University of Zadar, Croatia
Dr. Anamarija Franki? is a founding director of the Green Harbors Project R , and the Biomimicry LivingLabs R, a research faculty at UMass Boston and University of Zadar, Croatia. She is a Biomimicry, Fulbright and Sea Grant Knauss Fellow, in 2014 she co-founded the Biomimicry New England. Her educational background in biology, ecology, limnology and marine science, guided her interdisciplinary restoration research and management work in coastal, marine and fresh water ecosystems, nationally and internationally. Her work is about integrating human services with ecological services and functions in our built environments to support resiliency and sustainability. She initiated and established the ‘livinglabs’ for applied science education and research where students, local communities and businesses are able to ‘learn and teach by doing’ biomimicry, applying nature’s wisdom for resilient today and tomorrow; her premise is that ‘the environment sets the limits for sustainable development’ .