Stjepan  Krčmar, PhD, is a full professor in tenure at the Department of Biology at Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. In 1985 he enrolled at the Faculty of Education, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, and graduated in 1990. After graduation, he was employed  in Elementary school Macinec-Gornji Mihaljevec as a teacher of biology and chemistry, and  was later employed in Secondary school “Prvomajska” Zagreb as a teacher of chemistry. In 1993 he started working at the Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, as senior laboratory technician, and in 1996 as assistant.  In 1998 he obtained his PhD title and started his postdoctoral position. Two years later, he became assistant professor and in 2008 associate professor. He became full professor in 2012 and in 2016 he was elected into full professor in tenure. His work and research interests involve faunistical and  ecological studies of ticks, horseflies and flesh flies.