Emil Babić was born on May 15 1942 at Hvar, Croatia. He graduated in Experimental Physics at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of the University of Zagreb (PMF) in 1966. In 1974 he obtained the Ph.D. degree at the same Faculty. From 1966 to 1970 he was employed at the Institute of Physics of the University (IFS) in Zagreb, and then at the Experimental Physics Section of the Physics Department at PMF, first as a junior assistant professor ("Assistant") (until 1974), then as a senior assistant professor ("Docent") (until 1979), an associate professor (until 1984) and a full professor (1985). He worked for longer periods (1970/72 and 1987) at the University of Genova (Italy), at Strasbourg (1980), Nancy (1986) and at C.S.I.R.O. in Sydney (Australia) (1981). He was a coorganizer of the European Study Conference at Cavtat in 1977 and the International Workshop on High-T_c Superconductors (Trieste, 1988). He has been an invited speaker at several scientific symposia and summer schools. He is a winner (together with B. Leontić) of a Republic Prize "Ruđer Bošković". He is a member of the board of editors for the journal Fizika A of the Croatian Physical Society and also a member of the scientific committee for the Centers of Excellence of the Central European Initiative and UNESCO. Professor Babić’s field of work is in the condensed matter physics. His main interest is in the electromagnetic properties of metallic (especially disordered and amorphous) and oxide (high-T_c superconductors) systems. He participated in the realization and procurement of equipment for the laboratories at IFS, Physics Department at PMF, in Genova, at C.S.I.R.O and Trieste, as well as in the development of experimental apparatus and procedures. He has published about 200 scientific papers and 30 papers for non-physicists. Since 1966, he has directed the student laboratories and conducted exercises with students pursuing the General Physics courses. Starting in 1976, he has given lectures in Introductory Physics I and II and, since 1981, the Basic Physics Course I-IV at PMF. At present he gives the General Physics I-IV lectures and lectures on the Physics of Disordered Systems. He also directs the Experimental Physics Seminar. He has participated in the postgraduate courses at the University of Nancy (1986), Genova (1987) and Zagreb (1997 onwards). Professor Babić has also been the mentor to about 30 students pursuing their graduation theses and to fourteen doing their B.Sc. and Ph.D. degree work. He has participated in the publishing of a University textbook (5-th printing) and a handbook (1988).