| Title: | Full Professor |
| Location: | -027 |
| Public phone number: | +385 1 4606 347 |
| Internal phone number: | 6347 |
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| Department: | Division of General and Inorganic Chemistry |
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Education at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: Diploma thesis (Chemistry, 1994); Master degree thesis (Chemistry, 1998); Doctoral thesis (Chemistry, 2005).
Affiliation and current position: Division of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: Full professor (2018–2023).
Previous positions: Professor (2018-2023); Associate professor (2012–2018); Assistant Professor (2007–2012); Senior Assistant (2005–2007); Assistant (1997–2005), Division of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb.
Teaching: Undergraduate studies (General and inorganic chemistry), Graduate studies (Instrumental methods for the characterization of solids), Doctoral studies (Experimental methods in crystal structure analysis, Macromolecular crystalography).
Visits to foreign research and education institutions: Institute of Molecular Agrobiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 1998
Research interest: Small molecule synthesis and structural charaterization; macromolecuar crystallization and crystallography, solid state chemistry, synthesis and characterization of biocompatible metal-organic networks (porous materials) with potential application in the adsorption of various gases and liquid vapors.
Scientific papers: co-author of 55 scientific papers in journals indexed in WoS
Memberships: Member of the Croatian Chemical Society, Croatian Crystallographic Association, Croatian Association of Crystallographers
Show publications in CRORIS
1) D. Vušak, P. Naumov, Ž. Jelčić, D. Matković-Čalogović, B. Prugovečki, Thermally Induced Reversible Martensitic Phase Transition and Self‐Healing in Nickel Glycinamide Crystals, Angewandte Chemie. International edition, (2025), doi: 10.1002/anie.202421769
2) D. Vušak, I. Kekez, D. Kučera-Čavara, J. Jurec, D. Žilić, M. Šimunović Letić, E. Horvatić, M. Mioč, N. Galić, B. Prugovečki, A Design of Copper(II) Coordination Polymers with l-Homoserine: Structural, Spectroscopic, and Biological Studies, ACS Omega, 10 (2025), 39; 45571-45584. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.5c05776
3) D. Vušak, M. Šimunović Letić, M. Tašner, D. Matković-Čalogović, J. Jurec, D. Žilić, B. Prugovečki, Solvatomorphic Diversity in Coordination Compounds of Copper(II) with l-Homoserine and 1,10-Phenanthroline: Syntheses, Crystal Structures and ESR Study, Molecules, 29 (2024), 23; 5621, 14. doi: 10.3390/molecules29235621
4)D. Vušak, K. Ležaić, J. Jurec, D. Žilić, B. Prugovečki, Solvent effects on the crystallization and structure of ternary copper(II) coordination compounds with L-threonine and 1,10-phenanthroline, Heliyon, 8(6) (2022) E09556.
Research projects
Researcher on projects:
2017 – 2021, Metallosupramolecular architectures and inorganic-organic polyoxometalate based hybrides, funded by the Croatan Science Foundation
2016 – 2020, Essential metal ions in Helicobacter pylori proteins and model complexes - structure and function/property; financed by the Croatian Science Foundation
2007 – 2014, Structural investigation of biological macromolecules by X-ray diffraction funded by the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (MZOS).
2002 – 2007, Structural investigation of biological macromolecules; bioinformatics (MZOS).
1998 X–ray Crystallography; Institute of Molecular Agrobiology, The National University of Singapore
1996 – 2002, Designing molecules on structural basis (MZOS).
1995 – 1996, Compounds of special interest. Synthesis and structure (MZOS).
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