Aleksandar Kibel

Aleksandar Kibel is an assistant professor at the Department of Physiology and Immunology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Osijek, as well as an internal medicine specialist and cardiology subspecialist at the Department for Heart and Vascular Diseases, Osijek University Hospital Centre, Croatia. He graduated with a maximum possible grade average from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Osijek, with an MD degree in 2009, conducting experimental research activities during almost all study years and receiving awards that include the country’s top scholarship (“Top Scholarship for Top Students”). Research activities included laboratory practicums and research visits at a number of foreign institutions including the University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf (Germany), the Medical College of Wisconsin (USA), Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok (Thailand), etc. He obtained his Ph.D. degree at the Department of Physiology and Immunology with a focus on vascular physiology and pathophysiology and teaches at the medical high school, university, and postgraduate doctoral levels. He served as a mentor on several diploma works. Prior work experience also includes work at the Emergency Medicine Department and an internship at the University Hospital Zagreb, as well as volunteer work at the Red Cross. He has published a number of scientific papers and three book chapters and has actively participated in many international scientific conferences, in research projects at the pre-clinical and clinical levels, and in pharmacological clinical trials as a sub-investigator. He is a guest editor of several special issues and an editorial board member of several international scientific journals.