Dr. Zarko is a Professor at the Maritime Faculty, University of Dubrovnik, CROATIA. Dr. Zarko spent several years as a field engineer and Marine engineer. He is Establishing a cruise management company from the beginning til full certification (Document of Compliance, ISO 9001, establishing technical dep; purchasing dep; HR dep). Managed planned maintenance system of the ships, implemented planned maintenance system -AMOS, organized shore support, purchased certifications from flag state and classification society. Planning and supervising dry docking. Managing vendors and services. Planning, organizing, and supervising refit and rebuilding of ship interiors, new cabins, restaurants, and other public spaces on the cruise ships. Chief Engineer of Cruise Ships. Dr. Zarko has authored over 50 journal articles and conference papers in high-quality engineering and scientific journals such as the NAŠE MORE, Promet-Traffic & Transportation, and Transactions on Maritime Science. Dr. Zarko is a member and a certified engineer of the Croatian Chamber of Engineers of Transport and Transportation Technology - a professional class of marine engineers and traffic engineers on inland waterways, a Junior Editor of the international scientific journal for the sea and seafaring Naše more; and of the Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering Technology. A member of the examination committee at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs of Transport and Infrastructure - Harbour Master's Office in Dubrovnik for taking state professional examinations of a ship's engineer, Chief engineer, and ship's electro-technical officer, He is also actively involved in the international exchange of teaching staff of the Erasmus+ program.

Dr.Li has been committed for an extended period to conducting seismic research on low-reinforcement concrete gravity piers, exploring intelligent compaction techniques for subgrade, and investigating the influence of water content on unsaturated soil. In the field of seismic research, Mr.Li has proposed novel arrangements of longitudinal reinforcement of gravity railway bridge pier, which has been verified by shaking table tests. In the field of intelligent compaction, Mr.Li has proposed 3 fields coupling model to research the influence of water content in the subgrade compaction. Additionally, Mr.Li has been involved in four projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and published four high-level papers as the sole first author.