Prof. Dr. Mladen Zinic Address: Ruder Boskovic Institute P.O. Box 180 HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia E-mail: zinic@rudjer.irb.hr Fax: +385 1 46 80 195 Tel.: +385 1 46 80 217

Curriculum vitae

Born:    1947 Zagreb

Education:
1971    B.Sc. Chem.; Faculty of Technology, University of Zagreb
1974    M.Sc. Chem., Univ. of Zagreb
1978    Ph.D. Org. chem.; Univ. of Zagreb

Research Positions:
1974 - 1982    teaching assistant, Dept. of Organic Chem Faculty of Pharmacy, Univ. of Zagreb
1977 - 1978    postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Dr. Vlado Prelog, ETH, Zürich
1982 - 1985    Senior res. chem.; R&D, BELUPO pharm. ind.
1985 -    Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Dept. of Organic chemistry & Biochemistry
1993      rank of senior res. associate and Head of Laboratory of Supramolecular and
              Nucleoside Chemistry, Ruder Boskovic Institute
1998      rank of senior scientist
1999      titled full professor of chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
2003      head - Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the RBI

Research interest:
supramolecular chemistry, molecular recognition of nucleotides, amino acids and metal cations, DNA-intercalation, molecular self-assembly processes in gels, supramolecular organometallic catalysts.

Teaching:
-  Organic Stereochemistry and Supramolecular Chemistry at the 
   Postgraduate studies of Chemistry, University of Zagreb

-  Head of Organic Chemistry Postgraduate Studies, Univ. of Zagreb

Research Projects:
"Synthetic Molecular Receptors for Nucleo bases, Ncleosides and Nucleotides"
European Community Commission, CI 1*/ 0523, (J.-M. Lehn project coordinator), 1989 -1991.

"Design and Synthesis of Supramolecular Systems"
Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology - principal researcher

"DNA Interactions with new Aromatic Compounds"
DLR Bonn, Germany in collaboration with Prof. Dr. H.-J- Schneider, Saarlandes University, Sarbrücken, Germany. 1997-99.

"Non-covalent Interactions with Aromatic Compounds in Natural and Synthetic Systems",
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinshaft (DFG), Germany, 436 KRO 113/3/0, in collaboration with Prof. Dr. H.-J- Schneider, Saarlandes University, Saarbrücken, Germany. 2000. - 2001.

ECC-COST-D11, Supramolecular Chemistry, "Low Molecular Weight Gelators of Organic Fluids and Water" 2000 - 2003