Dr. Željka Petrović

Senior research associate
Internal phone number
1390
Address
Ruđer Bošković Institute
Bijenička cesta 54
10002 Zagreb
Curriculum vitae

Education

2008    Ph.D., Natural sciences, Chemistry, Physical Chemistry; University of Zagreb Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology

2003    Master in Chemical Engineering; University of Zagreb Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology

Research Areas

Specific research interests

Projects

Principal investigator:

2025 - Registered innovation, Ruđer Bošković Institute innovation portfolio

Functional collagen-based coatings for dental implants

2022 - Research project funded by the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts – HAZU

Sterile and clean or sterile and contaminated: How clean is the dental implant?

2021 - Research project funded by the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts – HAZU

Aluminium from dental implants as a trigger of Alzheimer’s disease: how to prevent aluminium dissolution?

Awards and Achievements

2024   Award for the best scientific work in 2022 - the annual prize of the Ruđer Bosković Institute 

The paper: Ankica Šarić, Martina Vrankić, Dirk Luetzenkirchen-Hecht, Ines Despotović, Željka Petrović, Goran Dražić, Franz Eckelt:

Insight into the Growth Mechanism and Photocatalytic Behavior of Tubular Hierarchical ZnO Structures: An Integrated Experimental and Theoretical Approach,  Inorganic Chemistry 61 (2022) 2962-2979.

2011    Award for the best poster presentation

Self-assembled monolayers of organic molecules on metallic substrates: fundamental and applied investigations

by authors Ž. Petrović, S. Omanović, M. Metikoš-Huković, presented at XXII Croatian Meeting of Chemists and Chemical Engineers,Zagreb, Croatia, 13-16 February 2011.

Classes

Undergraduate and graduate courses (laboratory exercise and seminars) at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology University of Zagreb: Electrochemistry, Electrochemical and corrosion engineering, Electrochemical organic processes, Electrochemical inorganic processes, Electrochemical engineering and products.

Doctoral course (laboratory exercise) at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology University of Zagreb: Mechanisms of electrochemical corrosion and corrosion protection.

Doctoral course (laboratory exercise) at the Faculty of Science University of Zagreb: Selected chapters of electrochemistry.

Publications - editorial books

Zbornik radova s konferencije

Publications - journal articles

Izvorni znanstveni rad

Kratko priopćenje

Uvodnik

Publications - conference proceedings

Izvorni znanstveni rad

Sažetak izlaganja sa skupa

Prošireni sažetak izlaganja sa skupa

Publications - Conference unpublished

Neobjavljeni prilog sa skupa

Publications - Graded papers

Diplomski rad (sveučilišni)

Doktorski rad

Završni rad (sveučilišni)

Other Publications

Elaborat/studija

Membership in professional associations / societies

2003-              Member of Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers

2008-              Member of Electrochemical Society

2010-              Member of International Society of Electrochemistry

International conference organising board member:

2017: Member of the organizing committee of the 3rd Mediterranean Conference on the Applications of the Mӧssbauer Effect, MECAME 2017, Jerusalem, Israel, 3-5 June 2017

2016: Member of the organizing committee of the2nd Mediterranean Conference on the Applications of the Mӧssbauer Effect, MECAME 2016, Cavtat, Croatia, 31 May -3 June 2016

2015: Member of the organizing committee of the Mediterranean Conference on the Applications of the Mӧssbauer Effect, MECAME 2015, Zadar, Croatia, 7-10 June 2015

2013:   Member of the organizing committee of the International Conference on the Applications of the Mӧssbauer Effect, ICAME 2013, Opatija, Croatia, 1-6 September 2013

2006:   Member of the organizing committee of the 13th Young Investigators’ Seminar on Analytical Chemistry, International conference, Zagreb, Croatia, 5-8 July 2006