1989-1993 Ph.D. in Physical-Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 02. July 1993.

1987-1989 M.S. in Physical-Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 26. June 1989.

1983-1987   B.S. in Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia 10.lipanj 1987.

• Molecular recognition of DNA:RNA hybrid and multistranded structures in bioanalytical and in vitro systems - DNARNAHyB-MolBio

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1. Star Award, Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Indianapolis, USA, May 2002.
2. Star Award, Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Indianapolis, USA, February 2002.
3. Grant recipient from European Science Foundation for European Research Conference on “Reactivity in Organized Microstructures”, Mont Saint-Odile, France, July 1994.
4. Grant recipient for young researchers’ proposals (Title”Micelar Catalysis in Displacement Reactions”) from the Open Society Fund in 1993.
5. Grant recipient from the Austrian Department of Natural Sciences, 1991

1. The Metal Effect on Self-Assembling of Oxalamide Gelators Explored by Mass Spectrometry,Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry,2018,29(1),103-111, Dario Dabić, Lidija Brkljačić, Tana Tandarić, Mladen Žinić, Robert Vianello, Leo Frkanec, Renata Kobetić
2. ESI-MS studies of the non-covalent interactions between the biologically important metal ions and N-sulfonylcytosine derivatives, Journal of Mass Spectrometry, ,2016,  51(11), 998-1005; DOI:10.1002/jms.3810, V. Ključarić, R. Kobetić, J. Rinkovec, S. Kazazić, D. Gembarovski, D. Saftić, J. Matić, Ž. Ban, and B. Žinić
3. Mass Spectrometry and Theoretical Studies on N-C Bond Cleavages in the N-sulfonylamidino Thymine Derivatives,Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.2015, 26(5), 833-842,  Kobetić, R.; Kazazić, S.; Kovačević, B.; Glasovac, Z.; Krstulović, L.; Bajić, M.; Žinić, B.
4. ESI-MS studies of Palladium (II) p-toulenesulfonyl cytosine complexes, Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2010, 45 (1),  51-64, R. Kobetić, D. Gembarovski, A.  Višnjevac , B. Žinić, and V. Gabelica.
5. ESI-MS studies of mixed-ligand Fe (II) complexes  containing 1,10-phenathroline and 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione as  
   ligands,Journal of Mass Spectrometry,2008,43(6), 753-764,  R. Kobetić, D. Gembarovski, G. Baranovic, V. Gabelica
6. Study of the lorezepam: cyclodextrin inclusion complexation using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry,Tetrahedron Letters,2001,42,6077, R. Kobetic, B. Jursic, Sidney Bonette, Jane, Tsai, and Salamone Salvatore.; IF 2.280

Original scientific paper

• Đapić, Irena; Kobetić, Renata; Kurutos, Atanas; Tandarić, Tana; Šoić, Ružica; Vianello, Robert | Combined mass spectrometry and computational analysis of cyanine dyes and their structural analogues // RSC Advances, 16 (2026), 7; 5770-5784. doi: 10.1039/d5ra07246h

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• Vrban, Lucija; Martinac, Ingrid Ana; Hranjec, Marijana; Pocrnić, Marijana; Galić, Nives; Kobetić, Renata; Vianello, Robert | Proton and metal dication affinities of tetracyclic imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine-based molecules: insights from mass spectrometry and DFT analysis // Molecules, 30 (2025), 13; 2684, 15. doi: 10.3390/molecules30132684

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• Kobetić, Renata; Portada, Tomislav; Dabić, Dario | Clustering of biphenyl oxamide ions by chiral recognition // European journal of mass spectrometry, 30 (2024), 5-6; 246-253. doi: 10.1177/14690667241275605

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• Al Shboul, Sofian; Singh, Ashita; Kobetic, Renata; Goodlett, David R.; Brennan, Paul M.; Hupp, Ted; Dapic, Irena | Mass spectrometry advances in analysis of glioblastoma // Mass spectrometry reviews, 44 (2024), 4; 630-664. doi: 10.1002/mas.21912

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• Matić, Josipa; Piotrowski, Patryciusz; Vrban, Lucija; Kobetić, Renata; Vianello, Robert; Jurić, Ivona; Fabijanić, Ivana; Pernar Kovač, Margareta; Brozovic, Anamaria; Piantanida, Ivo et al. | Distinctive Nucleic Acid Recognition by Lysine-Embedded Phenanthridine Peptides // International journal of molecular sciences, 25 (2024), 9; 4866, 28. doi: 10.3390/ijms25094866

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• Đapić, Irena ; Brkljačić, Lidija ; Jakaša, Ivone ; Kobetić, Renata | Characterization of Ceramides with Phytosphingosine Backbone by Hydrogen-deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry // Croatica chemica acta, 92 (2019), 3; 411-417. doi: 10.5562/cca3506

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• Dapić, Irena ; Kobetić, Renata ; Brkljačić, Lidija ; Kezić, Sanja ; Jakasa, Ivone | Quantification of free fatty acids in human stratum corneum using tandem mass spectrometry and surrogate analyte approach // Biomedical chromatography, 32 (2018), 2; e4056, 9. doi: 10.1002/bmc.4056

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• Kobetić, Renata ; Ključarić, Valentina ; Saftić, Dijana ; Matić, Josipa ; Ban, Željka ; Kazazić, Snježana ; Žinić, Biserka | The transformation from 2°‐amine to 3°‐amine of cyclam ring alters the fragmentation patterns of 1‐tosylcytosine‐cyclam conjugates // Journal of mass spectrometry, 53 (2018), 655-664. doi: 10.1002/jms.4197

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• Matić, Josipa ; Nekola, Irena ; Višnjevac, Aleksandar ; Kobetić, Renata ; Martin-Kleiner, Irena ; Kralj, Marijeta ; Žinić, Biserka | C5-Morpholinomethylation of N1-sulfonylcytosines by a one-pot microwave assisted Mannich reaction // Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 16 (2018), 15; 2678-2687. doi: 10.1039/C8OB00253C

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• Dabić, Dario ; Brkljačić, Lidija ; Tandarić, Tana ; Žinić, Mladen ; Vianello, Robert ; Frkanec, Leo ; Kobetić, Renata | The Metal effect on self-assembling of oxalamide gelators explored by mass spectrometry and DFT calculations // Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 28 (2018), 1; 103-113. doi: 10.1007/s13361-017-1834-5

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• Ključarić, Valentina ; Kobetić, Renata ; Rinkovec, Jasmina ; Kazazić, Snježana ; Gembarovski, Dubravka ; Saftić, Dijana ; Matić, Josipa ; Ban, Željka ; Žinić, Biserka | ESI-MS studies of the non-covalent interactions between biologically important metal ions and N- sulfonylcytosine derivatives // Journal of mass spectrometry, 51 (2016), 11; 998-1005. doi: 10.1002/jms.3810

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• Kobetić, Renata ; Kazazić, Snježana ; Kovačević, Borislav ; Glasovac, Zoran ; Krstulović, Luka ; Bajić, Miroslav ; Žinić, Biserka | Mass Spectrometry and Theoretical Studies on N-C Bond Cleavages in the N-sulfonylamidino Thymine Derivatives // Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 26 (2015), 5; 833-842. doi: 10.1007/s13361-014-1068-8

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• Kobetić, Renata ; Denžić, Marija ; Zimmermann, Boris ; Rončević, Sanda ; Baranović, Goran | Preparation and separation of mixed-ligand Fe(II) complexes containing 1, 10-phenanthroline-5, 6-dione as ligand // Journal of coordination chemistry, 65 (2012), 19; 3433-3448. doi: 10.1080/00958972.2012.717691

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• 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), 1; 51-64. doi: 10.1002/jms.1688

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• 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), 6; 1057-1064. doi: 10.1016/j.poly.2009.01.043

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• Kobetić, Renata ; Gembarovski, Dubravka ; Baranović, Goran ; Gabelica, Vesna | ESI-MS studies of mixed-ligand Fe(II) complexes containing 1, 10-phenanthroline and 1, 10-phenanthroline-5, 6-dione as ligands // Journal of mass spectrometry, 43 (2008), 6; 753-764. doi: 10.1002/jms.1372

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• Kobetić, Renata ; Petrović-Peroković, Vesna ; Ključarić, Valentina ; Juršić, Branko ; Sunko, Dionis | Selective reduction of cyclohexanones with NaBH4 in beta-CD, PEG-400, and micelles // Supramolecular chemistry, 20 (2008), 4; 379-385. doi: 10.1080/10610270701268815

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• Kobetić, Renata ; Sunko, Dionis | Hydrolysis of cyclopentenyl-alkyl-N-methyl nicotinates in micelles and cyclodextrines // Supramolecular chemistry, 20 (2008), 4; 369-377. doi: 10.1080/10610270701268807

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• Kobetić, Renata ; Stevens, Edwin ; Piotrowiak, Piotr | Preparation of an enantiomerically pure, highly porous metalloorganic crystal // Inorganica chimica acta, 357 (2004), 15; 4610-4613. doi: 10.1016/j.ica.2004.07.024

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• Kobetić, Renata ; Juršić, Branko S. ; Bonnette, Sidney ; Tsai, Jane T. -S. ; Salamone, Salvatore | Study of the lorazepam: cyclodextrin inclusion complexes using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry // Tetrahedron letters, 42 (2001), 35; 6077-6082

• Yip, W. T. ; Levy, Donald H. ; Kobetić, Renata ; Piotrowiak, Piotr | Energy transfer in bichromophoric molecules: the effect of symetry and donor/acceptor energy gap // The journal of physical chemistry. A, 103 (1999), 1; 10-20

• Schatz, Timothy R. ; Kobetić, Renata ; Piotrowiak, Piotr | Probing preferential solvation and ion aggregation with charge transfer triplet states of aromatic amino-nitro compounds // Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. A, Chemistry, 105 (1997), 2-3; 249-254

• Piotrowiak, Piotr ; Kobetić, Renata ; Schatz, Timothy R. ; Strati, G. | Transient charge-transfer absorption-bands as probes of ion-fairing dynamics and energetics // Journal of physical chemistry, 99 (1995), 8; 2250-2253

• Piotrowiak, Poitr ; Kobetić, Renata ; Schatz, Timothy R. ; Tapper, Steve | Novel ligands for electron-transfer transition-metal complexes // Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences - Chemistry, 42 (1994), 4; 445-453

• Juršić, Branko ; Ladika, Mladen ; Bosner, Branka ; Kobetić, Renata ; Sunko, Dionis E. | Solvolysis of 3-alkenyl-2-cyclohexenyl esters // Tetrahedron, 44 (1988), 8; 2311-2317. doi: 10.1016/S0040-4020(01)81740-3

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Review article (scientific)

• Stepanić, Višnja; Hršak, Dalibor; Kobetić, Renata | The State of the Art on Chemical Databases and Libraries // Croatica chemica acta, 97 (2024), 4; P1-P12. doi: 10.5562/cca4130

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• Kobetić, Renata ; Biliškov, Nikola | Heckova reakcija - moćno oruđe suvremene organske kemije // Kemija u industriji : časopis kemičara i tehnologa Hrvatske, 56 (2007), 7-8; 391-402

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Conference abstract

• Kobetić, Renata ; Ključarić, Valentina ; Matić, Josipa ; Saftić, Dijana ; Ban, Željka ; Žinić, Biserka | Zn2+ interferences with N-Sulfonylpyrimidine derivatives // 24. hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera: knjiga sažetaka / Ukić, Šime; Bolanča, Tomislav (ur.). | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa, 2015. str. 186-186

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• Đapić, Irena ; Brkljačić, Lidija ; Jakaša, Ivone ; Kežić, Sanja ; Kobetić, Renata | LC-ESI-MS characterization of free fatty acids in human stratum corneum // X. Susret mladih kemijskih inženjera. | Virovitica, 2014. str. 146-146

• Jakasa I ; Dapic I ; Kobetic R ; Kezic S | Determination of free fatty acids of different chain lengths in the stratum corneum as a biomarker of skin barrier. | 2014

• Denžić, Marija ; Kobetić, Renata ; Rončević, Sanda ; Baranović, Goran | Odvajanje Fe(II) ligand-miješanih kompleksa // VII. Susret mladih kemijskih inženjera. | Zagreb, 2008. str. ---

Master's thesis (university)

• Martinac, Ingrid Ana | Studij interakcija amino-supstituiranih tetracikličkih imidazo [4,5-b] piridina s cinkovim i bakrovim(II) ionima pomoću spektrometrije masa / Kobetić, Renata (mentor); Pocrnić, Marijana (neposredni voditelj) . | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2025

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• Dabić, Dario | Oksalamidni gelatori kao modeli za studij procesa geliranja spektrometrijom masa / Kobetić, Renata ; Rončević, Sanda (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2015

• Jasmina Rinkovec | Spektrometrijsko određivanje stabilnosti kompleksa Cu(II) s N-1-Mezilcitozinom i N-1-tosilcitozinom / Rončević, Sanda (mentor); Kobetić, Renata (neposredni voditelj) . | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2011

• Marija Denžić | Separacija kompleksa željeza(II) s miješanim ligandima kromatografskim metodama / Rončević, Sanda (mentor); Kobetić, Renata (neposredni voditelj) . | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2008

Doctoral thesis

• Ključarić, Valentina | Interakcije metalnih iona s konjugatima ciklamskih derivata citozina praćene spektrometrijom masa / Žinić, Biserka ; Kobetić, Renata (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2016

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• Đapić, Irena | Razvoj i validacija biokemijskih indikatora funkcije kožne barijere / Jakaša, Ivone ; Kobetić, Renata (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2014

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Hrvatsko Kemijsko Društvo, member

American Chemical Society, member