PROFESSOR IVO ŠLAUS

Professor Emeritus, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Rudjer Boskovic Institute

Bijenicka 54, P.O.Box 1016

10 000 Zagreb CROATIA

Tel (++385 1) 468-0202,

Fax (++385 1) 468-0239

Email: slaus@rudjer.irb.hr

Nationality: Croatia

Education

University of Zagreb, Croatia

B.Sc.1954, Ph.D. (physics) 1958

Career/Employment

Professor of Physics:

Rudjer Bošković Institute (since 1968), from 2005 professor emeritus.

UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA (1964 - 2003).

Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA (1973-1993).

Duke University, NC, USA (since 1981).

International postgraduate school “Jozef Stefan”, Ljubljana (since 2003).

Former Member of the Parliament of Croatia (2000- 2003):

Former member foreign affairs committee and of the committee for education, science and culture, former chairman subcommittee on science, technology and higher education.

Visiting Professorships:

Kyoto University (1981), Universite Laval (1985), Univ. Catholique Louvain la neuve (1976-7), ETH-Zuerich (1983-92), Free University Amsterdam (1976), Georgetown University Washington, D.C. (1981-1995).

Senior scientist: Los Alamos National Lab (1981-1993), Brookhaven National Lab (1992-1999), Naval Research Lab, Washington, D.C. (1982-1985), TRIUMF - Vancouver, Canada (1988-1991), NCCU (2006 and 2007).

Specialization

(i) main field

Nuclear and particle physics

(ii) other fields

Medical physics (radiopharmaceuticals, radiotherapy), science policy, scientometrics, establishment of international centres, scientists in the diaspora

(iii) current research interest

Nuclear and Particle Physics, Security and Knowledge-Based Society

Honours, Awards, Fellowships, Membership of Professional Societies

Fellow Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (since 1977) and foreign secretary (1992-1997).

Founding Fellow Academia Europaea (since 1988), former chairman Physics Section (1990-1994).

Fellow World Academy of Art and Science (since 1994), and from 2005 chairman of WAAS South East European Division (SEED). from 2005 member of The Board of Trustees, organizer of the World Academy General Assembly in 2005 in Zagreb and of the ARW NATO meeting in 2005, Zagreb.

Member of The Club of Rome (since 1989) and Founder and first President of the Croatian Association of The Club of Rome.

Member Pugwash Council (since 2002), president Croatian Pugwash (1997-2007).

Member of Balkan Political Club since 2004, member if the Managing Board since 2007.

Chairman, International Network of Centres for Sustainable Development (since 2000).

Founder and Executive Committee member of the European Physical Society (since 1969).

Fellow American Physical Society (since 1985).

Member Black Sea University Board (since 1991).

Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK (since 1996).

Corresponding fellow of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (since 2006).

Corresponding fellow of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (since 2007).

Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Rudjer Boskovic Institute (2000-2004).

Former member of the Council for Culture, Education, Science and Health of the City of Zagreb (1969-1973).

Cofounder (with Ivan Supek) and former Secretary General of the Croatian Movement for Democracy and Social Justice.

Former Vice-president, Trade Union of Scientists and University Professors.

Former Deputy Director General of the Interuniversity Centre Dubrovnik (1995-2007).

Former member of the Croatian UNESCO National Committee (1992-6, 2000-2004).

Editorial Boards:

Journal of Physics G – Nuclear and Particle Physics

Few Body Systems

Scientometrics

Fizika

National Awards for research in 1962 and 1969.

Publications

- Number of papers in refereed journals: 361

- Number of communications to scientific meetings: 147

- Books: Two monographs. Editor and co-editor of seven proceedings of international conferences.

Recent selected publications

Ivo Šlaus, Few body research – summary, Nucl. Phys. A 790 (2007) 199c – 222c.

R. Blinc, A. Zidanšek and Ivo Šlaus, Sustainable development and global security, Energy, 32 (2007) 883 - 890.

Ivo Šlaus, Building the knowledge-based society - case study South East Europe, Futures, 39, No8 (Oct 2007) 986-996.

Ivo Šlaus, The box of new tools, Millenium III 15.-16. - Workshop of Ideas and Projects for European Integration and Global Civilization (2007) 95- 104.

D. E. Gonzales Trotter, F. Salinas Meneses, W. Tornow, C. R. Howell, Q. Chen, A. S. Crowell, C. D. Roper, R. L. Walter, D. Schmidt, H. Witala, W. Glöckle, H. Tang, Z. Zhou and I. Slaus, Neutron-Deuteron Breakup Experiment at E_n = 13 MeV: Determination of the ¹S₀ Neutron-Neutron Scattering Length a_nn, Physical Review C73, 034001 (2006) 1- 21.

A. Zidanšek, R. Blinc, I. Šlaus and D. Najdovski, Energy in Slovenia and Croatia: Challenges and Possibilities, in 2004 New and Renewaable Energy Technologies for Sustainable Development (March 2007), World Scientific Publ. Co, Singapore, eds.: M. de Graca Carvalho and N. H. Afgan.

Ivo Šlaus, Changing Balkans 8 – Bosnia and Herzegovina: Crossing from Dayto to Brussels Phase and the Role of International Community (9th international Conference, 6-7 May, 2006 Sarajevo) 88 – 95.

Ivo Šlaus, European Institute of Technology - an Attempt of Euclidian Justification, Croatian International Relations review, XII, No42-43 (2006) 45 – 50.

Conferences

I. Slaus, Education – Human and Social Capital, INVITED TALK AT UNESCO-ICSU INTL.CONF, Chisinau, Moldova, May 4-5, 2007.

I. Šlaus, R. Blinc, A. Zidanšek: Climate change and the Future of Europe. INVITED TALK AT INTL CONF Energy, Water and Sustainable Development, 2-5.6.2007., Dubrovnik, CROATIA.

Strengthening NATO partnership: the role of education in security sector reform and defense institution building, Zagreb, Ninth Annual Partnership for Peace Consortium Conference, 13-14 June, 2007, Zagreb, CROATIA.

Ivo Šlaus: «Knowledge-based society and security in SEE» - INVITED TALK AT INTL CONF «Japan meets SouthEast Europe», 21-22 September 2007, Zagreb, CROATIA.

Ivo Slaus: «Human quality – the role of education and values», INVITED TALK AT Annual conference of the Club of Rome, 22-25.9. 2007., Madrid, SPAIN.