2008. Ph.D. Physics (Solid state physics), Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

2002. B.Sc. Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

1995. High school, Zagreb

1990. Primary school, Konjic (BiH)

PI of Croatian-German bilateral project (MZO-DAAD) (2026-2027): "Influence of ligand exchange on magnetic properties of manganese metal-organic frameworks"; PI of German side dr. Alexey Alfonsov (Leibniz IFW-Dresden)

PI of Croatian Science Foundation research project IP-2022-10-9292: "Molecular magnetism in advanced solid and soft materials"

PI of Croatian-German bilateral project (MZO-DAAD) (2019-2021): "Magneto-structural correlations in molecular magnetic complexes studied by electron spin resonance spectroscopy"; PI of German side dr. Yulia Krupskaya (Leibniz IFW-Dresden)

PI of Postdoc project of Croatian Science Foundation (2012-2013): "Study of molecule magnets (polynuclear transition metal complexes) by HF-EPR spectroscopy" at Leibniz IFW-Dresden, Germany (group of dr. Vladislav Kataev)

PI of project supported by "Foundation of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts" (2011): "Kristali organskih stabilnih radikala kao EPR probe na površini jednomolekulskog magneta Mn12-acetata"

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Associate at HRZZ-project IP-2018-01-3168 (2018-2023): "Elucidating the importance of spin-spin interactions as a tool for new approaches in ESR studies of materials"

Associate at Croatian-German bilateral project (MZO-DAAD) (2021-2022): "New generation of magnetic MOF composites based on controllable confinement of selected endofullerenes"

Associate at HRZZ-project HrZZ-UIP-2014-09-9775 (2015-2018): "Influence of Magnetic Anisotropy on Quantum Spin Systems"

Associate at HRZZ-project 1108 (2014-2018): "Low-temperature molecular dynamics of systems exhibiting lattice disorder probed by ESR"

Associate at NATO-project The Science for Peace and Security Programme (2016-2019): "Engineering silicon carbide for enhanced borders and ports security"

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2022.-2026. COST Action CA21144 (MC member) "Superconducting nanodevices and quantum materials for coherent manipulation (SUPERQUMAP)"
Principal Investigators: Hermann Suderow (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain)

2016.-2020. COST Action CA15128 (MC member) "Molecular Spintronics (MOLSPIN)" Principal Investigators: Eugenio Coronado (University of Valencia, Spain)

2014.-2018. COST Action CM1305 (MC member) "Explicit Control Over Spin-states in Technology and Biochemistry (ECOSTBio)" Principal Investigators: Marcel Swart (University of Girona, Spain)

• Influence of ligand exchange on magnetic properties of manganese metal-organic frameworks

  01.01.2026 - 31.12.2027 | 20,000.00 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• Molecular magnetism in advanced solid and soft materials - MOMENT

  18.12.2023 - 17.12.2027 | 197,326.00 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• Magneto-structural correlations in molecular magnetic complexes studied by electron spin resonance spectroscopy

  01.01.2019 - 31.12.2021 | 16,954.00 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• Istraživanje molekulskih magneta (polinuklearnih kompleksa prijelaznih metala) HF-EPR spektroskopijom

  03.09.2012 - 09.03.2013 | 128,000.00 HRK

  CroRISIRB

Awards of RBI general director and Division of Physical chemistry for a few best articles.

2019. and 2021. Financial support of the Foundation of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) for organization scientific meeting "Solid State Science & Research 2019" given to organizers D. Žilić i K. Užarević.

2011. Financial support of the Foundation of HAZU for the project: "Kristali organskih stabilnih radikala kao EPR probe na površini jednomolekulskog magneta Mn12-acetata"

The award for one of the three best student works at the conference PrimMath(2001) (1. znanstveno-stručni skup Programski sustav Mathematica u znanosti, tehnologiji i obrazovanju) 2001., Zagreb

Scholarship of CSF (California).

2018./2019.-  Lecturer for the Doctoral study course “EPR spectroscopy”, at Physical Department, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb.

2010./2011. Laboratory Exercises in "Introductory Laboratory Exercises in Physics 2", Undergraduate Study of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

2002./2003.-2008./2009. Laboratory Exercises in "Physics and Biophysics" ("Medical physics", "Physics and biophysics for students of veterinary medicine"), Undergraduate Study, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb

Vujević, L.; Talajić, G.; MacMillan, F.; Popov, A. A.; Kveder, M.; Karadeniz, B.*; Užarević, K.*; Žilić, D.* Inorg. Chem., 65 (2026), 14; 7603-7612. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c04870

Torić, F.; Androš Dubraja, L.; Herak, M.; Novosel, N.; Petreska, I.; Molcanov, K.*; Žilić, D.* Dalton Trans., 55 (2026), 3840-3852, 13. doi: 10.1039/d5dt02533h

Vujević, L.; Karadeniz, B.*; Cindro, N.; Krajnc, A.; Mali, G.; Mazaj, M.; Avdoshenko, S. M.; Popov, A. A.; Žilić, D.*; Užarević, K.*; Ilakovac Kveder, M.* Chem. Sci., 14, 9389 - 9399 (2023).

Muratović, S.; Martinez, V.; Karadeniz, B.; Pajić, D.; Brekalo, I.; Arhangelskis, M.; Mazaj, M.; Mali, G.; Etter, M.; Friščić, T.; Krupskaya, Y.; Kataev, V.; Žilić, D.*; Užarević, K.*, Inorg. Chem., 61, 18181-18192 (2022).

Garg, N., Goriya, Y., Manojveer, S., Muratović, S., Pajić, D., Cetina, M., Petreska, I., Krupskaya, Y., Kataev, V., Johnson, M.*, Wendt, O.* & Žilić, D.* Dalton Trans., 51 (6), 2338-2345 (2022).

Muratović, S.; Karadeniz, B.; Stolar, T.; Lukin, S.; Halasz, I.; Herak, M.; Mali, G.; Krupskaya, Y.; Kataev, V.; Žilić, D.*; Užarević, K.* J. Mater. Chem. C 8, 7132-7142 (2020).

Smokrović, K.; Muratović, S.; Karadeniz, B.; Užarević, K.; Žilić, D.*; Đilović, I.* Cryst. Growth Des., 20 (2020), 4;  2415-2423

Karadeniz, B.; Žilić, D.; Huskić, I.; Germann, L. S.; Fidelli, A. M.; Muratović, S.; Lončarić, I.; Etter, M.; Dinnebier, R. E.; Barišić, D.; Cindro, N.; Islamoglu, T.; Farha, O. K.; Friščić, T.; Užarević, K. J.  Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 19214-19120 (2019).

Androš Dubraja, L., Jurić, M., Popović, J., Pajić, D., Krupskaya, Y., Kataev, V., Büchner, B., Žilić, D.*, Dalton Trans. 47, 3992-4000 (2018).

Žilić, D.*, Maity D., Cetina M., Molčanov, K., Džolić, Z., Herak M.* ChemPhysChem 18, 2397-2408 (2017).

Žilić, D.*, Molčanov, K., Jurić, M., Habjanič, J., Rakvin, B., Krupskaya, Y., Kataev, V., Wurmehl, S., Buechner, B.  Polyhedron. 126, 120-126 (2017).

Žilić, D., Rakvin, B., Milić, D., Pajić, D., Đilović, I., Cametti, M., Džolić, Z. Dalton Trans., 43, 11877-11887 (2014).

Žilić, D., Rakvin, B., Dalal, N. S. J. Appl. Phys., 110, 093909-1-093909-5 (2011).

Žilić, D.*, Pajić, D., Jurić, M., Molčanov K., Rakvin B., Planinić, P., Zadro, K.  J. Magn. Reson., 207, 34-41 (2010).

Croatian Physical Society.

German Physical Society.

International EPR Society.