izv. prof. dr. sc. Đani Škalamera

Teaching

undergraduate

• Fundamentals in Chemistry of Natural Organic Compounds (213530) - Lecturer in charge
• Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry (227704) - Lecturer in charge
• Organic chemistry laboratory 2 (41063) - Lecturer in charge

graduate

• Introduction to chemistry of natural organic products (104333) - Lecturer in charge
• Introduction to chemistry of natural organic products (course held in English) (213528) - Lecturer in charge
• Photochemistry (43994) - Lecturer in charge

integrated undergraduate and graduate

• Chemistry of Natural Organic Compounds (51069) - Lecturer in charge
• Fundamentals in Chemistry of Natural Organic Compounds (213052) - Lecturer in charge
• Fundamentals in Chemistry of Natural Organic Compounds (217520) - Lecturer in charge

doctoral

• Methods in Organic Synthesis (152805) - Lecturer in charge

Biography

Education: at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: MChem (2010); PhD (Organic chemistry, 2015).

Affiliation and current position: Division of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: Assistant Professor (2017-).

Previous positions: Laboratory for Chemstry of Solid state and Chemistry of complex Compounds, Division of Material Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute (2010-2011); Chirallica Ltd. (2011); Laboratory for Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute: research associate (2011-2012), research assistant (2012-2015), senior research assistant (2015-2017).

Visits to foreign research and education institutions: postdoc (2018-2019) at The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), group of prof. Pengfei Wang

Research interest: organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry, physical-organic chemistry, photochemistry

Scientific papers: co-author of 19 scientific papers in journals indexed in Current Contents database and 2 scientific papers in other journals. Participated in 24 scientific meetings (14 poster communications and 7 lectures).

Awards and recognitions and memberships:

• 2019 awarded by The Society of University Teachers, Scholars and Other Scientists, Zagreb, Croatia for scientific paper published in 2018
• 2015 awarded by Director of Ruđer Bošković Institute for the best scientific paper published in 2014
• 2014 awarded with doctoral scolarship by Adris Foundation
• 2010 awarded with plaqete and prize by Faculty Council of Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb in recognition of achievements in studies
• 2010 awarded with the medal of the Department of Chemistry in recognition of achievements in studies by Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

Participation in teaching: external associate (from 2012.), Assistant Professor (from 2017.)

Published papers recorded in the Croatian Scientific Bibliography Database

Show publications in CRORIS

List of select publications

 

6.    P. Wang, Đ. Škalamera, X. Sui, P. Zhang, S. M. Michalek, Synthesis and Evaluation of QS-17/18-Based Immunostimulant Vaccine Adjuvants, J. Med. Chem. 62 (2019) 1669-1676.

5.     P. Wang, Đ. Škalamera, X. Sui, P. Zhang, S. M. Michalek, Synthesis and Evaluation of QS-7-Based Vaccine Adjuvants, ACS Infect. Dis. 5 (2019) 974-981.

4.    Đ. Škalamera, I. Antol, K. Mlinarić-Majerski, H. Vančik, D. L. Phillips, J. Ma, N. Basarić, Ultrafast Adiabatic Photodehydration of o-hydroxymethylphenol and Formation of Quinone Methide, Chem. Eur. J. 24 (2018) 9426-9435.

3.    Đ. Škalamera, V. Blažek Bregović, I. Antol, C. Bohne, N. Basarić, Hydroxymethylaniline photocages for carboxylic acids and alcohols, J. Org. Chem. 82 (2017) 12554-12568.

2.    Đ. Škalamera, K. Mlinarić-Majerski, I. Martin Kleiner, M. Kralj, J. Oake, P. Wan, C. Bohne, N. Basarić, Photochemical formation of anthracene quinone methide derivatives, J. Org. Chem. 82 (2017) 6006-6021.

1.    L. Cao, Đ. Škalamera, P. Y. Zavalij, P. Lhotak, K. Mlinarić-Majerski, R. Glaser, L. Isaacs, Influence of Hydrophobic Residue on the Binding of CB[7] Toward Diammonium ions of Common Ammonium•••Ammonium Distance, Org. Biomol. Chem. 13 (2015) 6249-6254.

Professional memberships

Croatian Chemical Society (from 2009)

List of select projects

Project leader:

2016.-2017. "Synthesis and photochemistry of aniline derivatives as potential photocages", HAZU Foundation

 

Researcher on projects:

2018-2019 "Development of Structurally Defined QS-17/18-Based Vacinne Adjuvants” i “Development of Structurally Defined Synthetic Vaccine Adjuvants”, National Institute of Health (NIH), SAD, project leader: prof. dr. Pengfei Wang, University of Alabama at Birmingham

2017-2019 "Synthesis, Structural Analysis and Biological Evaluation of Peptidomimetics and Glycoconjugates", Croatian Science Foundation, project leader: prof. dr. sc. S. Tomić-Pisarović

2015-2019 "Supramolecular control of photoeliminations, SupraPhotoE", Croatian Science Foundation, project leader: dr. sc. Nikola Basarić

2015. associate-consultant on commercial project „The synthesis of carboxyphenyl derivative dimers of SEM and AHD“, Tecna S.r.I Area Science Park Trst, Italija, project leader at IRB: dr. sc. Tatjana Šumanovac Ramljak

2011. - 2013. „Photochemistry of polycyclic molecules: From mechanistic studies to new drugs and medicinal applications“, Croatian Science Foundation, project leader: dr. sc. Nikola Basarić

2010. - 2011. "Organometallic and inorganic bioconjugates as potential enantioselective catalysts", UKF project, project leader: dr. sc. Srećko Kirin

Past employments

• 2017. - Assistant Professor, Division of Organic Chemistry Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
• 2018-2019 - postdoctoral fellowship, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
• 2012.-2017. research assistant, Laboratory of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
• 2011.-2012. research associate, Laboratory of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
• 2011. synthetic organic chemist, Chirallica Ltd.
• 2010.-2011. research associate, Laboratory for Solid State and Complex Compounds Chemistry, Division of Material Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia