prof. dr. sc. Biserka Prugovečki

Teaching

undergraduate

• General and Inorganic Chemistry (35776) - Lecturer in charge

graduate

• Instrumental methods for the characterization of solids (72803) - Lecturer in charge

doctoral

• Experimental Methods in Crystal Structure Analysis (152794) - Lecturer in charge
• Macromolecular Crystalography (152833) - Lecturer in charge

Biography

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, Protein crystallography)
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 (insulin), solid state chemistry
Scientific papers: co-author of 54 scientific papers in journals indexed in WoS
Memberships: Member of the Croatian Chemical Society, Croatian Crystallographic Association, Croatian Association of Crystallographers

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List of select publications

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, M. Primožić, B. Prugovečki, Atmosphere-Controlled Solvatomorphic Transitions of Ternary Copper(II) Coordination Compounds in Solid State, Crystals, 14 (2024), 11; 986-986. doi: 10.3390/cryst14110986

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.

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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).