Katarina Batur is a Ph.D. candidate and Research Assistant at the Department of Archaeology, University of Zadar. Her research interests include the development of shipbuilding and seafaring in the eastern Adriatic, particularly the application of archaeometry and 3D modelling in the recording, analyses, and interpretation of sunken ships and artifacts recovered from underwater sites. She became passionate about shipwrecks in 2012, when she joined the underwater excavation project of the Venetian merchantman, Gagliana Grossa, sunk in 1583 off the Adriatic coast. Katarina’s plan is to complete her Ph.D. in 2020, and to continue her research and preservation of maritime heritage in Croatia through the projects of the University of Zadar and the ARS NAUTICA Institute.