About employee

doc. dr. sc. Darko Vušak

Title: Assistant Professor
Location: -029
Public phone number:+385 1 4606 377
Internal phone number:6377
E-mail: E-mail
Department: Division of General and Inorganic Chemistry
Graduation year:2014
PhD graduation year:2020
Employed in this institution since:2015

Teaching

undergraduate

Biography

Education 

2020. Ph.D. in Chemistry, Inorganic and Structural Chemistry; Title: "Structural Transformations in Complexes of Cobalt, Nickel and Copper with Selected α-Amino Acids and Their Derivatives" (supervisor: Dr. Biserka Prugovečki, Prof.); Institution: Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

2014. Diploma Thesis in Chemistry (supervisors: Dr. Branimir Bertoša, Assoc. Prof., Faculty of Science; Dr. Marijana Hranjec, Prof., Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology); Institution: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb.

Affiliation and current position

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: Assistant Professor (2025–today).

Visits to foreign research and education institutions

2024. National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2023. University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

2016 – onwards – synchrotron facilities Elettra, Italy and DESY, Germany

Research interest

Coordination compounds, crystallography, crystallization, inorganic synthesis, metal-organic frameworks, porous materials, solid-state chemistry

Awards and recognitions

2014. - Medal for academic excellence, administered by the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

2020. - Annual Young Scientist's Award, administered by the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

2022. – Annual award „Brdo“ for the best assistant of the Department of Chemistry, administered by the Student Council of the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

Memberships

Croatian Crystallographic Association, Croatian Chemical Society, Croatian Zeolite Association

Scientific publications (CroRIS)

Jahn-Teller Effect in Copper(II) Coordination Compounds with Halide Ions

Penić, Nikolina; Mišura, Ozana; Novak, Mario; Vušak, Darko
2026.
Kemija u industriji : časopis kemičara i tehnologa Hrvatske

Novak, Ema; Vušak, Darko; Prugovečki, Biserka
2025.

Vušak, Darko; Mal, Suzana; Lemaić, Zvonimira; Mišković, Marija Zora; Zabukovec Logar, Nataša; Prugovečki, Biserka
2025.

Vušak, Darko; Kekez, Ivana; Kučera-Čavara, David; Jurec, Jurica; Žilić, Dijana; Šimunović Letić, Marta; Horvatić, Elena; Mioč, Marija; Galić, Nives; Prugovečki, Biserka
2025.
ACS Omega

Kekez, Ivana; Mišković Špoljarić, Katarina; Vušak, Darko; Belas, Mihael; Kučera-Čavara, David; Prugovečki, Biserka
2025.
Acta crystallographica. Section A, Foundations and advances

Kekez, Ivana; Vušak, Darko; Kučera-Čavara, David; Prugovečki, Biserka
2025.

Vušak, Darko; Primožoć, Matea; Mal, Suzana; Zabukovec Logar, Nataša; Prugovečki, Biserka
2025.

Belas, Mihael; Kekez, Ivana; Vušak, Darko; Prugovečki, Biserka
2025.

Škalamera, Đani; Klačić, Tin; Vušak, Darko; Begović, Tajana; Pisačić, Mateja; Pocrnić, Marijana; Petrović Peroković, Vesna
2025.

Vušak, Darko; Naumov, Panče; Jelčić, Želimir; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka; Prugovečki, Biserka
2025.
Angewandte Chemie. International edition

Vušak, Darko; Naumov, Panče; Jelčić, Želimir; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka; Prugovečki, Biserka
2025.

Kučera-Čavara, David; Kekez, Ivana; Vušak, Darko; Prugovečki, Biserka
2025.

Vušak, Darko; Naumov, Panče; Jelčić, Želimir; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka; Prugovečki, Biserka
2025.

Vušak, Darko; Ležaić, Katarina; Judaš, Nenad; Prugovečki, Biserka
2024.
Crystals

Vušak, Darko; Šimunović Letić, Marta; Tašner, Marina; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka; Jurec, Jurica; Žilić, Dijana; Prugovečki, Biserka
2024.
Molecules

Croatia's participation in the 58th International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad

Vušak, Darko; Klačić, Tin
2024.
Kemija u industriji : časopis kemičara i tehnologa Hrvatske

Vušak, Darko; Primožić, Matea; Prugovečki, Biserka
2024.
Crystals

Primožić, Matea; Vušak, Darko; Prugovečki, Biserka
2024.

Vušak, Darko; Prugovečki, Biserka
2024.

Primožić, Matea; Vušak, Darko; Prugovečki, Biserka
2024.

Mišković, Marija Zora; Lemaić, Zvonimira; Vušak, Darko; Prugovečki, Biserka
2024.

Vušak, Darko; Lemaić, Zvonimira; Mišković, Marija Zora; Prugovečki, Biserka
2023.

Vušak, Darko; Jurković, Mia; Smrečki, Neven; Prugovečki, Biserka
2023.
Crystals

Tašner, Marina ; Vušak, Darko ; Ivana, Kekez ; Gabud, Andrea ; Pilepić, Viktor ; Mrvoš-Sermek, Draginja ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2022.
Heliyon

Ležaić, Katarina ; Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka
2022.

Vušak, Darko ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka ; Prugovečki, Biserka
2022.

Jurković, Mia ; Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka
2022.

Vušak, Darko ; Ležaić, Katarina ; Jurec, Jurica ; Žilić, Dijana ; Prugovečki, Biserka
2022.
Heliyon

Hok, Lucija ; Vianello, Robert ; Matković- Čalogović, Dubravka ; Karanović, Ljiljana ; Roca, Sunčica ; Jaźwiński, Jarosław ; Tašner, Marina ; Vušak, Darko ; Đaković, Marijana ; Popović, Zora
2022.
Crystengcomm

Jurković, Mia ; Ležaić, Katarina ; Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka
2022.

Ležaić, Katarina ; Jurković, Mia ; Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka
2022.

Vušak, Darko; Idek, Valentina; Prugovečki, Biserka
2022.

Vušak, Darko; Jovanovski, Gligor; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2022.
Croatica chemica acta

Vušak, Darko; Mišković-Špoljarić, Katarina; Jurec, Jurica; Žilić, Dijana; Prugovečki, Biserka
2022.
Croatica chemica acta

Vušak, Darko ; Štriga, Silvija ; Prugovečki, Biserka
2022.

Vušak, Darko ; Smrečki, Neven ; Muratović, Senada ; Žilić, Dijana ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2021.
RSC Advances

Vušak, Darko ; Štriga, Silvija ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka ; Prugovečki, Biserka
2021.

Prugovečki, Biserka ; Vušak, Darko ; Ležaić, Katarina ; Jurković, Mia
2021.
Acta crystallographica. Section A, Foundations and advances

Vušak, Darko ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka ; Prugovečki, Biserka
2021.

Influence of Solvent on Solid State Crystallization of Copper(II) Complexes with L- threonine and Heterocyclic Bases

Ležaić, Katarina ; Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2020.

Vušak, Vitomir ; Vušak, Darko ; Molčanov, Krešimir ; Meštrović, Ernest
2020.
Acta crystallographica. Section E, Crystallographic communications

Vušak, Darko ; Pejić, Jelena ; Jurković, Mia ; Szalontai, Gábor ; Sabolović, Jasmina
2020.
Crystengcomm

Vušak, Darko ; Pejić, Jelena ; Jurković, Mia ; Szalontai, Gábor ; Sabolović, Jasmina
2020.
Crystengcomm

1d and 2D Porous Structures of Novel Copper(II) Complex Compounds with Sarcosine and Heterocyclic Bases

Jurković, Mia ; Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2020.

Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Cobalt(III) Complex with Piperidine-N-acetamide and 2, 2'-bipyridine

Mandić, Aleksandar ; Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2020.

Solvent controlled synthesis of hydrates of copper complex compounds with glycine and 2, 2'-bipiridine

Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković- Čalogović, Dubravka
2020.

Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka ; Vušak, Darko ; Smrečki, Neven ; Prugovečki, Biserka
2019.

Vušak, Darko ; Ležaić, Katarina ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2019.

Synthesis and structural characterization of trans-(D-leucinato)(L-leucinato)copper(II)

Jurković, Mia ; Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka ; Sabolović, Jasmina
2019.

Prugovečki, Biserka ; Vušak, Darko ; Smrečki, Neven ; Kralj, Marijeta ; Uzelac, Lidija ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2019.

Synthesis and structural characterization of copper(II) complexes with L-threonine and heterocyclic bases

Ležaić, Katarina ; Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2019.

Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković- Čalogović, Dubravka
2019.

Prugovečki, Biserka ; Vušak, Darko ; Matković- Čalogović, Dubravka
2019.

Vušak, Darko ; Kirasić, Inka ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2019.

Polymorphism in glycineamide complexes of nickel(II)

Vušak, Darko ; Kirasić, Inka ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2019.

Vušak, Darko ; Smrečki, Neven ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Đilović, Ivica ; Kirasić, Inka ; Žilić, Dijana ; Muratović, Senada ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2019.
RSC Advances

Synhesis and structural analysis of dinuclear copper complex with piperidine-N-acetate and 2, 2'-bipydine

Mandić, Aleksandar ; Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2019.

1D porozni koordinacijski polimeri kompleksa bakra s glicinom i L-homoserinom

Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković- Čalogović, Dubravka
2019.

Prugovečki, Biserka ; Vušak, Darko ; Smrečki, Neven ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2018.

Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković- Čalogović, Dubravka
2018.

Vušak, Darko ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka ; Prugovečki, Biserka
2018.

Pejić, Jelena ; Vušak, Darko ; Szalontai, Gábor ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Mrvoš-Sermek, Draginja ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka ; Sabolović, Jasmina
2018.
Crystal growth & design

Preparation, structural, thermal and spectroscopic characterization pyrrolydino- and piperidino- derivatives of glycine and glycinamide

Cindrić, Doroteja ; Krvarić, Ivona ; Smrečki, Neven ; Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2018.

Porous structures of copper(II) complexes with piperidine-N-acetic acid and its amide

Krvarić, Ivona ; Cindrić, Doroteja ; Smrečki, Neven ; Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2018.

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a Cyclic Dipeptide cyclo(Gly‐Ser‐)

Smrečki, Neven ; Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2018.

Synthesis and structural characterization of cobalt(II) and nickel(II) complexes with 2, 2'- iminodiacetamide

Vušak, Darko ; Kirasić, Inka ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2018.

Bertoša, Branimir ; Vušak, Darko ; Perin, Nataša ; Martin-Kleiner, Irena ; Kralj, Marijeta ; Karminski-Zamola, Grace ; Hranjec, Marijana
2017.

Vušak, Darko ; Kirasić, Inka ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2017.

Vušak, Darko ; Milić, Dalibor ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2017.

Smrečki, Neven ; Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2017.

Bertoša, Branimir ; Vušak, Darko ; Perin, Nataša ; Martin-Kleiner, Irena ; Kralj, Marijeta, Karminski-Zamola, Grace ; Hranjec, Grace
2017.

Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Milić, Dalibor ; Marković, Marijana ; Petković, Ines ; Kralj, Marijeta ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka
2017.
Crystal growth & design

Vušak, Darko ; Perin, Nataša ; Martin-Kleiner, Irena ; Kralj, Marijeta ; Karminski-Zamola, Grace ; Hranjec, Marijana ; Bertoša, Branimir
2017.
Molecular diversity

Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković- Čalogović, Dubravka
2016.

Synthesis and characterization of a coordination polymer with copper in the mixed oxidation state Cu(I)/Cu(II)

Vušak, Darko ; Smrečki, Neven ; Matković-Čalogović, Dubravka ; Prugovečki, Biserka
2016.

Perin, Nataša ; Nhili, Raja ; Cindrić, Maja ; Bertoša, Branimir ; Vušak, Darko ; Martin-Kleiner, Irena ; Laine, William ; Karminski-Zamola, Grace ; Kralj, Marijeta ; David-Cordonnier, Marie-Hélène ; Hranjec, Marijana
2016.
European journal of medicinal chemistry

Vušak, Darko ; Prugovečki, Biserka ; Matković- Čalogović, Dubravka
2015.

Dependency of air temperature on concentration of carbon(IV) oxide

Klačić, Tin ; Vušak, Darko ; Horvat, Marko Filip ; Radanović, Jan
2014.
More information about publications

List of select publications

  1. D. Vušak, P. Naumov, Ž. Jelčić, D. Matković-Čalogović, B. Prugovečki, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64(12), e202421769
     
  2. D. Vušak, I. Kekez, D. Kučera-Čavara, J. Jurec, D. Žilić, M. Šimunović Letić, E. Horvatić, M. Mioč, N. Galić, B. Prugovečki, ACS Omega, 2025, 10(39), 45571–45584.
     
  3. D. Vušak, M. Šimunović Letić, M. Tašner, D. Matković-Čalogović, J. Jurec, D. Žilić, B. Prugovečki, Molecules, 2024, 29(23), 5621.
     
  4. D. Vušak, J. Pejić, M. Jurković, G. Szalontai, J. Sabolović, CrystEngComm 2020, 22, 5587–5600. 
     
  5. D. Vušak, B. Prugovečki, D. Milić, M. Marković, I. Petković, M. Kralj, D. Matković-Čalogović, Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17, 6049–6061.

List of select projects

2015. – 2019, Researcher on the project: "Essential metal ions in Helicobacter pylori proteins and model complexes- structure and function/property" (Croatian Science Foundation HRZZ-IP-2014-09-4274)

2018. - 2022, Researcher on the project: "Combined molecular modelling and experimental studies of physiologically and stereochemically important copper(II) amino acid complexes" (Croatian Science Foundation HRZZ-IP-2014-09-3500)

2023 - today, Researcher on the project: "Molecular magnetism in advanced solid and soft materials" (Croatian Science Foundation HRZZ-IP-2022-10-9292)