Biography
Dr. Mersarovic is Cady Staley Professor of Systems Engineering and Mathematics, UNESCO Scientific Advisor on Global Change and also a member of the Club of Rome.
His research interests include the following areas:
Complex systems theory, global issues and sustainable development.
Scientific Accomplishments
Founder, Mathematical Theory of General Systems Founder, Mathematical Theory of Coordination and Multi-level, Hierarchical Systems Developer, of family of Regionalized Multi-level World Models Decision and Negotiation Support Software System
Education
1951 Dipl. Ing. University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1955 Ph.D., Technical Sciences, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1958 Sloane Post-Doctoral Fellow, MIT
Academic Positions
Faculty:
1954-57 University of Belgrade,Yugoslavia
1957-58 University of Belgrade
1958-59 Sloane Post Doctoral Fellow, MIT
1959-64 Associate Professor, CWRU
1964-78 Professor, CWRU
1978-04 Cady Staley Professor Sys Eng Maths
Administrative:
1965-68 Head Systems Engineering Group
1968-72 Head, Systems Engineering Department
1968-78 Director, Systems Research Center