Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL INFORMATION Name and surname Mark Žic Academic title Dr. Year and institution 2011, University of Zagreb of PhD obtained Address Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb Phone +385 1 4561111 Fax +385 1 4680084 E-mail [email protected] Citizenship Croatian Date and place of birth 19.06.1977.

WORK EXPERIENCE (CHRONOLOGICALLY) Date (from – until) 2011. - Institution Ruđer Bošković Institute Position Senior assistant Work field Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured metal oxides Date (from – until) 20006 – 2011 Institution Ruđer Bošković Institute Position Assistant Work field Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured metal oxides Date (from – until) 2004-2005 Institution Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb Position Associate Work field Synthesis and characterization of organic semiconductors Date (from – until) 2003-2004 Institution Ruđer Bošković Institute Position Assistant Work field Electrochemical property of metal/electrolyte interface

1 EDUCATION (CHRONOLOGICALLY) Date 2011 Place Zagreb Institution Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb Title of qualification Ph. D. in chemistry, (Precipitation of iron oxides from concentrated awarded FeCl3 aqueous solution and their microstructural properties)

Date 2005 Place Zagreb Institution Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb Title of M. sc. in chemical engineering, (The influence of ortho- qualification awarded phenilenediamine additions on the electrochemical polymerisation of aniline and on the characteristics of the layers obtained)

Date 2002 Place Zagreb Institution Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology Title of Dipl. Ing of chemical engineering and technology qualification awarded

TRAINING (CHRONOLOGICALLY) Year 2004 Place Paris, France Institution Université Pierre et Marie Curie Subject and skills covered Work on atomic force microscope

LANGUAGES MOTHER TONGUE Croatian ENGLISH LANGUAGE Speaking Very good Writing Very good Reading Very good

RESEARCH AND OTHER PROJECTS (CHRONOLOGICALLY)

2006- : Researcher on the project "Synthesis and microstructure of metal oxides and oxide glasses" 2003/04: Researcher on the project HITRA and JADRAN

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES (CHRONOLOGICALLY)

2008 – Part of the local organizing committee of XXIX European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy, Opatija, Croatia

2 PAPERS (CC) (CHRONOLOGICALLY)

List of selected papers from total of 11 Current Contents publications

Total number of citations according to ISI WEB of knowledge: 50; Average citation per publication = 4.17, h-index: 5

1. Žic, M., Ristić, M., Musić, S. J. Mol. Struct. 993 (2011) 115-119.

2. Žic, M. J. Electroanal. Chem. 647 (2010) 43–52.

3. Žic, M., Ristić, M., Musić, S. Mater. Chem. Phys. 120 (2010) 160–166.

4. Žic, M. J. Electroanal. Chem. 635 (2009) 29–38.

5. Roković, M. K., Jurišić, A., Žic, M., Duić, LJ., Schauperl, Z. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 113 (2009) 427–436.

6. Žic, M., Ristić, M., Musić, S. J. Mol. Struct. 924-926 (C) (2009) 235–242.

7. Žic, M., Ristić, M., Musić, S. J. Alloys Compd. 466 (1-2) (2008) 498–506.

8. Žic, M., Ristić, M., Musić, S. J. Alloys Compd. 464 (1-2) (2008) 81–88.

9. Žic, M. J. Electroanal. Chem. 610 (2007) 57–66.

10. Žic, M., Ristić, M., Musić, S. J. Mol. Struct. 834-836 (SPEC. ISS.) (2007) 141–149.

11. Žic, M. J. Electroanal. Chem. 584 (2005) 215-218.

PAPERS (SCI) (CHRONOLOGICALLY)

List of selected papers from total of 1 SCI publications

1. Kraljic, M., Zic, M., Duic, L. Bull. Electrochem. 20 (2004) 567-570.

COMPUTER SKILLS

3 MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Excel, Statistica, Origin, Profit, MossWin…

OTHER IMPORTANT SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

Handling with different experimental techniques of chemical synthesis, experienced with characterization techniques such as powder X-ray diffractometery, Mössbauer, FT-IR spectroscopies, AFM, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NOTES

Very good experience in synthesis of organic and inorganic materials. Very good organizational ability and good communication skills – organization of scientific conferences and meetings.

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