Ivan Marusic (born 1965) is an Australian engineer and physicist. He is known for his work on

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at high

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, using both theoretical and experimental approaches. Marusic was born to Croatian parents in

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. He emigrated to Australia when he was three years old along with his parents and older sister. He grew up in Melbourne. He received his PhD in 1992 and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1987 from the

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. From 1998 to 2002 he was a faculty member at the

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, USA, where he was a recipient of an

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, Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering and Taylor Career Development Award. He received an

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Federation Fellowship in 2006,

Laureate Fellowship in 2012 and since 2014 is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. In 2010 Marusic was elected a Fellow of the

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. He was awarded a 2016

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Stanley Corrsin Award for fluid dynamics research. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering in 2021 and of the

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in 2024.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marusic, Ivan Living people 1965 births Australian physicists Australian engineers Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Fellows of the American Physical Society Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Fellows of the Royal Society Fluid dynamicists