Title: | Associate Professor |
Location: | 123 |
Public phone number: | +385 1 4606 195 |
Internal phone number: | 6195 |
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Department: | Division of Analytical Chemistry |
Graduation year: | 2008 |
PhD graduation year: | 2013 |
Employed in this institution since: | 2009 |
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Education at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: Diploma thesis (Chemistry, 2008); Doctoral thesis (Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, 2013).
Affiliation and current position: Division of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: Associate Professor (2023–)
Previous positions: Assistant Professor (2016–2023); Senior Assistant (2014–2016); Assistant (2009–2014), Division of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb.
Visits to foreign research and education institutions: CEEPUS Scholarship - University in Pecs, Faculty of Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Pecs, Hungary; Scholarship of the Scholarship foundation of the Republic of Austria, Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), Institute for Process and Particle Engineering, Graz, Austria, 01.02.– 31.05.2012; Research Stay for University Academics, Technical University Munich (TU München), Department of Chemistry, Chair for Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy, Munich, Germany, 15.09.-15.12.2016; EMBO Short-Term Fellowship - Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore), School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Singapore, 30.11.2019–27.02.2020
Research interest: synthesis and structure elucidation of bioactive compounds (macrolide antibiotics, peptide nucleic acids, metabolites and small organic ligands); biomolecular interaction studies; complex mixture analysis; development of process analytical techniques (PAT) based on in-line vibrational spectroscopy; identification of polymorphic forms of bioactive compounds by combining spectroscopic (solid-state NMR, Raman, IR) and SWAXS methods.
Scientific papers: co-author of 23 scientific papers in journals indexed in Web of Science database, 2 book chapters, 2 student scripts and 1 university textbook
Awards and recognitions and memberships: Recognition for achievements in scientific and professional work at the Faculty of Science, 2015; Member of the Croatian Chemical Society; Member of the Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers
Participation in research projects:
Investigation of macrolide antibiotic metabolites and degradation products (project leader); bilateral Croatian-Austrian project funded by the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Austrian Federal Government; period: 01.01.2018–31.12.2019
Macrozones, new conjugates of macrolide antibiotics: design, synthesis and interactions; funded by Croatian Science Foundation; project No. 8098; period: 01.10.2018–30.09.2022
Interactions and design of bioactive molecules; funded by Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia; project No. 119-11913 42-1083; period: 02.01.2007–31.12.2013
Development and application of an in-line method of Raman spectroscopy for drug research; funded by Croatian Science Foundation and PLIVA Hrvatska d.o.o.; period: 01.04.2008–01.04.2010
Macrolide-ribosome interactions monitored by NMR paramagnetic relaxation enhancements; bilateral Croatian-Austrian project funded by the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Austrian Federal Government; period: 01.01.2010– 31.12.2011
Investigating macrolide antibiotic interactions with membranes and ribosomes as a tool for rational drug design; bilateral Croatian-Austrian project funded by the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Austrian Federal Government; period: 01.01.2012– 31.12.2013
The development of a new methodology for the control of drug preparation process – Met4Pharm; funded by European Regional Development Fund and Croatian State Budget; period: 22.10.2014–22.02.2016
Note: this list of papers is located in an maintained by the Ruđer Bošković Institute which is in charge of the Croatian Scientific Bibliography Database (CROSBI). This link will take you to the appropriate CROSBI page of this person, containing a list of papers they have themselves entered in the database.