Ljerka Luić is a full professor at the University North, Croatia. She was born in 1965 in Karlovac, Croatia, where she lives today. She has undertaken multidisciplinary higher education (technical: mechanical engineering; pedagogical: teacher of polytechnics; social science: post-graduate scientific study in the field of information sciences and a PhD in the scientific field of information and communication science). She has multidisciplinary professional experience (programmer, IT system engineer, educational and human resources director, business development director), acquired based on her work in an institute (Research and Development Institute), an international corporation (ABB, SAP), and a consulting company (B4B), and has scientific and teaching experience (University North, University of Zagreb, Karlovac University of Applied Sciences). She has published 78 scientific papers in the domain of information and communication science; 2 books; and 1 chapter in a book. She has delivered 2 invited lectures and taken part in more than 50 international scientific conferences. She has been the mentor of 2 doctoral theses and over 130 undergraduate and graduate theses and is the co-author of 28 papers with her PhD students. As a scientific researcher, she participated in 10 national scientific projects and 3 international scientific projects. She won the award "PROFFORMANCE, International Teaching Excellence Award 2021/2022" for excellence in teaching in higher education.