Tonko Garma was born in 1983 in Split. He graduated in electrical engineering, majoring in electrocommunications, in 2007. His master thesis was completed at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, contributing to the development and commissioning of the CMS detector. After graduating, he was employed by the Walter Schottky Institute at the Technical University of Munich and enrolled in a doctoral study in nanotechnology under the mentorship of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anna Fontcuberte i Morral and Prof. Dr. Paolo Lugli. He obtained the academic title of Dr.-Ing. in 2011 after defending his dissertation titled “Semiconductor Nanowires and their Field-effect Devices”. His scientific training was complemented by part-time work the Universities of Augsburg and Braunschweig and at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic Institute (EPFL) in Lausanne. Since 2011 he has been employed at the Department of Power Engineering at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Split as an assistant, senior assistant (post-doctoral fellow), assistant professor and associate professor. He was elected as a full professor in 2025. From 2017 to 2020, he served as a visiting professor at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic Institute (EPFL).

His primary interest is related to general electrical measurements with a special emphasis on measurements in power engineering. In scientific terms, he deals with the application of electrical measurements in the field of grounding, electromagnetic compatibility and energy efficiency. His professional aspect covers HV diagnostics and testing in power engineering (grounding systems, power transformers, low-ohm resistors, instrument transformers, power cables, switches and battery systems).

His hobbies include modern and classical literature.

Courses:

• Electrical Measurements (110)
• Measurements in Electrical Power Engineering (110)
• High Voltage Technology (310)
• Diagnostic Methods in Vehicles (112)