner with a vast experience in the private sector, academia, research, management, government, diplomacy, international education and partnerships. He completed a B.Sc. Degrees in Geography (1979) and Urban and Regional Planning (1981), an M.Sc. Degree in Geography with majors in urban geography, urban planning and demography (1983) and the Ph.D. Degree in Geography (1990) with majors in GIS/LIS for urban and regional planning. Currently he holds a positions of the Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment, Arts and Sciences at BA IASGO University and the managing Director of the GISPLan in Gaborone, Botswana. His creative and publishing work is comprised of 252 references linked to Botswana, Cameron, South Africa, Uganda, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Chile and United States of America. As active member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI, UK), American Planning Association (APA, US), International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP, NDL), Pula Institute of Planners (PITP, BW), Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP, BW) Prof. Cavric has managed to contribute to profession enormously by establishing links and partnerships with colleagues all around the world.

Ivan is Assistant Professor at Departmant of Geography, UNIZD. He is GIS Analyst, who focuses on the application of GIS and remote sensing in various scientific areas. His project responsibility will include collecting data by various methods (TLS, unmanned aircrafts, multispectral camera), creating a database (tree inventory, watercourses), creating models (2D and 3D models of the reference state of the defined microplate) and interpreting data (identifying the critical danger zones) and developing a variety of thematic maps. He will participate in carrying out the field research by perfecting the use of 3D scanners and unmanned aircrafts in order to develop a precision agriculture system for which he will create models of vegetation health and in the project “The development of a new methodological approach to studying gullies” where he will participate in the process of data collection.

Fran is PhD research assistant in Applied Geography, who focuses on geomorphology and GIS, During his studies, Fran Domazetović applied GIS in the study of climate change (an analysis of the influence of the rise of the Adriatic Sea on the Croatian coast) while in his graduate thesis he is applied GIS and multicriteria analyses for the study of gullies on the Pag Island. During the first year of this project, Fran Domazetović will become a doctoral student at the University of Zadar, and thus, the research proposed under sub goal 2.2. represents a continuation and upgrading of the research which he is currently conducting in his graduate thesis. Thereby, Fran Domazetović is responsible for the application of our a newly developed methodological approach for precision monitoring of the intensity of dredging within selected ravines, through periodical data collection by using terrestrial laser scanners and unmanned aircrafts. Working on this part of the project, he will perfect his knowledge of using modern technology in scientific research (sub goal 2.2.) and the achieved scientific contribution will form the basis of his doctoral dissertation.

Ivan is Assistant Professor and Head of the Department for Agricultural Technics Faculty of Agriculture at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. In our Team he is responsible for carrying out activities for sub goal 2.3. In his work so far, he has applied GIS in creating thematic GIS maps and plant cultivation manuals. By working on this project, the respective researcher will participate in the process of determining the agricultural test area appropriate for developing a precision agriculture model by conducting a multiple criteria analysis and field research. As a member of the research group, his expertise lies particularly in the integration of geospatial technologies and analyses with his experience and knowledge related to previous research in the field of applied agronomy.

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Lovre Panđa is a research assistant and PhD student at the University of Zadar, Department of Geography. His primary research focuses on modelling very-high-resolution DSMs, DTMs and LCMs from RGB and multispectral imagery as well as from aero laser and TLS data for various spatial analyses such as GEOBIA. His PhD thesis is focused on hydrological and hydraulic modelling of urban pluvial floods at the micro-level of the research in Zadar. For that research, he uses advanced radar sensors to measure flow velocity and water level, meteorological station, aero laser system etc. He is also an expert in bathymetry, 3D scanners and VR technology.

Rina is a MSc in Geography. Currently, she is an employee of the Department of Ecology, Agriculture & Aquaculture and works as a collaborator for the GAL. Her research interest is risk modeling in different environments and analysis of public perception of risk. She is proficient in geospatial technologies (GIS, GNSS and remote sensing). Her PhD thesis is Modeling of the urban pluvial floods risk – case study of Zadar. Her main contribution is the development of a new methodological approach for modeling the risk of pluvial floods and public perception analysis.  

Neda is a research assistant employed on the GAL project and is working on activities regarding the application of geospatial technologies in archaeology. Neda Kulenović was awarded B.A. and M.A. degrees in Archaeology at the Department of Archaeology at the University of Zadar. She is a Ph.D. student at the University of Zadar and University of Ljubljana. Neda is an experienced researcher in archaeology, her research being focused on karst areas and archaeology of karst, landscape archaeology and field survey methodology. The interpretation of aerial and satellite imagery in the context of human-nature interactions in karst areas is an important part of Neda’s research interests. Her research on the GAL project covers activities under sub-goal 2.1. ‘’The application of geo-spatial analyses in archaeology and agronomy’’. The research Neda will conduct on the project is primarily focused on historic landscape characterization. The methodology for historic landscape characterization will be developed for karst areas specifically and tested at the island of Pag. Methods commonly deployed in landscape archaeology will be complemented with multiscale modelling of anthropogenic features in karst landscapes.

Neven Cukrov is a scientific advisor at the Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Traces, Institute for Marine and Environmental Research at the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb. He currently leads the Martinska Marine Station near Šibenik. He was born on June 18, 1968, in Zagreb, where he completed his primary and secondary education. He graduated in 1995 from a joint program in geology (Faculty of Mining, Geology, and Petroleum Engineering and Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb) with a thesis on the lithostratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous carbonate sedimentation on the island of Murter and its surroundings, with a special focus on structural tectonic assemblage. In 1999, he obtained his master's degree from the University of Brasília in Brazil with a thesis on the Neoproterozoic glacial periods in the central part of the São Francisco craton and associated facies, exemplified by the Jequita formation in Jequitai, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He defended his doctoral dissertation titled "Krka River Estuary as a Trap for Radionuclides" under the guidance of Dr. Delko Barišić in 2006 at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. He is a professor in undergraduate and graduate programs at the University of Zadar and the doctoral program in oceanology at the University of Zagreb. His research focuses on water systems, including underground karst systems, with a special emphasis on the interaction between coastal aquifers and the sea. His research is primarily focused on the biogeochemical processes of metals and natural and artificial radionuclides in the aquatic environment, including anthropogenic impacts. He has particularly studied recent sedimentation and calcite precipitation. Additionally, he develops automated methods for microplastic detection and biodiversity monitoring.

Tomislav Šarić was born on August 20, 1976, in Zadar. After completing his primary education in Zemunik Donji, he continued his secondary education at Franjo Petrić Gymnasium in Zadar. He then pursued his studies at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, where he graduated in 2001 and obtained the title of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. In 2004, he enrolled in a postgraduate specialist program at the same faculty, which he completed in 2009, earning the title of Master of Veterinary Medicine. Additionally, in 2009, he enrolled in a postgraduate doctoral program in Veterinary Sciences at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, which he completed in 2015, earning the title of Doctor of Science in the field of biomedicine and health, specifically veterinary medicine.Since 2009, he has been employed at the Department of Ecology, Agronomy, and Aquaculture at the University of Zadar. He currently holds the position of Associate Professor and serves as the Head of the department and a member of the University Senate. Among other responsibilities, he represents the Republic of Croatia as a member of the program committee for Horizon Europe Mission Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal, and Inland Waters. He is also a deputy member of the Advisory Committee for the use of foreign and locally absent species in aquaculture at the Ministry of Agriculture. He is a member of the program committee of the joint master's degree program in Marine Biotechnology, co-financed through the Erasmus Mundus program. Additionally, he is a member of the European Association of Fish Pathologists and the World Aquatic Veterinary Medical Association.

Mario Katić is Associate Professor at the Department of Ethnology and Anthropology at the University of Zadar. His areas of scientific interest include pilgrimages, folklore studies, anthropology of death, urban anthropology, and the methodology of ethnographic research. He is a co-editor of "Pilgrimage, Politics and Place-making in Eastern Europe" (Routledge, 2014), "Pilgrimage and Sacred Places in Southeast Europe" (Lit Verlag, 2014), and "Military Pilgrimage and Battlefield Tourism" (Routledge, 2017). He is the author of the monographs "Death in the Dalmatian Hinterland: From Rituals to Theater" (Naklada Ljevak, 2017) and "Natives and Lords: A Historical-Anthropological Study of the Creation of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Town of Vareš" (Buybook, 2020). Since 2018, he has been the leader of the Croatian part of the project "Competition in Post-conflict Landscape" (NSF), and since 2020, he has been the project manager of the project "Adriatic Maritime Pilgrimages in Local, National, and Transnational Contexts" (HRZZ).

Silvija Šiljeg was born on April 18, 1983, in Čakovec. She completed her primary and secondary education in Čakovec. In 2007, she graduated from the University of Zadar with a degree in Geography and Sociology. In the same year, she enrolled in a postgraduate program in Geographic Foundations of Spatial Planning and Development at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. In 2016, she obtained her doctoral degree with a dissertation on the Evaluation of Housing Quality in Zadar. She has been employed at the Department of Geography, University of Zadar since March 2009 and was appointed as an Assistant Professor in 2018. In 2009, she went on a study visit to the Department of Spatial Planning and Architecture at the University of Botswana, where she gained professional experience, participated in teaching, and contributed to the development of a spatial plan for the settlement of Mmanoko. She has completed several GIS and statistical courses (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014). She has participated in ten international projects. At the Department of Geography, she teaches several courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and in the doctoral program "Adriatic - Linking Continents," she teaches the course Contemporary Challenges of Development in Adriatic Cities. She has participated in numerous international and domestic scientific and professional conferences and workshops, and has given numerous public lectures. She has established international collaborations with scientists from six countries and has published 25 scientific papers. Her research interests focus on the study of urban spaces. The main subjects of her research are the development of urban concepts and models in various urban contexts, as well as the social and technical accessibility of public facilities.