dr. sc. Katarina Leko    
            
    
    
        
            | Title:  |   Senior expert associate | 
            
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                            | Public phone number: | +385 1 4606 147 | 
            
                            | Internal phone number: | 6147 | 
            
            
            
            
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            | Graduation year: | 2015 | 
                                    | Employed in this institution since: | 2016 | 
        
     
  
            
    
                        
                
                                    
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                       
            
                
    
    List of select publications
    
	- K. Leko, A. Usenik, N. Cindro, M. Modrušan, J. Požar, G. Horvat, V. Stilinović, T. Hrenar, V. Tomišić, Enhancing the Cation-Binding Ability of Fluorescent Calixarene Derivatives: Structural, Thermodynamic, and Computational Studies, ACS Omega, 2023, 8, 45, 43074–43087.
 
	-  L. Kumar, S. G. Dash, K. Leko, D. Trzybiński, N. Bregović, D. Cinčić, M. Arhangelskis, Elucidating mechanochemical reactivity of a ternary halogen-bonded cocrystal system by computational and calorimetric studies, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 28576–28580.
 
	-  A. Usenik, K. Leko, V. Petrović Peroković, Ž. Car, R. Ribić, K. Pičuljan, M. Hanževački, J. Draženović, J. Požar, Hydrophobically driven hosting – what about the guest?, J. Mol. Liq., 2023, 338, 122774.
 
	- L. Kumar, K. Leko, V. Nemec, D. Trzybiński, N. Bregović, D. Cinčić, M. Arhangelskis, Computational evaluation of halogen-bonded cocrystals enables prediction of their mechanochemical interconversion reactions, Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 3140–3146.  (2023 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection)
 
	-  K. Leko, M. Hanževački, Z. Brkljača, K. Pičuljan, R. Ribić, J. Požar, Solvophobically Driven Complexation of Adamantyl Mannoside with β-Cyclodextrin in Water and Structured Organic Solvents, Chem. – A Eur. J., 2020, 26, 23, 5208–5219. (front cover)
 
    Professional memberships
    Member of the Croatian Chemical Society
    List of select projects
    2021-2024 Collaborator on the project financed by Croatian Science Foundation:
Coordination Reactions of Macrocyclic Ligands in Solution (MACROSOL, IP-2019-04-9560)
(Principal investigator: dr. sc. Vladislav Tomišić, Professor)
 
2016-2019 Collaborator on the project financed by Croatian Science Foundation:
Development of Supramolecular Receptors for Cations and Anions (SupraCAR, IP-2014-09-7309)
(Principal investigator: dr. sc. Vladislav Tomišić, Professor)