What is Smilja Mučibabić?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Smilja Mučibabić |image = |image_size = |alt = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|10|14|mf=yes}} |birth_place = [[Mostar]], [[Austria-Hungary]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|8|12|1912|10|14|mf=yes}} |death_place = [[Sarajevo]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] |residence = |citizenship = Bosnia and Herzegovina |nationality = [[Serbs|Serb]] |ethnicity = |fields = [[Biology]] – [[Ecology]] |workplaces = [[University of Sarajevo]] |alma_mater = [[Cambridge University]] |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = Founder of [[University of Sarajevo|Faculty of Science in Sarajevo]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |awards = |signature = <!--(filename only)--> |signature_alt = |footnotes = }} '''Smilja Mučibabić''' (14 October 1912 – 12 August 2006) was a reputable and effective [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian]] biologist. She was among the most distinguished biologists in the former [[Yugoslavia]] in 20th century.<ref>Redžić S. 2007: In Memoriam – Professor dr. Smilja Mučibabić. Arch. Biol. Sci, Belgrade, 59(2): 159-161.</ref> She was born in [[Mostar]] and died in [[Sarajevo]]. She was: * first [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia-Herzegovinian]] [[PhD]] in [[biology|biological]] [[science]] ([[Cambridge]], 1953.), *founder and first head of the Department of Biology at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo (1953.), * co-founder of the Faculty of Science [[University of Sarajevo]] (1954.), * the first dean of the [[University of Sarajevo|Faculty of Science in Sarajevo]] (1960.), * founder, first and long-time head of Department of Biology of Faculty of Science in Sarajevo (1960), and * co-founder and first president of several professional and scientific associations and their journals