Dr. Ana Sunčana Smith

znanstveni savjetnik u trajnom izboru
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Telephone
+385 1 457 1366
Internal phone number
1675
Academic title
Professor
Address

Ruđer Bošković Institute
Bijenička 54
HR-10000 Zagreb

Education

2004.    Doctorate in Physics, “Physical Models for Cell Adhesion”, Technishe Universität München, Germany,  Supervisor: Prof. E. Sackmann

2000.   Diploma in Physics at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural       Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Employment

10/2018. - Scientific Adviser, Department of Physical Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute
10/2012. - Professor (W2) at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, FAU Nürnberg-Erlangen, Germany, Head of PULS Group

Previous employment

07 / 2013-09 / 2018 - Senior Research Associate, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
09 / 2009-09 / 2012 - W1 Professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, FAU-Erlangen, Germany
01 / 2006-07 / 2008 - Research Associate at the 1st Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Stuttgart.

Research Areas

Specific research interests

Projects

  • Mechanics of epithelial tissues with cell size heterogeneity - PolyCell

    01.10.2026 - 30.09.2029 | 118,450.00 EUR

    CroRISIRB

  • Physics of Patterning Complex Active Membranes: A Reconstitution Approach - Phi-MemRecon

    15.12.2025 - 14.12.2028 | 196,549.75 EUR

    CroRISIRB

  • Mechanistic systematics for solvent-free or liquid-catalysed solid-state synthesis - SystForSynt

    01.01.2020 - 31.12.2024 | 169,885.19 EUR

    CroRISIRB

  • Biological Membranes in Action: A Unified Approach to Complexation, Scaffolding and Active Transport (ERC StG 337283 MembranesAct) - DOK

    01.11.2018 - 01.08.2021

    CroRISIRB

  • Networks for professional training of young scientists in interdisciplinary research of innovative surfaces and materials - MIPoMat

    30.06.2015 - 29.09.2016 | 2,000,000.00 HRK

    CroRISIRB

  • Biological Membranes in Action: A Unified Approach to Complexation, Scaffolding and Active Transport - MEMBRANESACT

    01.10.2013 - 30.09.2018 | 1,500,000.00 EUR

    CroRISIRB

Awards and Achievements

2016 - Order of the Croatian Daystar for contributions to Croatian science

2013 - ERC StG 337283 MEMBRANESACT

2011 - Member of the Collegium of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

2009 - Rising Star of the Excellence Cluster EAM

Classes

2013 - Professor of Theoretical Physics
FAU Nuremberg-Erlangen, Hotel Germany

2009 - Lecturer at the Postgraduate Study of Biophysics, Department of Physics, University of Zagreb, Croatia - Introduction to Soft Matter Physics

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Doctoral thesis

Membership in professional associations / societies

2010 –             Member of the Croatian Biophysical Society

2006 –             Member of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft

2005 –             Member of the Croatian Physical Society

Employment
10/2018. - Scientific Adviser, Department of Physical Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute
10/2012. - Professor (W2) at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, FAU Nürnberg-Erlangen, Germany, Head of PULS Group
Previous employment
07 / 2013-09 / 2018 - Senior Research Associate, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
09 / 2009-09 / 2012 - W1 Professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, FAU-Erlangen, Germany
01 / 2006-07 / 2008 - Research Associate at the 1st Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Stuttgart.