Prof. Dr. Stanislav Kurajica was born in the ancient city of Dubrovnik at the Adriatic coast. He graduated in 1991 and received a PhD in 1998 at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb. He has been employed at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology since 1991. In 2013, he was elected to the position of professor with tenure in the field of materials science and engineering. He teaches at the doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate studies of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology at the University of Zagreb, the undergraduate study of Conservation and Restoration at the University of Dubrovnik, the joint study of Chemical Engineering and Technology at the University of Zagreb and University of Split, as well as at the University of Zagreb and the Institut textile et chemique de Lyon. The scientific activity of S. Kurajica is focused on the field of materials science and engineering, especially nanomaterials, technical ceramics and catalysts, as well as reactions in the solid state, in particular, their kinetics. He has published more than 140 scientific papers, three textbooks, a number of professional papers, elaborates, encyclopedic entries, etc. He is the founder and first president of the Croatian Ceramic Society, a member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Croatian Academy of Technical Sciences. He was awarded the Croatian National Science Award and the University of Zagreb science award.