Prof. Dr. Zoran Vlaovic is an associate professor at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Department of Furniture and Wood in Constructions (2001–). He graduated in 2000, and defended his PhD thesis (2009) in the comfort factors of office chairs. His work in furniture construction, the design and quality of seating and reclining furniture, the ergonomics of sitting and sleeping, and the comfort of furniture for offices, schools, and for home use has resulted in more than 40 publications and presentations, lectures, and courses. He has memberships of the Croatian Ergonomics Society, Croatian Forestry Society, and Croatian Standards Institute. His research interests include sitting, sleeping, seating and lying comfort, thermal comfort, ergonomics, office and school chairs, mattresses, and bio-sensors.