I dedicated my life to exploring the ocean and bringing the stories and sounds from the deep to the human world.
For over a decade I have been studying marine mammals, with a special focus on their vocal communication, social learning and culture. Humpback whale songs have been the core of my research, and inspiration to start creating music in the first place.
Research Projects & Expeditions
Whale Song Revolution expedition leader in Tonga (2025)
Expedition guide and lecturer in Greenland and Antarctica (2024 – 2025)Scientific diver with Association Sunce, Croatia (2021 – 2024)PhD student at Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, Scotland on a project ‘Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) song ontogeny, evolution and vocal learning’ funded by The Royal Society (2018 – 2021)
MARACAS 7 Expedition – offshore marine mammal survey in the Coral Sea with Opération Cétacés (2019)
Aerial Expedition – mapping the Great Pacific Garbage Patch with The Ocean Cleanup Foundation (2016)
Research assistant on Dolphin Innovation Project in Shark Bay, Western Australia (2016)
Scientific diver with Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, New Zealand (2015)
Research assistant at Department of Zoology, University of Otago, New Zealand (2015)
Research assistant at Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, New Zealand on projects ‘Next steps for management: population and spatial ecology of Hector’s dolphins at Banks Peninsula’ and ‘Habitat use and foraging ecology of a declining population of sperm whales at Kaikoura, New Zealand’ (2015)
Research assistant at Cetacean Ecology and Acoustics Laboratory, University of Queensland, Australia (2015)
Research assistant on SouWEST (Southwest Whale Ecology Study) in Geographe Bay, Western Australia, with Centre for Marine Science and Technology, Curtin University, Australia (2014)
Research assistant on BRAHSS (Behavioural Response of Australian Humpback whales to Seismic Surveys) at Peregian Beach, Queensland, Australia, with Cetacean Ecology and Acoustics Laboratory, University of Queensland, Australia (2014)
Research assistant at Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, Scotland (2014)
Master’s thesis ‘Analysis of humpback whale song from the Eastern Caribbean’, University of St Andrews, Scotland (2014)
Internship at Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, Scotland on ‘Vocal learning in seals’ project funded by the Erasmus Programme (2013)
Bachelor’s dissertation ‘Social Behaviour of Dolphins’, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia (2012)