Zivan Gojkovic has dedicated his research to various aspects of microalgal biotechnology. For over a decade, he worked in various academic institutions, investigating mass outdoor culturing of microalgae, downstreaming alternatives to centrifugation, wastewater reclamation by alga/bacteria consortiums coupled with energy production, cell surface composition, pharmaceuticals and heavy metal uptake and removal by microalgae. He holds a joint Ph.D. degree from Brno University of Technology (Czech Republic) and Huelva University and currently works as a senior researcher at Bital group of the Huelva University, Spain.