Antonella Barišić Kulaš, M. Sc. is a researcher, Ph.D. student and project manager at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (UNIZG-FER). She obtained her Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from UNIZG-FER in July 2019. She spent one year working as research lead on NATO Science for Peace and Security project at University of New Mexico (UNM), New Mexico, USA, in Prof. Rafael Fierro's lab.

During her studies, she held various positions, such as team leader and project manager, in the student association eSTUDENT, where she supervised various projects and coordinated collaborations with industry and academic partners.  Additionally, Antonella organized DroneDays, an aerial robotics end-user workshop, for three consecutive years, contributing significantly to the field’s community engagement and knowledge exchange. In 2018, she became one of the first recipients of the Laboratory for Robotics and Intelligent Control Systems (LARICS) scholarship. In 2019, she was awarded with the Rector’s Award for Individual Scientific Work.  Her research interests lie at the intersection of robotics, computer vision, and deep learning. She is passionate about developing intelligent robotic systems that can understand their environment.

As part of the LARICS team, she was responsible for Challenge 1 of the MBZIRC 2020 international robotics competition. Her contributions extend to the EU-funded projects EKOKOMVOZ and VirtualUAVs. Presently, she is engaged in the AeroSTREAM Horizon project and is preparing for the MBZIRC 2024 competition.