Prof. Zoran Rakicevic, PhD, full professor

Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology - IZIIS, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje

Dr. Zoran Rakicevic is a Full Professor at the Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (IZIIS), Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. He has been employed at IZIIS since 1992, where he obtained his MSc degree in 1995 and his PhD degree in 2001. During the period 2006–2016, he headed the Institute’s Laboratory for Dynamic Testing, and from 2017 to 2024 he held the position of Deputy Director for International Cooperation and Development.

He has more than 34 years of relevant experience in the field of Structural Control and testing of structures, mechanical and electrical equipment on seismic shaking tables. His fields of interest and expertise include scientific disciplines related to structural control, structural dynamics, experimental mechanics, structural monitoring and so-called “health monitoring” of structures, data acquisition, processing and analysis of experimental results, as well as the design and analysis of structures resistant to earthquakes and other dynamic actions.

He has published many scientific papers at national and international conferences, in which he has actively participated, as well as numerous scientific research and professional reports, papers in international journals with an impact factor, and book chapters published by renowned publishing houses. He has participated as a principal investigator or as a team member in many national and international scientific research projects and applied research projects.

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