Mario Cifrek received the Dipl.Ing., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, in 1987, 1992, and 1997, respectively. He is currently a tenured professor of electrical engineering in the Department of Electronic Systems and Information Processing, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb. His research focuses on the design of biomedical instrumentation and biomedical signal analysis for research and clinical applications. Dr. Cifrek is a Senior Member of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMB18 chapter chair from 2014 to 2017), the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society, the IEEE Signal Processing Society, the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, and the Croatian Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics Society. Since 2005, he has been a Collaborating Member, and since 2018 a Full Member of the Croatian Academy of Engineering, where he has served as secretary of the Department of Systems and Cybernetics since 2017. He has received several professional and scientific awards, including: Annual State Science Award for 2020 in the field of technical sciences, 2020, Croatian Parliament; Gold plaque “Josip Lončar”, 2019, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing; Annual Award “Rikard Podhorsky” of the Croatian Academy of Engineering in 2014; Annual award of the City of Zagreb in 2014.
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
Zagreb, Zagreb, Grad, Croatia
Award "Josip Lončar" for success in academic years 1985/1986 and 1986/1987
University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
The Josip Lončar Award is given to students for particularly outstanding achievement in individual years of study.
Award from the University Rector for academic year 1986/1987
University of Zagreb
The "Recognition of the Rector of the University of Zagreb" is awarded to an especially successful student for the academic year.
Bronze plaque “Josip Lončar” for the best student of Industrial electronics module, 1988
University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
Bronze plaques "Josip Lončar" are awarded to the top students in certain fields at the end of their graduate studies.
Silver plaque “Josip Lončar” for outstanding master dissertation, 1992
University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
Silver plaques "Josip Lončar" are awarded to master of science for exceptionally successful master theses and scientific research conducted during their postgraduate studies.
Silver plaque “Josip Lončar” for outstanding doctoral dissertation, 1997
University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
Silver plaques are awarded to doctors of science for exceptionally successful doctoral theses and scientific research conducted during their doctoral studies.
Annual award of the City of Zagreb in 2014
City Council of the City of Zagreb
The City of Zagreb Award is given to citizens of Zagreb and other individuals working in the city, as well as working groups, companies, institutions, religious communities, citizens' associations, and other legal entities, for outstanding achievements and contributions in theoretical and practical work promoting science, the economy, education, culture, art, sports, healthcare, social welfare, and all other areas of social life in Zagreb.
Gold plaque “Josip Lončar”, 2019
University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
Gold plaques "Josip Lončar" are awarded to faculty members for their outstanding overall contributions to the Faculty.
Annual State Science Award for 2020 in the field of technical sciences
Croatian Parliament
The State Science Awards are presented by the Republic of Croatia for exceptionally important achievements in scientific research, the expansion of scientific knowledge, and significant accomplishments in applying the results of scientific research by scientists, researchers, and junior scientists. The annual Science Award is given for a special scientific achievement, scientific discovery, or the application of scientific research results.