Vilim Filipović

Personal information

Vilim Filipović, Ph.D.
Expert Assistant
Department of Soil Amelioration
Hall V, second floor
tel: +385 01 239 3711
e-mail: vfilipovic (add @agr.hr)

Teaching

Undergraduate study programme (BSc)

Agricultural Amelioration
Management on amelioration systems

Graduate study programme (MSc)

Regulation of water

Research interests

Agroecology
Groundwater pollution/quality
Numerical modeling of subsurface water flow and solute transport
Enviromental monitoring of waters in agricultural areas

Current projects

2010 - 2013. Monitoring the water regime and water quality of agricultural soils in the ameliorative irrigation canal in Biđ bosut field for the period 2009 - 2013, Prof. Dragutin Petošić, Ph. D., Croatian Waters.

2007 - now, Effects of herbicides and fertilizers on water and soil quality in hydroameliorated areas, Prof. Ivan Šimunić, Ph. D., Ministry of science, education and sport.

2011 - 2012. Installation of the field lysimeters and applied research. Agriculture Pollution Control Project (APCP) within Croatia Agricultural Acquis Cohesion Project (CAACP). Prof. Davor Romić, Ph. D., GEF Trust Fund Grant.

2010 - 2013. Monitoring the reduction of soil carbon and nutrient losses in Croatia: quality assessment/quality control of soil sampling procedures and soil analysis - CROCAN. Co-operation programme between Flanders and Central and Eastern Europe. Prof. Marija Romić, Ph. D., Partners: ILVO, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture and Ministry of regional development, forestry and water management of the Republic of Croatia.

2007 - 2009. The impact of agriculture on water pollution in the water protection area water wells, the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Prof. Dragutin Petošić, Ph. D., Faculty of Agriculture University of Zagreb.

Academic qualifications

2012. - Ph.D.

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Numerical modeling application in water flow and nitrate concentration assessment in hydromorfic soil conditions

2008 - B.Sc.

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Genotypic characterisation of indigenous Sinorhizobium meliloti strains using RAPD and PCR metods

Employment and work experience

2008 - now

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

Other professional activities

2008 - The Croatian society of soil science, Member

Training and research experience

October 2012, Numerical simulations in HP1 program used for  modeling geochemical processes of contaminations in the soil and groundwater, University of Riverside, Califonia

October 2009, AutoCAD 2D i 3D modeling, Algebra, Zagreb

October 2010, Quality assessment/quality control of soil sampling procedures and soil analysis, ILVO, Gent, Belgium.

March 2011, Advanced modeling of water flow and contaminant transport in porous media using the HYDRUS and HP1 software packages, University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.

October 2011, Extended modeling in soil science and transport processes in soils, University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.

Scientific publications

Filipović, Vilim; Petošić, Dragutin; Nakić, Zoran; Mustać, Ivan; Ružičić, Stanko, Zovko, Monika; Bubalo, Marina (2012): Identifying spatial and temporal variation of nitrate concentration in shallow groundwater aquifer. // Journal of food agriculture & environment. 10, 3&4; 1001-1004;

Filipović, Vilim; Petošić, Dragutin (2012): Impact of agriculture on the quality of percolating water: Case study in eastern Croatia. // Journal of food agriculture & environment. 10 (2012) , 3&4; (In press);

Petošić, Dragutin; Kovačević, Vlado; Mustać, Ivan; Filipović, Vilim; Dujlović, Darko (2011): Utjecaj poljoprivrede na kakvoću procjednih voda na području melioracijskog kanala za navodnjavanje Biđ-bosutskog polja.. // Croatian waters. 78; 241-250;

Filipović, Vilim; Petošić, Dragutin; Mustać, Ivan; Zovko, Monika; Bubalo, Marina (2011): Assesment of groundwater pollution from agriculture in a shallow aquifer in the lower part of the multipurpose Danube-Sava canal // XXV. Conference of the Danubian Countries on the Hydrological Forecasting and Hydrological Bases of Water Management : proceedings / Balint, Gabor ; Domokos, Miklos (ur.) Budapest, 122;

Filipović, Vilim; Petošić, Dragutin; Mustać, Ivan (2011): Estimating Groundwater Pollution with Nitrogen: A Case Study in Eastern Croatia // Transport of Water, Chemicals and Energy in the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere System / Čelkova, A. (ur.), Bratislava : Institute of Hydrology SAS, 108-114;