Curriculum Vitae

 

Ivana Capan

 

Address:

 

  • Institute: Rudjer Bošković Institute (RBI), Division of  Materials Physics, Bijenička 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Email: capan at irb.hr

 

Personal:

 

  • Date of Birth: 16 February 1977, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Nationality: Croatian
  • Married, one child

 

Education:

 

  • 1983-1991:  Elementary School, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 1991-1995:  High School, Zagreb, Croatia
  • 1995-2001: Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • February 2001:  B.Sc. in Physics, University of Zagreb, Thesis: Influence of structural defects on oxygen and carbon complexes in silicon, Thesis supervisor: dr. Branko Pivac
  • September 2004: M.Sc. in Physics, University of Zagreb, Thesis: Temperature-Dependent Defect Production in g-irradiated Silicon, Thesis supervisor: dr. Branko Pivac
  • November 2006: Ph.D. in Physics, University of Zagreb, Thesis: Electrically active defects in silicon and germanium induced by radiation, Thesis supervisors: dr. Branko Pivac and prof. Anthony R. Peaker (This work has been done at Rudjer Boskovic Institute & The University of Manchester)

 

Career:

 

  • April 2001 - November 2006: Research Assistant at Rudjer Bošković Institute;
  • 2002 - 2003: Research Visitor at Centre for Electronic Materials, UMIST, Manchester, UK (6-months scholarship by The British Scholarship Trust);
  • December 2006 - July 2008: Senior Research Assistant at RBI;
  • July 2008 – June 2012 : Research Associate at RBI;
  • June 2012 - : Senior Research Associate at RBI

 

Achievements:

 

  • 1999: Rector’s award for the best student scientific work
  • 2002-2003: Scholarship of the British Scholarship Trust
  • 2006: National Science Award for Junior Researchers

 

 

Research Experience:

 

  • I-V, C-V and C-T measurements
  • Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (DLTS), high-resolution Laplace-transform  DLTS
  • Synchrotron measurements @ Elettra: Small Angle X-ray Scattering, SAXS (GISAXS)

 

Research projects:

 

·         Atom probe tomography and electrical characterization of doping in Germanium (COGITO Croatian-French bilateral project 2009-2010) - principal investigator

·         Silicon nanocrystals solar cells ... Properties and characterization (Unity Through Knowledge Fund – Young Researchers Program; 01.10.2009 - 30.09.2011) – principal investigator

·         COST Action MP 0901: Designing Materials for Nanodevices – from Theory to Practice (NanoTP, 2011-2013) – The coordinator (principal investigator) from Croatia

·         Investigation of freestanding silicon nanocrystals (Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2011-2012) – principal investigator

·         Doping semiconductor nanocrystals by neutron transmutation method (Croatian-Slovenian bilateral project 2012-2013) – principal investigator

·         Comparison between electrical and structural properties of doped germanium nanocrystals (Croatian-German bilateral project 2012-2013) – principal investigator

 

 

Teaching Experience:

 

  • 2001-2002: Teaching Assistant – Exercises, General Physics I, II; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
  • 2005-2006: Teaching Assistant - General Physics I; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
  • 2006-2007: Teaching Assistant - General Physics I, II; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
  • 2007-2008:  Lecturer – General Physics I, II; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
  • 2008-2009:  Lecturer – General Physics I, II; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
  • 2009-2010:  Lecturer – General Physics I; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
  • 2010-2011: Lecturer – General Physics I; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
  • 2011-2012: Lecturer – General Physics II, Introduction to Nanoscience; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb

 

 

Training:

 

  • October – December 2002, Centre for Electronic Materials, UMIST, UK
  • March – June 2003,Centre for Electronic Materials, UMIST, UK
  • October 2005, Centre for Electronic Materials, Devices and Nanostructures, University of Manchester, UK
  • February 2006, Centre for Electronic Materials, Devices and Nanostructures, University of Manchester, UK
  • June 2007, Microelectronics & Nanostructures Group, University of Manchester, UK
  • 22.04 - 02.05.2010, University of Manchester, UK
  • 13.06 - 26.06.2011, University of Manchester, UK
  • 18.03 - 24.03.2012, University of Manchester, UK

 

 

Short visits:

 

  • 07-14.10.2006, InESS-CNRS, Strasbourg, France
  • 17-21.21.2005, PHASE-CNRS, Strasbourg, France
  • 27-29.11.2008, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
  • 06-09.06.2009, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
  • 25.09-01.10.2009, Groupe de Physique des Matériaux, Université de Rouen, Saint Etienne du Rouvray, France
  • 22-24.10.2009, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
  • 17-18.06.2010, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
  • 02.07-08.07.2010, Groupe de Physique des Matériaux, Université de Rouen, Saint Etienne du Rouvray, France
  • 05.09-08.09.2010, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France
  • 07.07-10.07.2011, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
  • 11.04-14.04.2012, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia