3. Doktorat znanosti, kemija, Sveučilište Georgetown, Kemijski odsjek, Washington, DC, SAD, kolovoz 2013. – prosinac 2019.; Disertacija: „Sinteza i proučavanje poroznih materijala u čvrstom stanju“. Mentor: dr. sc. K. Travis Holman (Sveučilište Georgetown); sumentor: dr. sc. Tomislav Friščić (Sveučilište McGill, sada Sveučilište u Birminghamu)

2. Magisterij znanosti, kemija, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Kemijski odsjek, Zagreb, Hrvatska, listopad 2010. – listopad 2012.; Magistarski rad: „Mehanokemijska sinteza metaloorganskih spojeva bakra(ii) s aromatskim aminima i njihova reaktivnost u čvrstom stanju“. Mentor: dr. sc. Branko Kaitner

1. Prvostupnički studij, kemija, listopad 2007. – rujan 2010.; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Kemijski odsjek, Zagreb, Hrvatska.

Stipendija Poljske nacionalne agencije za akademsku razmjenu – Ulam program – poslijedoktorand, Sveučilište u Varšavi (2021.-2022.)

Stipendija Bepina Sabalić Kunin - doktorand, Sveučilište Georgetown (2013.-2015., 2017.- 2018.)

Ludo Frevel kristalografska stipendija, IUCr - doktorand, Sveučilište Georgetown (2017.)

Stipendija Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) - doktorand, sveučilišta Georgetown & McGill (2015.)

Nagrada CCDC za najbolje izlaganje mladog znanstvenika na 28. Croatian-Slovenian Crystallographic Meeting, Poreč, Hrvatska (2022.)

Mettler-Toledo nagrada za izvanrednu usmenu prezentaciju na 6. Crystal Engineering and Emerging Materials Workshop of Ontario and Quebec (CEMWOQ) u Montrealu, Kanada (2019.)

Xerox nagrada za 1. mjesto za usmena izlaganja; Odbor za dodjelu nagrada CSC Materials na 99. Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Halifax, NS, Kanada, (2016.)

2019. ACS Outreach volunteer godine za Washington DC odsjek ACS-a (2019.)

Medalja Kemijskog odsjeka za izvrsnost u studiju (2012.)

Rektorova nagrada za izvorni istraživački rad „Schiffove baze izvedene iz mesalazina i aromatskih amina: mehanokemijska sinteza i sinteza u čvrstom stanju potpomognuta parama otapala“ (2012.)

Martinez, V.; Stolar, T.; Karadeniz, B.*; Brekalo, I.*; Užarević, K.* “Advancing mechanochemical synthesis by combining milling with different energy sources“, Nat. Rev. Chem. 2023, 7, 51–65. (Perspective review article) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41570-022-00442-1

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.* “Low-Dimensional Magnetism in Multivariate Copper/Zinc MOF-74 Materials Formed via Different Mechanochemical Methods”, Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 18181–18192. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02898

Brekalo, I.; Martinez, V.; Karadeniz, B.; Orešković, P.†; Drapanauskaite, D.; Vriesema, H.; Stenekes, R.; Etter, M.; Dejanović, I.; Baltrusaitis, J.*; Užarević, K.* “Scale-Up of Agrochemical Urea-Gypsum Cocrystal Synthesis Using Thermally Controlled Mechanochemistry”, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2022, 10, 6743–6754. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c00914

Brekalo, I.; Yuan, W.; Mottillo, C.; Lu, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Casaban, J.;  Holman, K. T.*; James, S.L.*; Duarte, F.; Williams, P. A.; Harris, K. D. M.*; Friščić, T.* “Manometric real-time studies of the mechanochemical synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks”, Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 2141. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SC05514B

Brekalo, I.; Deliz, D. †; Barbour, L. J.; Ward, M. D.*; Friščić, T.*; Holman, K. T.* “Microporosity of a Guanidinium Organodisulfonate Hydrogen Bonded Framework“, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 1997. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201911861

Brekalo, I.; Kane, C. M.; Ley, A. N.; Ramirez, J. R.; Friščić, T.*; Holman, K. T.* “Use of a “Shoe-Last” Solid-State Template in the Mechanochemical Synthesis of High-Porosity RHO-Zinc Imidazolate” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 32, 10104-10108. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b05471

Zbornik sažetaka s konferencije

• Solid-State Science & Research 2021 : Book of Abstracts and Programme / Biliškov, Nikola ; Brekalo, Ivana ; Martinez, Valentina (ur.). Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2021

Izvorni znanstveni rad

• Zgrablić, Goran; Senkić, Ana; Vidović, Noa; Užarević, Krunoslav; Čapeta, Davor; Brekalo, Ivana; Rakić, Mario | Building a cost-effective mechanochemical Raman system: improved spectral and time resolution for in situ reaction and rheology monitoring // PCCP. Physical chemistry chemical physics, 27 (2025), 11; 5909-5920. doi: 10.1039/d4cp04757e

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• Grgurić, Toni; Razum, Marta; Martinez, Valentina; Zgrablić, Goran; Senkić, Ana; Karadeniz, Bahar; Etter, Martin; Brekalo, Ivana; Arhangelskis, Mihails; Pavić, Luka et al. | Green and Scalable Preparation of Highly Conductive Alkali Metal-dhta Coordination Polymers // Inorganic chemistry, 63 (2024), 52; 24587-24600. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c03714

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• Ye, Chumei; Lampronti, Giulio I.; McHugh, Lauren N.; Castillo-Blas, Celia; Kono, Ayano; Chen, Celia; Robertson, Georgina P.; Nagle-Cocco, Liam A. V.; Xu, Weidong; Stranks, Samuel D. et al. | Mechanochemically-induced glass formation from two-dimensional hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites // Chemical science, 15 (2024), 19; 7198-7205. doi: 10.1039/d4sc00905c

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• Xu, Yizhi; Chodkiewicz, Michal L.; Woinska, Magdalena; Trzybinski, Damian; Brekalo, Ivana; Topić, Filip; Wozniak, Krzysztof; Arhangelskis, Mihails | Hirshfeld atom refinement of metal–organic frameworks for accurate positioning of hydrogen atoms and disorder analysis // Chemical communications, 59 (2023), 8799-8802. doi: 10.1039/D3CC01369C

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• Muratović, Senada ; Martinez, Valentina ; Karadeniz, Bahar ; Pajić, Damir ; Brekalo, Ivana ; Arhangelskis, Mihails ; Mazaj, Matjaž ; Mali, Gregor ; Etter, Martin ; Friščić, Tomislav et al. | Low-Dimensional Magnetism in Multivariate Copper/Zinc MOF-74 Materials Formed via Different Mechanochemical Methods // Inorganic chemistry, 61 (2022), 45; 18181-18192. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02898

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• Brekalo, Ivana ; Martinez, Valentina ; Karadeniz, Bahar ; Orešković, Patrik ; Drapanauskaite, Donata ; Vriesema, Hein ; Stenekes, Robert ; Etter, Martin ; Dejanović, Igor ; Baltrusaitis, Jonas et al. | Scale-up of agrochemical urea-gypsum cocrystal synthesis using thermally controlled mechanochemistry // ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 10 (2022), 20; 6743-6754. doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c00914

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• Brekalo, Ivana ; Deliz, David E. ; Kane, Christopher M. ; Friscic, Tomislav ; Holman, K. Travis | Exploring the Scope of Macrocyclic "Shoe-last" Templates in the Mechanochemical Synthesis of RHO Topology Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs) // Molecules, 25 (2020), 3; 633, 21. doi: 10.3390/molecules25030633

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• Brekalo, Ivana ; Deliz, David E. ; Barbour, Leonard J. ; Ward, Michael D. ; Friščić, Tomislav ; Holman, K. Travis | Microporosity of a Guanidinium Organodisulfonate Hydrogen‐Bonded Framework // Angewandte Chemie. International edition, 59 (2020), 5; 1997-2002. doi: 10.1002/anie.201911861

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• Brekalo, Ivana ; Kane, Christopher M. ; Ley, Amanda N. ; Ramirez, Joseph R. ; Friščić, Tomislav ; Holman, K. Travis | Use of a “Shoe-Last” Solid-State Template in the Mechanochemical Synthesis of High-Porosity RHO-Zinc Imidazolate // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140 (2018), 32; 10104-10108. doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b05471

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• Brekalo, Ivana ; Yuan, Wenbing ; Mottillo, Cristina ; Lu, Yuneng ; Zhang, Yuancheng ; Casaban, Jose ; Holman, K. Travis ; James, Stuart L. ; Duarte, Frédéric ; Williams, P. Andrew et al. | Manometric real-time studies of the mechanochemical synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks // Chemical science, 11 (2020), 8; 2141-2147. doi: 10.1039/c9sc05514b

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• Nemec, Vinko ; Lisac, Katarina ; Liović, Marin ; Brekalo, Ivana ; Cinčić, Dominik | Exploring the Halogen-Bonded Cocrystallization Potential of a Metal-Organic Unit Derived from Copper(II) Chloride and 4-Aminoacetophenone // Materials, 13 (2020), 10; 2385, 10. doi: 10.3390/ma13102385

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• Cinčić, Dominik ; Brekalo, Ivana ; Kaitner, Branko | Effect of atmosphere on solid-state amine–aldehyde condensations: gas-phase catalysts for solid-state transformations // Chemical communications, 48 (2012), 95; 11683-11685. doi: 10.1039/c2cc36357g

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• Cinčić, Dominik ; Brekalo, Ivana ; Kaitner, Branko | Solvent-Free Polymorphism Control in a Covalent Mechanochemical Reaction // Crystal growth & design, 12 (2012), 1; 44-48. doi: 10.1021/cg2013705

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Pregledni rad (znanstveni)

• Martinez, Valentina ; Stolar, Tomislav ; Karadeniz, Bahar ; Brekalo, Ivana ; Užarević, Krunoslav | Advancing mechanochemical synthesis by combining milling with different energy sources // Nature Reviews Chemistry, 7 (2023), 51-65. doi: 10.1038/s41570-022-00442-1

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Sažetak izlaganja sa skupa

• Užarević, Krunoslav ; Martinez, Valentina ; Stolar, Tomislav ; Brekalo, Ivana ; Karadeniz, Bahar | Thermal control of milling reactors for new advances in preparative mechanochemistry // 10th International Conference on Mechanochemistry and Mechanical Alloying - Book of Abstracts / Delogu, Francesco ; Colacino, Evelina (ur.).. | 2022. str. 72-72

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• Talajić, Gregor ; Brekalo, Ivana ; Topić, Edi ; Cindro, Nikola ; Užarević, Krunoslav | Cyclobutanetetraamino acid derived homochiral metal- organic frameworks // 27th Croatian Meeting of Chemists and Chemical Engineers and 5th Symposium Vladimir Prelog : Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb, 2021. str. 247-247

• Brekalo, Ivana ; Martinez, Valentina ; Karadeniz, Bahar ; Drapanauskaite, Donata ; Vriesema, Hein ; Stenekes, Robert ; Etter, Martin ; Dejanović, Igor ; Baltrusaitis, Jonas ; Užarević, Krunoslav | Scale-up of agrochemical urea-gypsum cocrystal synthesis using thermally-controlled mechanochemistry // The European Powder Diffraction Conference EPDIC 17: Book of Abstracts / Popović, Jasminka; Štefanić, Zoran (ur.). | Zagreb: Croatian Association of Crystallographers, 2022. str. 48-48

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• Žilić, Dijana ; Muratović, Senada ; Martinez, Valentina ; Karadeniz, Bahar ; Pajić, Damir ; Brekalo, Ivana ; Arhangelskis, Mihails ; Mazaj, Matjaž ; Mali, Gregor ; Friščić, Tomislav et al. | Magnetism of copper(II)/zinc(II)-MOF-74 compounds obtained over three different synthetic pathways // 8th European Conference on Molecular Magnetism : Book of Abstracts. | Rennes, 2022. str. 113-113

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• Martinez, Valentina ; Brekalo, Ivana ; Karadeniz, Bahar ; Orešković, Patrik ; Drapanauskaite, Donata ; Dejanović, Igor ; Baltrusaitis, Jonas ; Užarević, Krunoslav | Scalable thermally-controlled mechanochemical synthesis of urea-gypsum agrochemical cocrystal // 10th International Conference on Mechanochemistry and Mechanical Alloying - Book of Abstracts. | Cagliari: Universita degli Studi di Cagliari, 2022. str. 111-111

• Brekalo, Ivana ; Cinčić, Dominik ; Kaitner, Branko | Imines solid-state synthesis: the catalytic effect of gas-phase in grinding and ageing experiments // 23. Hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera - Knjiga sažetaka / Hadžiev, Andrea ; Blažeković, Zdenko (ur.).. | Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa (HDKI) ; Hrvatsko kemijsko drustvo, 2013. str. 114-114

• Brekalo, Ivana ; Cinčić, Dominik ; Kaitner, Branko | Gas-solid interconversion of metaloorganic salts and coordination compounds of copper(II) with aromatic amines // The twenty-second Croatian-Slovenian crystallographic meeting, Book of abstracts / Štefanić, Zoran (ur.). - Zagreb. | Zagreb, 2013. str. 43-43

• Brekalo, Ivana ; Cinčić, Dominik ; Kaitner, Branko | METALOORGANSKE SOLI I KOORDINACIJSKI SPOJEVI BAKRA(II) I AROMATSKIH AMINA // Knjiga sažetaka. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa (HDKI), 2012. str. 182-182

• Cinčić, Dominik ; Brekalo, Ivana ; Kaitner, Branko | Seeding-assisted grinding: solvent-free polymorphism control in a covalent mechanochemical reaction. | 2012

• Brekalo, Ivana ; Cinčić, Dominik ; Kaitner, Branko | Mechanochemical synthesis of metaloorganic salts and coordination compounds of copper(II) // Book of Abstracts and Programme. | Zagreb: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti (HAZU) ; Hrvatska Kristalografska Zajednica, 2011. str. 20-20

• Cinčić, Dominik ; Brekalo, Ivana ; Kaitner, Branko | NAFTALDIMINSKA SCHIFFOVA BAZA: SINTEZA I IZOLACIJA TRI POLIMORFA BEZ PRISUSTVA OTAPALA // XXII. hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera ; Knjiga sažetaka. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa (HDKI) ; Hrvatsko kemijsko društvo, 2011. str. 120-120

• Brekalo, Ivana ; Cinčić, Dominik ; Kaitner, Branko | SUPRAMOLEKULSKO SAMOUDRUŽIVANJE KOMPLEKSA BAKRA(II) U ČVRSTOM STANJU: MEĐUSOBNO DJELOVANJE KOORDINATIVNE I VODIKOVE VEZE // XXII. hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera ; Knjiga sažetaka. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa (HDKI) ; Hrvatsko kemijsko društvo, 2011. str. 119-119

• Brekalo, Ivana ; Cinčić, Dominik ; Kaitner, Branko | SOLVENT-FREE ORGANIC SYNTHESIS AND SOLVENT-FREE CONTROLLABLE POLYMORPHS: CONCOMITANT AND CONFORMATIONAL POLYMORPHISM IN (Z)-2-[2-HYDROXY-1- NAPHTHYL)METHYLENEAMINO]BENZONITRILE // Nineteenth Slovenian-Croatian Crystallographic Meeting ; Book of Abstracts. | Ljubljana: Fakulteta za kemijo in kemijsko tehnologijo Univerze v Ljubljani, 2010. str. 23-23

• Brekalo, Ivana ; Cinčić, Dominik ; Stilinović, Vladimir ; Kaitner, Branko | Schiffova baza ili ne? // VIII. susret mladih kemijskih inženjera 2010. : Knjiga sažetaka. | Zagreb: Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2010. str. 88-88

Neobjavljeni prilog sa skupa

• Užarević, Krunoslav ; Karadeniz, Bahar ; Martinez, Valentina ; Stolar, Tomislav ; Brekalo, Ivana | Green and rational synthesis of porous MOFs and their non-conventional forms via mechanochemistry // 7th Annual UK Porous Materials Conference | Liverpool, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 04.06.2024-05.06.2024

• Brekalo, Ivana; Lisac, Katarina; Ramirez, Joseph R.; Pongrac, Petra; Zhu, Yizhi; Ferguson, Michael; Arhangelskis, Mihails; Friščić, Tomislav; Holman, K. Travis | Mechanochemical and Computational Exploration of the Effect of Liquid Additives on the Topological Outcome of Zinc Imidazolate Syntheses // From Molecules to Materials: 1st Workshop on Benchmarking Solid State Properties | Varšava, Poljska, 09.09.2024-11.09.2024

• Brekalo, Ivana; Lisac, Katarina; Ramirez, Joseph R.; Pongrac, Petra; Zhu, Yizhi; Ferguson, Michael; Arhangelskis, Mihails; Friščić, Tomislav; Holman, K. Travis | The Use of Computationally Informed Mechanochemistry in the Synthesis of New Zinc Imidazolate Forms // International symposium on inclusion compounds | Poznań, Poljska, 01.09.2024-06.09.2024

• Brekalo, Ivana; Ramirez, Joseph R.; Pongrac, Petra; Zhu, Yizhi; Ferguson, Michael; Arhangelskis, Mihails; Friščić, Tomislav; Holman, K. Travis | Mechanochemical and computational exploration of the templation of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks // Quebec opportunities in Science, Engineering, and Medicine through Crystal Engineering | Sherbrooke, Kanada, 21.06.2024-21.06.2024

• Brekalo, Ivana; Ramirez, Joseph R.; Pongrac, Petra; Zhu, Yizhi; Ferguson, Michael; Arhangelskis, Mihails; Friščić, Tomislav; Holman, K. Travis | The Use of Computationally Informed Mechanochemistry in the Synthesis of New Zinc Imidazolate Forms // Crystal engineering Gordon research conference | Sjedinjene Američke Države, 23.06.2024-28.06.2024

• Brekalo, Ivana; Ramirez, Joseph R.; Pongrac, Petra; Zhu, Yizhi; Ferguson, Michael; Užarević, Krunoslav; Arhangelskis, Mihails; Friščić, Tomislav; Holman, K. Travis | Mechanochemical and Computational Exploration of the Effect of Liquid Additives on the Topological Outcome of Zinc Imidazolate Syntheses // MOFSIM2024 | , 10.04.2024-12.04.2024

• Užarević, Krunoslav ; Karadeniz, Bahar ; Martinez, Valentina ; Brekalo, Ivana ; Stolar, Tomislav | Mechanochemistry for clean and rapid synthesis and transformation of functional MOFs // 8th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds | Dresden, Njemačka, 04.09.2022-07.09.2022

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• Užarević, Krunoslav ; Žilić, Dijana ; Muratović, Senada ; Martinez, Valentina ; Karadeniz, Bahar ; Klaser, Teodoro ; Skoko, Željko ; Pajić, Damir ; Brekalo, Ivana | The magnetism of solvatomorphic copper(II)- intermediates in the synthesis of mixed-metal MOF- 74 materials // 28th Croatian-Slovenian Crystallographic Meeting | Poreč, Hrvatska, 07.09.2022-11.09.2022

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• Brekalo, Ivana ; Martinez, Valentina ; Karadeniz, Bahar ; Drapanauskaite, Donata ; Vriesema, Hein ; Stenekes, Robert ; Etter, Martin ; Dejanović, Igor ; Baltrusaitis, Jonas ; Užarević, Krunoslav | Scale-up of agrochemical urea-gypsum cocrystal synthesis using thermally-controlled mechanochemistry // Crystal Engineering Gordon Research Conference | Newry, Sjedinjene Američke Države, 01.01.2022-01.01.2022

• Brekalo, Ivana ; Deliz, David E. ; Barbour, Leonard J. ; Ward, Michael D. ; Friščić, Tomislav ; Holman, K. Travis | The single crystal-to-single crystal transformations and porosity of guanidinium 1,4-benzenedisulfonate // The twenty-eighth Croatian-Slovenian Crystallographic Meeting – CSCM28 | Poreč, Hrvatska, 07.09.2022-11.09.2022

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Diplomski rad (sveučilišni)

• Brekalo, Ivana | Mehanokemijska sinteza metaloorganskih spojeva bakra(II) s aromatskim aminima i njihova reaktivnost u čvrstom stanju / Kaitner, Branko (mentor); Cinčić, Dominik (neposredni voditelj) . | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2012