Nenad Pavin

Nenad Pavin (Croatian, PhD in Physics, 1999) is a Professor of Physics at the University of Zagreb. He is a theoretical biophysicist whose research focuses on the mechanobiology of the mitotic spindle. He uses physical principles to study processes relevant to spindle function, errors that lead to aneuploidy, and the evolution of chromosome content. By connecting theoretical physics with experimental cell biology, he provides insights into the complex processes of cellular self-organization and motivates new experimental approaches. He is currently a Principal Investigator on the ERC Synergy Grant ANEUPLOIDY (with I. M. Tolić, Zagreb; G. P. L. Koops, Utrecht; and MIT, Boston). As a guest researcher, he worked with F. Jülicher (Dresden), and he currently collaborates with F. Bradke (Bonn) and P. Meraldi (Geneva). He has organized the scientific meeting series Mitotic Spindle: From Living and Synthetic Systems to Theory. He is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and a former president of the Croatian Biophysical Society. He has received several prestigious awards, including the National Science Award of the Republic of Croatia and the Andrija Mohorovičić Award.