Dr Hrvoje Mikulčić is a Researcher at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb. From 2009 till 2018 he worked on the research project Numerical modelling of multiphase flow and combustion processes, financed by the Austrian Institute for internal combustion engines AVL List GmbH. He has also been working on the Croatian national scientific project: Smart energy storage for sustainable development of energy systems. From 2016 till 2019 he was a project manager of the Interreg MED project PELAGOS - Promoting innovative networks and clusters for marine renewable energy synergies in Mediterranean coasts and islands. From 2019 he is a project manager of the Interreg MED project BLUE DEAL - Blue Energy Deployment Alliance, responsible for the Croatian part of the project. He is an author of 65 scientific papers, in scientific journals. His current Scopus h-index is 23. He is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Cleaner Production.