prof. dr. sc. Višnja Vrdoljak

Teaching

undergraduate

• General chemistry (271376) - Lecturer in charge
• General chemistry (271377) - Lecturer in charge
• Inorganic chemistry laboratory 1 (72876) - Lecturer in charge
• Inorganic chemistry laboratory 2 (41056) - Lecturer in charge

graduate

• Synthesis in inorganic chemistry (44014) - Lecturer in charge

doctoral

• Synthesis, Identification and Application of Inorganic Compounds (152789) - Lecturer in charge

Biography

Education at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: Diploma thesis (Chemistry, 1992); Master degree thesis (Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, 1995); Doctoral thesis (Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, 1997).

Affiliation and current position: Division of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: Full Professor, permanent position (2020–).

Previous positions: Full Professor (2015-2020); Associate Professor (2009-2015); Assistant Professor (2004 – 2009); Senior Assistant (2001 – 2004); Assistant (1995 – 2001), Division of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb.

Visits to foreign research and education institutions: University of Trieste, Department of Chemical Sciences, Italy (2000-2001)

Research interest: synthesis and identification of transition metal complexes, supramolecular isomers, polyoxometalates and organometallic compounds.

Scientific papers: co-author of 71 scientific papers in journals indexed in Current Contents database.

Awards and recognitions and memberships: Leopold Ružička for young researchers (2003); Recognition of the Faculty Council 2006th for the contribution to the development activities of the Faculty.

• Vice-chairperson of the Field Council for Natural Sciences of the University of Zagreb (2019-)
• Head of the Division of General and Inorganic Chemistry (at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry) (2019-)
• Member of the the Senate of the University of Zagreb (2017-2019)
• Chairperson of the Field Council for Natural Sciences of the University of Zagreb (2017-2019)
• Chairman of the Quality Assurance Committee of the Faculty of Science (2016 –);
• Member of the Council of the Faculty of Science (2011 – 2014; 2019-)
• Member of the Council of the Doctorate Sudy of Chemistry (2016 – ).
• Member of Committee for Academic Affairs of the Faculty of Science (2011 – 2014);
• Deputy head of the Chemistry Department (2011 – 2014)
• ECTS coordinator of the Department of Chemistry (2011 – 2014);

Memberships in American Chemical Society and Croatian Chemical Society.

Participation in research projects: COST project Polyoxometalate Chemistry for Molecular Nanoscience (2013 –Present); Researcher on project New complexes and materials-chemical and biological catalysts (2007 – 2013), funded by the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports; Researcher on project Synthesis and structure of complex-catalists in chemical and biological reactions (2002 – 2006) funded by MZOS; Researcher on project Synthesis and identification of new inorganic compounds and minerals - relation between their structure and properties, Croatia – Austria collaboration (2002-2005).

Published papers recorded in the Croatian Scientific Bibliography Database

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