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PERSONAL DATA

Name and surname

Aleksandar Višnjevac

 

Title

PhD

Current position

Senior research associate

(eq. to associate professor)

Address

Physical Chemistry Division

Ruđer Bošković Institute

Bijenička cesta 54

HR-10000 Zagreb

Croatia

Phone

+385 1 4571203

 

 

Fax

+385 1 4680245

E-mail

aleksandar.visnjevac@irb.hr

Web site

http://www.irb.hr/users/visnevac

Nationality

Republic of Croatia

Date and place of birth

April 5th,  1969, Split, Croatia

Languages

  • Croatian (mother tongue)

  • English (fluent)

  • French (fluent)

  • German (active knowledge)

  • Italian (active knowledge)

WORKING EXPERIENCE

 

Employment

Employed

February 22nd, 1995 to present day

Institution

Ruđer Bošković Institute

 

Career

22.02.1995

Chemical Engineer/Operator

1.06.1995

Younger assistant

26.01.1999

Assistant

9.05.2002

Senior assistant

11.11.2003

Research associate

15.12.2008

Research associate (re-elected)

9.12.2010

Senior research associate
 

Fields of expertise

  Bioinorganic chemistry
  Structural chemistry
  X-Ray Crystallography
  Science communication and promotion

EDUCATION

Period

1988 - 1994

Place

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1988 - 1992)

Zagreb, Croatia (1992 - 1994)

Institutions

University of Sarajevo, Faculty of science, Department of Chemistry

University of Zagreb, Faculty of science, Department of Chemistry

Title

BSc in Chemistry

Graduation thesis Examination of some approximate expressions for the total molecular energy
Date December, 22nd, 1994
Supervisor Emeritus prof. dr Zvonimir B. Maksić
Average grade very good (4.1)
   

Period

1995 - 1998

Place

Zagreb, Croatia

Institutions

Ruđer Bošković Institute

University of Zagreb, Faculty of science

Title

Master in natural sciences (chemistry)
MSc thesis Determination of structural properties of calix[4]arene amino acid derivatives by X-ray diffraction methods
Date December, 15th, 1998
Supervisor dr. Biserka Kojić-Prodić, senior scientist, emerita
Average grade excellent (4.9)
   

Period

1998 - 2001

Place

Zagreb, Croatia

Institutions

Ruđer Bošković Institute

University of Zagreb, Faculty of science

Title

PhD in natural sciences (chemistry)

PhD thesis

Stereochemistry of chiral 1,4-benzodiazepin-2-ones and their metal complexes
Date November, 8th, 2001.
Supervisors

dr. Biserka Kojić-Prodić, senior scientist, emerita

dr. Ljerka Tušek-Božić, senior scientist

POSTDOC

Period

2005 - 2008 (duration: 19 months)

Place

Paris, France

Institution

Université Paris Descartes

Fields

Bioinorganic chemistry

Biomimetic modelling

Project

Supramolecular modelling of mononuclear metalloenzyme active sites by rezorcinarene based ligands

Supervisor

Prof. dr Olivia Reinaud

SCHOOLS & COURSES

Date

7.-15.04. 1999

Place

Trevelyan College, Durham, UK

School

7th BCA/CCG Intensive Course in X-ray Structure Analysis

Field

Crystallography

   

Date

26.-27. 06. 2000

Place

Lodz, Poland

School

Cambridge Structural Database Workshop

Field

Crystallography
   

Date

7.-21. 07. 2000

Place

University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

School

Ninth ACA Summer Course in Crystallography

Field

Crystallography
   

Date

24.–26. 10. 2000

Place

Sinchrotron Ellettra, Trieste, Italy

School

Workshop della cristallografia sperimentale

Field

Crystallography
   

Date

21. – 25. 08. 2001

Place

Krakòw, Poland

School

School on symmetry of crystals

Field

Crystallography
   

Date

23.-27.09.2002

Place

Toulouse, France

School

L'Ecole Thématique "Analyse structurale par diffraction des Rayons X, structures absolues, macles, incommensurables"

Field

Crystallography
   

Date

27.06.-1.07.2003

Place

Dubrovnik, Croatia

School

DU 2003 NMR - The Fourth International Dubrovnik NMR Course and Conference

Field

NMR spectroscopy
   

Date

18.06.-24.06.2004

Place

Dubrovnik, Croatia

School

ISCSS - International Science Communications Summer School

Field

Science Communication
   

Date

23.-27.06.2006

Place

Dolenjske Toplice, Slovenia

School

ESCONet Science Communication workshop - Training of trainers

Field

Science Communication

ProjeCTS - MEMBER OF A PROJECT TEAM

Period

1997 - 2002

Project label

MZT RH 00980608

Project title

Structure and properties of (bio)molecules

P.I.

dr Biserka Kojić-Prodić
Institution Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
   

Period

2002 - 2007

Project label

MZT RH 0098036

Project title

Structure and dynamics of (bio)molecules

P.I.

dr Biserka Kojić-Prodić
Institution Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
   

Period

2004 - 2007

Project label

FP6 project 516861 - Science and society, Specific support action

Project title

ESCW: the European Science Communication workshops

P.I.

prof. dr Steve Miller
   

Period

2007 to 2014

Project label

MZOS RH 098-1191344-2943

Project title

Protein-ligand interactions at the atomic level

P.I.

dr Marija Luić
Institution Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
   

Period

2008 to 2014

Project label

MZOS RH 226-0000000-3523

Project title

Scientific communication: the role of the scientific community and curriculum development

P.I.

dr Blanka Jergović
Institution University of Zagreb, Croatian Studies, Zagreb, Croatia
   

Period

2008 to 2014

Project label

FP7 project 230456 – Coordination and support action (supporting)

Project title

ESConet Trainers

P.I.

prof. dr Steve Miller
Institution University College London, London, UK
   

Period

2014 - present day (30%)

Project label

HRZZ-DNA/RNA-MolSense (1477)

Project title

Multifunctional molecular sensing of DNA/RNA secondary structure by chemical sensors

P.I.

dr Ivo Piantanida
Institution Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
   

Period

2014 - present day (50%)

Project label

HRZZ-CRYSTIN (1809)

Project title

Engineering crystalline materials using metal complexes and non- covalent interactions

P.I.

prof. dr Marijana Đaković
Institution University of Zagreb, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry

ProjeCTS - PROJECT LEADER

Period

2004 - 2006

Project label

Croatian-Slovenian bilateral project

Project title

Microbial lipases - a search for novel biocatalysts

P.I.

dr Mojca Benčina & dr Aleksandar Višnjevac

Institution

NIC, Ljubljana, Slovenia & Ruđer Bošković Institute

Value

HRK 20.000,00
   

Period

2009 - 2010

Project label

Izobrazba doktoranada, Project NZZ 03-721/3-2010/IJ

Project title

Cambridge Structural Database Workshop in Zagreb

P.I.

dr Aleksandar Višnjevac

Institution

Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

Value

HRK 42.000,00
   

Period

2010

Funder

Foundation of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Project title

Cambridge Structural Database Workshop in Zagreb

P.I.

dr Aleksandar Višnjevac

Institution

Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

Value

HRK 10.000,00
   

Period

2011

Funder

Foundation of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Project title

A biomimetic approach towards to the design of the novel peptide deformylase (PDF) inhibitor

P.I.

dr Aleksandar Višnjevac

Institution

Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

Value

HRK 5.000,00
   

Period

2011 - 2012

Project label

Croatian-Montenegrin bilateral project

Project title

Synthesis, structure, and antifungal activity of novel dithiocarbamato EDTA derivatives and their metal complexes

P.I.

prof. dr Zorica Leka & dr Aleksandar Višnjevac

Institution

University of Montenegro & Ruđer Bošković Institute

Value

HRK 36.000,00
   

Period

2012

Funder

Foundation of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Project title

29th European Crystallographic Meeting, Rovinj 2015

P.I.

dr Aleksandar Višnjevac

Institution

Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

Value

HRK 10.000,00
   

Period

2013 - 2014

Project label

Croatian-Montenegrin bilateral project

Project title

Antifungal activity of novel dithiocarbamate complexes with transition metals

P.I.

prof. dr Zorica Leka & dr Aleksandar Višnjevac

Institution

University of Montenegro & Ruđer Bošković Institute

Value

EUR 4.000,00
   

Period

2013

Funder

Foundation of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Project title

29th European Crystallographic Meeting, Rovinj 2015

P.I.

dr Aleksandar Višnjevac

Institution

Croatian Association of Crystallographers

Value

HRK 10.000,00
   

Period

2014

Funder

Foundation of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Project title

Hot Topics in Contemporary Crystallography, Šibenik 2014

P.I.

dr Aleksandar Višnjevac

Institution

Croatian Association of Crystallographers

Value

HRK 6.000,00
   

Period

2015

Funder

Foundation of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Project title

29th European Crystallographic Meeting, Rovinj 2015

P.I.

dr Aleksandar Višnjevac

Institution

Croatian Association of Crystallographers

Value

HRK 10.000,00

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Academic year

2004/2005

Study programme

Molecular biology

Course

General Chemistry - Practical

Institution

University of Zagreb, Faculty of science, Zagreb, Croatia

Status

Tutor
   

Academic year

2004/2005

Study programme

Postgraduate study of structural and inorganic chemistry

Course

Selected topics in X-ray structural analysis

Institution

University of Zagreb, Faculty of science, Zagreb, Croatia

Status

Lecturer (Lecture: Chirality and molecular structure)
   

Academic year

2007/2008

Study programme

Postgraduate study of geology

Course

 

Institution

University of Zagreb, Faculty of science, Zagreb, Croatia

Status

Lecturer (Lecture: Science Communication)
   

Academic year

2011/2012

Study programme

Graduate study of biotechnology and drug design

Course

EBIL102 - Bioinorganic chemistry

Institution

University of Rijeka, Department of Biotechnology, Rijeka, Croatia

Status

Lecturer

INVITED LECTURES

Date

26.-31.08. 2004

Meeting 22nd European Crystallographic Meeting, ECM22
Place Budapest, Hungary
Lecture Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Luić, Marija; Žinić, Mladen and Žinić, Biserka: Conformational Chirality of Sulfonylpyrimidine Derivatives
Field Organic stereochemistry, Structural Chemistry
   
Date 16.-20.06.2010
Meeting 19th Slovenian-Croatian Crystallographic Meeting, SCCM19
Place Strunjan, Slovenia
Lecture Crystallography as a Method of Choice in Biomimetic Modelling of Metalloenzyme Active Sites
Field Structural Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry
   
Date 14.12.2011
Institution University of Montenegro - Faculty of Metallurgy
Place Podgorica, Montenegro
Lecture Biomimetic modelling in the study of biological macromolecules
Field Structural Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry
   
Date 20.-24.03.2016
Meeting 5th Tunisian Crystallographic Meeting, TCM5
Place Hammamet, Tunisia
Lecture Supramolecular biomimetic modelling of the tripodal mononuclear active site
Field Structural Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry

SEMINARS & TALKS

Date 10.-12.05.2007
Meeting ESCONet science communication workshop
Place Dublin, Ireland
Lecture Višnjevac, Aleksandar and Jurdant, Baudoin: Who are you communicating with and why?
Field Science Communication
   
Date 13.-15.09. 2007
Meeting ESCONet science communication workshop
Place Dubrovnik, Croatia
Lecture Višnjevac, Aleksandar and Galev, Todor: Public science on the web
Field Science Communication
   
Date 15.-18.02.2008
Meeting Science and Society in Dialogue: How to communicate Scientific Achievements?
Place Sofia, Bulgaria
Lecture Višnjevac, Aleksandar: Public science on the web
Field Science Communication
   
Date 14.-18.04. 2008
Meeting ESCONet science communication workshop
Place Trieste, Italy
Lecture Poupardin, Elsa; Jurdant, Baudoin and Višnjevac, Aleksandar: Science and Culture
Field Science Communication
   
Date 25.-27.05.2008
Meeting ESCONet science communication workshop for the members of the „LipGene“ project
Place Dublin, Ireland
Lecture Višnjevac, Aleksandar: Writing for the media
Field Science Communication
   
Date 28.06.2008
Meeting ESCONet science communication workshop – training of trainers, a satellite meeting of PCST10 (Public communication of science and technology Conference)
Place Malmoe, Sweden
Lecture Višnjevac, Aleksandar: Writing for the media
Field Science Communication
   
Date 24.-31.03.2009
Meeting ESCONet science communication workshops
Place Dubrovnik, Croatia
Lecture Višnjevac, Aleksandar: Writing for the media
Field Science Communication
   
Date 10.-15.09.2009
Meeting ESCONet science communication workshops (basic and advanced) for members of SISTER FP7 project
Place Velingrad, Bulgaria
Lectures
  • Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kuryata, Nina: Writing for the media

  • Višnjevac, Aleksandar: Communicating Science to the Policy makers

  • Višnjevac, Aleksandar: Science in Dialogue

Field Science Communication
MENTORSHIPS
  • Vladimir Lukačević, Hands-on obligatory practice at the 3rd grade (160 working hours); University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Croatia (2014)

  • Srđan Milovac, Approach to a Topochemical Study of Photochromism of Nitroso Compounds in Solid State, graduate thesis Supervisor: prof. dr Hrvoj Vančik, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Zagreb, Croatia (2001)

SCIENTIFIC VISITS ABROAD

  • 1.10.2005 – 30.06.2006, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

  • 1.10.2006 – 31.12.2006, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

  • 1.10.2007 – 31.12.2007, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

  • 1.03.2008 – 31.05.2008, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

  • 1.09.2008 - 30.09.2008, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

GRANTS & AWARDS 

12.06.2005

Government of the French Republic, Grant for a nine-months long postdoc research in France

14.11.2006

National foundation for science and technological development of the Republic of Croatia (NZZ), Grant for the one-year long postdoc abroad

21.12.2010 Annual award of the Director of the Ruđer Bošković Institute for an extraordinary scientific achievement in 2010
ORGANIZATIONS OF MEETINGS
  • 3rd European Crystallography School (ECS3), Bol, Croatia, September 25th to October 2nd, 2016; Co-Chair of the organizing Committee; (organized by the Croatian Association of Crystallographers),

  • 30th European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM30), Basel, Switzerland, August 28th to September 1st, 2016, Member of the bursary committee; (organized by the Swiss Society for Crystallography),

  • Little school of crystallography, Rovinj, Croatia, November 9th - 10th, 2015; Chair of the organizing committee; (organized by the Croatian Association of Crystallographers),

  • 29th European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM29), Rovinj, Croatia, August 23rd - 28th, 2015; Chair of the organizing committee; (organized by the Croatian Association of Crystallographers),

  • Contemporary Crystallography in Croatia, Zagreb, September 30th, 2014, Member of the organizing committee; (organized by the Croatian Crystallographic Association),

  • Hot Topics in Contemporary Crystallography, Šibenik, Croatia, May 10th - 15th, Chair of the organizing committee; (organized by the Croatian Association of Crystallographers),

  • Crystallography in Croatia, Zagreb, January 25th, 2012, Member of the organizing committee; (organized by the Croatian Crystallographic Association),

  • Cambridge Structural Database Workshop, Zagreb, March 3rd - 4th, 2010, Chair of the organizing committee; (organized by the Ruđer Bošković Institute),

  • Croatian-Slovenian and Slovenian-Croatian annual crystallographic meetings, Member of the organizing committee (2001- present day); (organized by the Croatian Crystallographic Association and Slovenian Crystallographic Society).

MEMBERSHIPS
  • Croatian Association of Crystallographers (CAC), founder and president (2012 to the present day)
  • Croatian Chemical Society, member
  • Croatian Crystallographic Association, board member
  • European Crystallographic Association
  • International Union of Crystallography, collective membership
COMMISSIONS & BOARDS
  • Croatian Crystallographic Association, Board member, 2002 to present day

  • Croatian Association of Crystallographers, president, 2012 to present day

  • Boris Marko Kukovec, scientific board member for the election to the title of Research Associate (2013)

  • Jasminka Popović, scientific board member for the election to the title of Senior Research Associate (2015)

  • Ruđer Bošković Institute, board member for the evaluation of new laboratories (Laboratory for synthesis and X-ray crystallography of functional materials, P.I: Jasminka Popović) (2015)

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS 

  1. Vojta, Danijela*; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Leka, Zorica; Kosović, Milica; Vazdar, Mario*: Temperature-induced release of crystal water in the Co, Mo and Pt complexes of N,N-diacetatedithiocarbamate. FTIR spectroscopy and quantum chemical study, Journal of Molecular Structure, 1103 (2016) 245 - 253.

  2. Štefane, Bogdan; Perdih, Franc; Višnjevac, Aleksandar*; Požgan, Franc*: Novel Triazole-Based Ligands and Their Zinc(II) and Nickel (II) Complexes with Nitrogen Donor Environment as Potential Structural Models for Mononuclear Active Sites, New Journal of Chemistry, 39 (2015) 566 - 575.

  3. Gout, Jérôme; Višnjevac, Aleksandar*; Rat, Stéphanie; Parrot, Arnaud; Hessani, Assia; Bistri, Olivia; Le Poul, Nicolas; Le Mest, Yves; Reinaud, Olivia: Supramolecular control of a mononuclear biomimetic copper(II)center: Bowl complexes vs. Funnel complexes, Inorganic Chemistry, 53 (2014) 6224 - 6234.

  4. Leka, Zorica; Vojta, Danijela; Kosović, Milica; Latinović, Nedeljko; Đaković, Marijana; Višnjevac, Aleksandar*: Syntheses, structures and antifungal activities of novel Co, Mo and Pt complexes with triammonium N,N-diacetatedithiocarbamate, Polyhedron, 80 (2014) 233 - 242.

  5. Gout, Jerôme; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Rat, Stéphanie; Bistri, Olivia; Le Poul, Nicolas; Le Mest, Yves; Reinaud, Olivia*: Bowl vs. funnel supramolecular concept for Cu(I) complexes within the biomimetic tris-imidazole core, European journal of inorganic chemistry (2013) 5171 - 5180.

  6. Krstulović, Luka; Ismaili, Hamit; Bajić, Miroslav; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Glavaš-Obrovac, Ljubica; Žinić, Biserka*: Synthesis of Novel Aliphatic N-sulfonylamidino thymine derivatives by Cu(I)-catalyzed Three-component Coupling Reaction, Croatica Chemica Acta, 85 (2012) 525 - 534.

  7. Lapić, Jasmina; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Cetina, Mario; Djaković, Senka; Vrček, Valerije; Rapić, Vladimir*: Experimental and DFT study of cyclodehydration and acetylation of ferrocenyl diols, Journal of molecular structure, 1019 (2012) 7-15.

  8. Saftić, Dijana; Žinić, Biserka; Višnjevac, Aleksandar*: DBU induced formation of 8-bromoguanosine dimer with three hydrogen bonds between the GG- pairs, Tetrahedron, 68 (2012) 1062-1070.

  9. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Gout, Jerôme; Ingert, Nicolas; Bistri, Olivia; Reinaud, Olivia*: First Zn(II) bowl-complexes modeling the active site of mono-nuclear metallo-enzymes, Organic Letters, 12, No. 9 (2010) 2044 - 2047.

  10. Kobetić, Renata*; Gembarovski, Dubravka; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Žinić, Biserka; Gabelica-Marković, Vesna: ESI MS Studies of Palladium (II) Complexes with 1-(p-Toluenesulfonyl)cytosine/cytosinato Ligands, Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 45 (2010) 51 - 64.

  11. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Biliškov, Nikola; Žinić, Biserka*: Transition metal complexes of N-1-tosylcytosine and N-1-mesylcytosine, Polyhedron, 28 (2009) 3101 – 3109.

  12. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Luić, Marija; Kobetić, Renata; Gembarovski, Dubravka; Žinić, Biserka*: Stabilization of the N-1-substituted cytosinate iminooxo form in dinuclear palladium complexes, Polyhedron, 28 (2009) 1057 – 1064.

  13. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Žinić, Mladen; Luić, Marija; Žiher, Dinko; Kajfež Novak, Tanja; Žinić, Biserka*: Conformational chirality and chiral crystallization of N-sulfonylpyrimidine derivatives, Tetrahedron, 63 (2007) 86-92.

  14. Ćurić, Manda*; Babić, Darko; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Molčanov, Krešimir: Simple Route to the Doubly ortho-Palladated Azobenzenes: Building Blocks for Organometallic Polymers and Metallomesogens, Inorganic Chemistry, 44 (2005) 17, 5975-5977.

  15. Poljak, Tanja; Molčanov, Krešimir; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Habuš, Ivan; Kovač, Veronika; Rapić, Vladimir*: Synthesis and structure of trans-(+)-(3S,4S)-3-amino-4-ferrocenyl-1-p-methoxyphenylazetidin-2-one, Journal of Molecular Structure, 751 (2005) 60-64.

  16. Škorić, Irena; Basarić, Nikola; Marinić, Željko; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka; Šindler-Kulyk, Marija: Synthesis and photochemistry of b,b’-diheteroaryl substituted-o-divinylbenzenes. Intra- and/or intermolecular cycloaddition as an effect of annelation, Chemistry - a European Journal, 11 , No. 2 (2005) 543-551.

  17. Tušek-Božić, Ljerka; Višnjevac, Aleksandar, Marotta, Ester; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka: The inside and outside protonation of a 15-membered O2N2-macrocycle. Synthesis and structural characterization of the protonated ligand salts, Polyhedron, 24, (2005) 97-111.

  18. Butković, Kristina; Basarić, Nikola; Lovreković, Kristijan; Marinić, Željko; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka; Šindler-Kulyk, Marija: Photochemistry of b-(4-sydnonyl)-o-divinylbenzene: Competitive cis-trans isomerization and photolysis, Tetrahedron Letters, 45 (2004) 9057-9060.

  19. Kovač, Veronika; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Rapić, Vladimir; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka: Ferrocene Compounds. XV. Synthesis and Characterisation of Ferrocene Schiff Bases, Journal of Molecular Structure, 687 (2004) 107-110.

  20. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Tušek-Božić, Ljerka: Two types of monoethyl alpha-anilinobenzylphosphonates: a zwitterion and a molecular compound, Acta Crystallographica C - Crystal Structure Communication. C60 (2004) o434-o437.

  21. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka; Vinković, Marijana; Mlinarić-Majerski, Kata: 2,10-bis-spiro(2-adamantyliden)-1,3,6,9,11,14-hexathiacyclohexadecane, Acta Crystallographica C59 (2003) 314-316.

  22. Krizmanić, Irena; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Luić, Marija; Glavaš-Obrovac, Ljubica; Žinić, Mladen; Žinić, Biserka: Synthesis, Structure and Biological Evaluation of C-2 slufonamido pyrimidine nucleosides, Tetrahedron, 59 (2003) 4047-4045.

  23. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Tušek-Božić, Ljerka; Šepac, Dragan; Hameršak, Zdenko; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka: The Synthesis and Crystal Structures of 7-Bromo-1,3-dihydro-1-methyl-3(S)-methyl-5-(2'-pyridyl)-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one and its Cu(II) Complex, Croatica Chemica Acta, 76, No. 1, 107-112.

  24. Basarić, Nikola; Marinić, Željko; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka; Griesbeck, Axel G.; Šindler-Kulyk, Marija: Photochemical Transformations of 2,2'-(1,2-phenylenedivinylene)dipyrroles, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 1, No. 12 (2002) 37-44.

  25. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Tušek-Božić, Ljerka; Majerić-Elenkov, Maja; Hameršak, Zdenko; Kooijman, Huub; De Clercq, Erik; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka: Synthesis, Structural Characterisation nad Biological Activity of Zn(II) and Pd(II) Complexes of 3-Substituted 5-(2'-Pyridyl)-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one Derivatives, Polyhedron, 21 (2002) 2567-2577.

  26. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Basarić, Nikola; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka; Šindler-Kulyk, Marija: E-5-Methyl-2-(2-methylstyryl)pyrrole, Acta Crystallographica E58 (2002) o909-o910.

  27. Banić-Tomišić, Zrinka; Kujundžić, Nedjeljko; Bukvić Krajačić Mirjana; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka: Molecular Structures of New Ciprofloxacin Derivatives, Journal of Molecular Structure, 611 (2002) 73-81.

  28. Stiplošek, Zdenka; Šindler-Kulyk, Marija; Jakopčić, Krešimir; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka: On the Photochemical Dimerization of Some 5-Substituted 2-Styryl-4-pyrones. The effect of 5-Hydroxy-/5-Methoxy- Substitution, Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 39 (2002) 37-44.

  29. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Avdagić, Amir; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka: 3(S)-Acetoxymethyl-7-chloro-1,3-dihydro-1-methyl-5-phenyl-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one. Acta Crystallographica E58 (2002) o148-o150.

  30. Majerić-Elenkov, Maja; Žiher, Darko; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Hameršak, Zdenko; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka; Šunjić, Vitomir: Diastereoselective Aldol Reaction of 7-Bromo-5-pyrido-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one; Relative and Absolute Configuration of All Stereoisomers, Croatica Chemica Acta, 74, No. 3 (2001) 707-724.

  31. Višnjevac, Aleksandar, Basarić, Nikola; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka; Šindler-Kulyk, Marija: Photochemical formation of 2-acetyl-7-methylbenz[e]indole, Acta Crystalographica E57 (2001) o1252-o1254.

  32. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka: Ethyl-(7-chloro-2,3-dihydro-2-oxo-5-phenyl-1H-1,4-benzodiazepine)-3-carboxylate, Acta Crystallographica E57 (2001) o356 – o357.

  33. Milovac, Srdjan; Šimunić-Mežnarić, Vesna; Vančik, Hrvoj; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka:  5-Chloro-6-nitroso-2-norbornene dimer as a motif for supramolecular assembly, Acta Crystallographica E57 (2001) o218-o219.

  34. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Tušek-Božić, Ljerka; Majerić-Elenkov, Maja; Šunjić, Vitomir; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka: Cu(II)-promoted chemical transformations of 3-substituted 5-(2’-pyridyl)-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one derivatives. Crystal structures and spectroscopic characterisation of metal complexes, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2001) No. 10, 2647-2654.

  35. Mlinarić-Majerski, Kata; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kragol, Goran; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka: Molecular structure of bis[(1,3)2-oxaadamantano]-18-crown-6 and its potassium picrato complex, Journal of Molecular Structure, 554 (2000) 279-287.

  36. Tomašić, Vlasta; Tušek-Božić, Ljerka; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka; Filipović-Vinceković, Nada: Physicochemical Properties of Dodecylammonium Picrate, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 227 (2000), 427-436.

  37. Marković, Dean; Hameršak, Zdenko; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka; Šunjić, Vitomir: syn/anti Diastereoselectivity in the Aldol Reaction of Aldehydes with C(3) Carbanion of 1,3-Dihydro -2H-1,4-Benzodiazepin-2-one, Helvetica Chimica Acta, 83 (2000), 603-615.

  38. Frkanec, Leo; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Žinić, Mladen; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka: Calix[4]arene Amino Acid Derivatives. Intra- and Intermolecular Hydrogen-Bonded Organisation in Solution and the Solid State, Chemistry – a European Journal, 6, No. 3 (2000), 442-453.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS 

  1. Popović, Stanko; Višnjevac, Aleksandar: Kristalografija u Hrvatskoj, Priroda, No. 1035 (2014) 25 - 31.

  2. Miller, Steven; Fahy, Declan; ESCOnet team (Višnjevac, Aleksandar et al.): Can Science Communication Workshops Train Scientists for Reflexive Public Engagement?: The ESConet Experience, Science Communication, 31 (2009) 116 – 126.

  3. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka: Cambridge Structural Database - a Golden Mine of Knowledge [Original in Croatian, extended abstract in English is available], Kemija u industriji, 51, No. 10 (2002) 425-430.

CONFERENCE COMMUNICATIONS 

  1. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Gout, Jerôme; Bistri, Olivia; Reinaud, Olivia: Structural, spectroscopic and activity studies of biomimetic resorcinarene-based zinc and copper complexes, 29th European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM29), Rovinj, Croatia, 23.-28.08.2015 (poster)

  2. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Gout, Jerôme; Bistri, Olivia; Reinaud, Olivia: Rendgenska strukturna analiza monokristala u istraživanju biomimetičkih modela mononukelarnih aktivnih mjesta metaloenzima, Contemporary Crystallography in Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia, 30.09.2014 (oral presentation, integral article in Croatian and Extended abstract in English in the Programme book)

  3. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Gout, Jerome; Bistri, Olivia; Reinaud, Olivia: Biomimetic resorcinarene-based copper(II) complex, 23rd International Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography, Montreal, Canada, 5.-12.08.2014 (oral presentation)

  4. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Popović, Stanko: 2014 - The international year of crystallography in Croatia, 23rd International Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography, Montreal, Canada, 5.-12.08.2014 (poster)

  5. Leka, Zorica, Kosović, Milica; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Vojta, Danijela; Latinović, Nedeljko: Inhibition effect of the platinum and palladium dithiocarbamato complexes on phytopatogenic fungus Botrisfaerria dothidea, 12th International Conference on Protection and Restoration of the Environment, Skiathos, Greece, 29.06.-3.07.2014 (poster, integral scientific article in the Programme book)

  6. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Vojta, Danijela; Kosović, Milica; Đaković, Marijana; Leka, Zorica: In situ Co(II) oxidation upon coordination to the dithiocarbamate derivative, ECM28 - 28th European Crystallographic Meeting, Warwick, UK, 25. - 29.08.2013 (poster)

  7. Vojta, Danijela; Kosović, Milica; Đaković, Marijana; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Leka, Zorica: Preparation  and spectral characterization of Pt(II) and  Pt(IV) dithiocarbamato complexes, 8th International Conference of the Chemical Societies of the South-East European Countries - ICOSECS8, Belgrade, Serbia, 27.-29.06.2013 (poster)

  8. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Perdih, Franc; Požgan, Franc; Štefane, Bogdan: Biomimetic modelling of a mononuclear metallopeptidases active site with the triazole based tridentate ligands, 22 Croatian-Slovenian Crystallographic Meeting, Biograd, Croatia, 12.-16.06.2013 (lecture)

  9. Kosović, Milica; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Vojta, Danijela; Đaković, Marijana; Leka, Zorica: Cobalt complexes with biologically active dithiocarbamate derivative, The 22 Croatian-Slovenian Crystallographic Meeting, Biograd, Croatia, 12.-16.06.2013 (lecture)

  10. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Latinović, Nedjeljko; Latinović, Jelena; Bulatović, Daliborka; Leka, Zorica: Influence of the newly sythesized Fe(II)-DTC complexes on phytopathogenic fungus Wilsonomyces Carpophylus, 2nd international cyposium on corrosion and protection of materials and environment, Bar, Montenegro, 17.-20.10.2012 (poster)

  11. Leka, Zorica; Višnjevac, Aleksandar: Novel imino derivatives of K-DAAP as potential antimicrobial and antifungal agents, 20. Croatian-Slovenian Crystallographic Meeting, Baška, Croatia, 15.06.2011 - 19.06.2011 (lecture)

  12. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Gout, Jerome; Reinaud, Olivia: Resorcinarene-based biomimetic model of mononuclear copper catalytic site, 20. Croatian-Slovenian Crystallographic Meeting, Baška, Croatia, 15.06.2011 - 19.06.2011 (lecture)

  13. Krstulović, Luka; Bajić, Miroslav; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Žinić, Biserka: Sinteza novih N-sulfonilamidina pirimidinske serije, 21st Croatian Meeting of Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Zagreb, Croatia, 13.-16.02.2011 (poster)

  14. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Štefanić, Zoran: A PDB/CSD study of the metalloenzyme HisHisX-M-X type active sites and their low weight model complexes, ISABC 10, Debrecen, Hungary, 25.-29.09.2009 (poster)

  15. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Luić, Marija; Žinić, Biserka: Tautomerization of 1-tosylcytosine promoted by metal complexation, XVI Croatian-Slovenian crystallographic meeting, Petrčane, Croatia. 13.-17.06.2007 (lecture)

  16. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Luić, Marija, Žinić, Mladen; Žinić, Biserka: Spontaneous resolution of N-sulfonylpyrimidine compounds induced by chemical modifications, XX Congress of the International Union of Crystallography, Florence, Italy, 23.-31.08.2005 (poster)

  17. Višnjevac, Aleksandar: Croatian Crystallographic Web Service, XIV Croatian-Slovenian Crystallographic Meeting, Vrsar, Croatia, 14.-18.06.2005 (lecture)

  18. Ćurić, Manda; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Babić, Darko; Molčanov, Krešimir; Plavec, Janez: A simple route to the doubly ortho-palladated azobenzenes : Building blocks for organometallic polymers and metallomesogenes, XIX Hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera, Opatija, Croatia, 24.-27.04.2005 (poster)

  19. Poljak, Tanja; Molčanov, Krešimir; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Habuš, Ivan; Kovač, Veronika; Rapić, Vladimir: Sinteza i struktura 4-ferocenil-3-aminoazetidin-2-ona, XIX Hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera, Opatija, Croatia, 24.-27.04.2005 (poster)

  20. Šepac, Dragan; Hameršak, Zdenko; Višnjevac, Aleksandar: Kiralni 1, 3, 4, 5-tetrahidrobenzodiazepini kao ligandi u asimetričnim redukcijama, XIX Hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera, Opatija, Croatia, 24.-27.04.2005 (poster)

  21. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Žinić, Mladen; Luić, Marija; Kajfež Novak, Tanja; Žinić, Biserka: Odnos morfologije kristala i Flackova parametra, XIX Hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera, Opatija, Croatia, 24.-27.04.2005 (poster)

  22. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Luić, Marija; Žinić, Mladen; Žinić, Biserka: Atropisomerism and spontaneous resolution of N-sulfonylpyrimidine derivatives, XIII Slovenian-Croatian Crystallographic Meeting, Bovec, Slovenia, 16.-20.06.2004 (lecture)

  23. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Luić, Marija; Žinić, Biserka: Biologically intriguing N-sulfonyl derivatives of pyrimidine nucleobases and their metal complexes, XII Croatian-Slovenian Crystallographic Meeting, Plitvička jezera, Croatia, 19.-22.06.2003 (lecture)

  24. Škorić, Irena; Basarić, Nikola; Marinić, Željko; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka; Šindler-Kulyk, Marija: Photochemistry of diheteroaryl substituted o-divinylbenzenes, XIII European Symposium on Organic Chemistry, Cavtat, Croatia, 10.-15.09. 2003 (poster)

  25. Tušek-Božić, Ljerka; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka: Reakcije kompleksiranja natrijevih soli s 5, 6, 14, 15-dibenzo-1, 4-diokso-8, 12-diazaciklopentadeka-5,14-dienom, XVIII. Hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera, Zagreb, Croatia, 16.-19.02.2003 (poster)

  26. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Frkanec, Leo; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka; Žinić, Mladen:Coordinational stereoisomerism in sodium complexes of D- and L- amino acid calix[4]arene derivatives, Molecular Crystal Engineering EuroConference on Design and Preparation of Molecular Materials, Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy, 31.05.-5.06.2003 (poster)

  27. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Luić, Marija; Krizmanić, Irena; Žinić, Biserka: Strukturna istraživanja novog biološki aktivnog pirimidinskog nukleozida, XVIII Hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera, Zagreb, Croatia, 16.-19.02.2003 (poster)

  28. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Luić, Marija; Žinić, Biserka: Biologically intriguing N-sulfonyl derivatives of pyrimidine nucleobases and their metal complexes, The 3rd Younger European Chemists' Conference – SetforEurope, Grenoble, France, 23.-26.08.2003 (lecture and poster)

  29. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Milovac, Srđan; Šimunić-Mežnarić, Vesna; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka; Vančik, Hrvoj: Dimerisation and oxygen loss upon crystallisation of nitroso compounds, XI Slovenian-Croatian crystallographic meeting, Bohinj, Slovenia, 27.-30.06.2002 (lecture)

  30. Banić-Tomišic, Zrinka; Kujundzic, Nedjeljko; Bukvić-Krajačić, Mirjana; Višnjevac, Aleksandar: Two new derivatives from the fluoro-quinoline family, Second Croatian Congress on Pharmacy with International Participation, Cavtat, Croatia, 31.05.-3.06.2001 (poster)

  31. Vančik, Hrvoj; Šimunić-Mežnarić, Vesna; Milovac, Srdjan; Tomišić, Vladislav; Ćaleta, I.; Mlinarić-Majerski, Kata; Veljković, Jelena; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka: Solid state photochromism and thermochromism in nitroso monomer-dimer equilibrium, 8th European Symposium on Organic Reactivity, ESOR-8, Cavtat, Croatia, 1.-6.09.2001 (poster)

  32. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Basarić, Nikola; Šindler-Kulyk, Marija; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka: The crystal structure of 2,2'-(o-phenylenedivinylene)dibenzo[b]furan and its [3.2.1]bicyclic photoproduct, X Croatian-Slovenian Crystallographic Meeting, Lovran, Croatia, 21.-24.06.2001 (lecture)

  33. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Tušek-Božić, Ljerka; Majerić-Elenkov, Maja; Šepac, Dragan; Šunjić, Vitomir; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka: Utjecaj C(3)-supstituenta na kemijske transformacije 1, 4-benzodiazepin-2-ona pri koordinaciji Cu(II), XVII hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera, Osijek, Croatia, 10.-13.06.2001 (poster)

  34. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Tušek-Božić, Ljerka; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka; Majerić-Elenkov, Maja; Šunjić, Vitomir: Copper(II) coordination chemistry of C(3)-substituted 1, 4-benzodiazepin-2-ones, IX Slovenian-Croatian Crystallographic Meeting, Gozd Martuljek, Slovenia, 15.-17.06.2000 (lecture)

  35. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka; Frkanec, Leo; Žinić, Mladen: Rendgenska strukturna analiza aminokiselinskih derivata kaliks(4)arena, XVI Hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera, Split, Croatia, 23.-26.02.1999 (poster)

  36. Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Kojić-Prodić, Biserka; Marković, Dean; Hameršak, Zdenko; Šunjić, Vitomir: Recognition of enantiomers in racemic erythro and threo derivatives of C(3)-substituted 1,4-benzodiazepine-2-on by X-ray diffraction methods, VIII Croatian-Slovenian Crystallographic meeting, Rovinj, Croatia, 17.-19.06.1999 (lecture)

SCIENCE COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH 

  • Višnjevac, Aleksandar, Đaković, Marijana, Interview [in Croatian] on occasion of the IUCr2014 - International Year of Crystallography, Croatian Radio 1, Programme: The eye of the science, editor: Maričić, Sandra, broadcasted: 30.05.2014

  • Višnjevac, Aleksandar: 140 years of crystallography in Croatia [in Croatian], Croatian Radio 3, Programme: Portraits of scientists, broadcasted: 15.05.2014 at 1:00 pm and 22.05.2014 at 1:00 pm (editor: Plavec-Pomper, Sandra)

OTHER ACTIVITIES 

  • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, referee, 2013 to present day

  • Croatica Chemica Acta, referee, 2012 to present day

  • Journal of heterocyclic chemistry, referee, 2003 - 2006

  • Croatian Crystallographic Association, web editor, 2003 to present day

  • Division of Physical Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, web editor, 2004 – 2005, and 2009

  • Laboratory for Chemical and Biological Crystallography, web editor, 2004 - 2009

 


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