Žic Fuchs Milena

Milena Žic Fuchs is a Full Professor at the Department of English, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. She has held prominent roles including Chair of Linguistics (2002–2011), Croatian Minister of Science and Technology (1999–2000), and Chair of the Standing Committee for the Humanities of the European Science Foundation (2009–2012). She is a Full Member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (2010) and Academia Europaea (2013).

Education: B.A. in English Language/Literature and Ethnology (1977, University of Zagreb), M.A. in Linguistics (1982), Ph.D. in Cognitive Linguistics (1989). She taught at SUNY Buffalo as a Fulbright scholar (1995/96).

Research focuses on cognitive linguistics, discourse analysis, and language structure. Notable works include Cognitive Linguistics and Language Structures: the English Present Perfect (2009), which earned the 2011 National Science Award. She has authored/co-authored books on semantics, cognitive linguistics, and acronyms.

Awards include ERC Scientific Council membership (2020), Academia Europaea membership, and leadership roles in European science policy bodies like the European Research Council (ERC) and Joint Research Centre (JRC).

Her contributions span academic leadership, European science governance, and interdisciplinary research promotion. She has advised on EU research programs and chairs international boards such as the Croatian Academy’s International Board and University of Helsinki’s International Advisory Board.