The people behind the project
Research, documentation and interpretation of Montenegro's underwater cultural heritage.
Darko Kovačević is a maritime archaeologist and historian. His professional and research work focuses on underwater archaeology, maritime cultural heritage, digital documentation, and the application of advanced technologies to the research, protection, management, and interpretation of cultural heritage.
Dragan Gačević, from Herceg Novi, Montenegro, is a professional and technical diver, diving instructor, underwater researcher, underwater photographer and documentary author, with more than four decades of experience in diving and the exploration of the Adriatic seabed. His work focuses particularly on shipwrecks, maritime history, the history of diving, and the documentation and interpretation of underwater heritage along the Montenegrin coast and the eastern Adriatic.
Siniša Luković is a journalist, publicist and researcher whose work focuses particularly on the maritime and naval history and heritage of the Bay of Kotor. He has been a journalist with the daily newspaper Vijesti since 1997 and has contributed to a number of other domestic and international media, including Radio Free Europe, Croatian Radio and the Belgrade-based magazine Odbrana.
Ilir Čapuni, from Ulcinj, Montenegro, is a PhD computer scientist, technical diving instructor and underwater researcher whose work focuses on historic shipwrecks and the maritime heritage of the southern Adriatic. He has participated in international diving expeditions, assisting in the identification of the Italian battleship Regina Margherita and contributing to the identification of the steamship Pozsony. His activities include the exploration and photographic documentation of the wreck of Brindisi, historical research, and raising public awareness of the significance and vulnerability of underwater heritage along the Montenegrin and Albanian coasts.
Luka Ćalić, MSc, is a geodetic engineer and hydrographer specialising in hydrographic surveying, bathymetry, geospatial data acquisition and marine spatial mapping. He is Head of the Department of Hydrography and Oceanography at the Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology of Montenegro (ZHMS).
Filip Popović is an underwater archaeologist involved in the research, documentation and interpretation of underwater cultural heritage in Montenegro. He contributed to multidisciplinary projects that combine archaeological research with hydrographic surveying and advanced digital documentation techniques.
Radovan Kandić, MSc, is a geodetic engineer and maritime cartographer specialising in geodesy, hydrographic surveying, nautical cartography and geospatial data processing. He has worked within the Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology of Montenegro (ZHMS), where he served as Head of the Department of Geodesy and Maritime Cartography. He holds a Category B qualification in cartography.