Znanstveni interesi

• Hidrogeologija krša

Biografija

• 1994 – danas: Hrvatski geološki institut, stručni savjetnik
• 1993 – 1994: Elektroprojekt, Zagreb- Mahab Ghodss, Teheran – projektant voditelj
• 1984 – 1993: Hrvatski geološki institut, pripravnik, mlađi geolog, geolog
• 1978 –1984 : Diplomski studij, Rudarsko-geološko-naftni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Diplomirani inženjer geologije, smjer: Inženjerska geologija i hidrogeologija

Vještine

• Hidrigeološka istraživanja i obrada podataka
• Izrada inženjerskogeoloških podloga i projektiranje
• Zaštita podzemnih voda
• Uzorkovanje i terenska ispitivanja
• AKtivno korištenje Engleskog jezika

Projekti i suradnje

• Projekt Osnovne hidrogeološke karta Republike Hrvatske u mjerilu 1:100.000. Ministarstvo znanosti, obrazovanja i sporta Republike Hrvatske
• COST (COoperation in the field of Science and Technology) project 621 “Management of coastal karst aquifers”
• COST 620 project “Vulnerability and risk mapping for the protection of karst aquifers”
• KATER I (Karst WaTER) – Interreg C EU project
• KATER II (Karst WaTER) – Interreg C EU project
• KEC project (Karst Ecosystems Conservation project) – Republic of Croatia Ministry of Culture, GEF, World Bank – Cave inventory and Management plans
• CC Waters (Climate Change and Impacts on Water Supply) – Project within South East Europe – Transnational cooperation programme, SEE-TC
• MedPartnership, Sub-component 1.1 “Management of Coastal Aquifers and Groundwater” – UNESCO-IHP, GEF –Volnerability mapping of Pula coastal aquifer
• DRINKADRIA – Networking for Drinking Water Supply in the Adriatic Region, IPA Adritic Cross Border Cooperation Programme 2007 – 2013
• ISTRA-HIDRO – Sustainable management of transboundary groundwater between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner, Operational Programme of Cross-border Cooperation Slovenia-Croatia 2007-2013, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
• DARLINGe – Danube Region Leading Geothermal Energy, Program transnacionalne suradnje Interreg Dunav 2014.-2020
• Hidrogeološka istraživanja hrvatsko-slovenskih prekograničnih vodonosnika. Područje od V. Snežnika do Prisavske ravnice
• Izvor Rječine i sjeverozapadni rub Grobničkog polja – hidrogeološki radovi, hidrokemijska i izotopna istraživanja
• Hidrogeološka istraživanja na području Papuka
• Ocjena stanja podzemnih voda na područjima koja su u direktnoj vezi s površinskim vodama i kopnenim ekosustavima ovisnim o podzemnim vodama
• Definiranje kriterija za ocjenu učinkovitosti mjera zaštite podzemnih voda

Članstva

• Hrvatsko geološko društvo (HGD)
• International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)
• International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG)
• International Union of Speleology (UIS)

Bibliografija

• Mladen Kuhta Crosbi
  
• Mladen Kuhta
  

Najznačajniji radovi (5-10 radova)

• Kuhta, M. & Bakšić, D. (2001): Karstification Dynamics and Development of the Deep Caves on the North Velebit Mt. – Croatia. 13 International Congress of Speleology, Proceedings, Vol. 1, 156-161, Brasilia, Brazil.
• Kuhta, M. & Stroj, A. (2005): Speleogenesis of the Caves in Crnopac Mt. Area. 14 International Congress of Speleology, Proceedings, str. 46-48, Petreas, Christos (ur), Hellenic Speleological Society, Athens-Kalamos, Greece.
• Kuhta, M. & Brkić, Ž. (2008): Water Tracing Tests in the Dinaric Karst of Croatia. Integrating Groundwater Science and Human Well-being, Taniguchi, M., Yoshioka, R., Sinner, A., Aureli, A. (ur), Proceedings CD, Toyama, Japan.
• Kuhta, M., (2011): Pazinska jama and its impact on the quality of springs in the valley of the river Raša. – In: Prelovšek, M. & Zupan Hajna, N. (eds): Pressures and Protection of the Underground Karst – Cases from Slovenia and Croatia. Karst Research Institute ZRC SAZU, Postojna. 194, 128-137.
• Kuhta, M., Stroj, A. & Brkić, Ž. (2012):  Hydrodinamic characteristics of Mt. Biokovo foothill springs in Croatia. Geologia Croatica, 65/1, 41-51, Zagreb.
• Kuhta, M. & Brkić, Ž. (2013): Seasonal Temperature Variations of Lake Vrana on the Island of Cres and Possible Influence of Global Climate Changes. Journal of Earth Science and Engineering (USA), 3, 225-237.
• Brkić, Ž., Kuhta, M. & Hunjak, T., (2017): Groundwater flow mechanism in the well-developed karst aquifer system in the western Croatia: Insights from spring discharge and water isotopes // Catena (Cremlingen), 161 (2018) 14-26. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2017.10.011