FKKT

Curriculum vitae

1993–1998  Studies at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
1998–2002   Ph.D. research and thesis, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alojz Demšar
2000–2001   Exchange Student, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang A. Herrmann and Prof. Dr. Reiner Anwander
2002–2003   Research and teaching assistant, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2003–2004   Postdoctoral Associate, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Richard A. Andersen
2000–2008   Research and teaching assistant, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2008–2016   Assistant Professor, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2016–2021   Associated Professor, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2021–           Full Professor, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Memberships in Editorial Boards:
Acta Chimica Slovenica – Editor-in-Chief 2023–; Associate Editor, Editorial Board Member 2013–2023
Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications – Editorial Board Member, Academic Editor 2020–
Symmetry – Editorial Board Member, 2020–
Journal of Chemistry – Editorial Board Member, Academic Editor 2018–
Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering – Editorial Board Member, Section Editor 2019–
Science Journal of Chemistry – Editorial Board Member, 2018–
SCIREA Journal of Chemistry – Editorial Board Member, 2018–
Compounds – Editorial Board Member, 2021–
Open Chemistry Journal – Editorial Board Member, 2019–2021

Awards
1999 Prešeren Award for Students, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2013 Students' Award for the Best Teacher in Professional College Programme Chemical Technology
2017 Best Poster Award SRDD at Sandoz Research Development Day 2017
2022 Award for the Editorial work for Acta Chimica Slovenica by Slovenian Chemical Society

Visiting professor
2022 (1 week) Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
2019 (1 week) Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia
2018 (1 week) Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2017 (1 week) University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
2014 (1 week) J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia

Invited Lectures
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 2022
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, 2019
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia, 2019
Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2018
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, US, 2017
University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic, 2017
East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, 2017
University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary, 2017
22nd Slovenian Chemical Days, Portorož, Slovenia, 2016
J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia, 2016
International Conferences on Current Challenges in Drug Discovery Research: CCDDR 2015, Jaipur, India, 2015
J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia, 2014
East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, 2013
Twenty-first Slovenian-Croatian Crystallographic Meeting, Pokljuka, Slovenia, 2012
East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, 2012
Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 2010

Other activities:
2012– Chairman of the National Subject Testing Committee for the Matura of Chemistry (high school exit examination valid also for higher education entrance)
2017– Terminological advisor for chemistry, Dictionary of Standard Slovenian (Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language)
2017–21//2021–25 President of Discipline Committee of I. degree at Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana
2019– Advisor for chemistry, New Slovenian Biographical Lexicon (Institute of Cultural History)
2020–2022 Member of Consultancy Subject Group for Chemistry at National Education Institute Slovenia (agency under Ministry of Education, Science and Sport)
2021–2025 Member of University of Ljubljana Quality Commission

RESEARCH INTEREST

• Vanadium and zinc compounds with antidiabetic activity
• Supramolecular chemistry and crystal architecture of metal-organic hybride materials
• Halogen bonding and aplication in supramolecular chemistry
• Crystallography: single-crystal X-ray analysis of organometallic, coordination and organic compounds
• Organometallic fluorides of titanium

Bibliography (see also COBISS, please be patient it can take few moments to generate the full list)

3 textbook (coauthor), 4 book chapters, ~90 scientific articles, >80 scientific symposia, >20 other contributions.
Selected 5 publications:
1.) D. Sanna, J. Palomba, G. Lubinu, P. Buglyó, S. Nagy, F. Perdih, E. Garribba: Role of ligands in the uptake and reduction of V(V) complexes in red blood cells. J. Med. Chem. 2019, 62, 654–664.
2.) T. Koleša Dobravc, K. Maejima, Y. Yoshikawa, A. Meden, H. Yasui, F. Perdih: Bis(picolinato) complexes of vanadium and zinc as potential antidiabetic agents: synthesis, structural elucidation and in vitro insulin-mimetic activity study. New J. Chem. 2018, 42, 3619–3632
3.) T. Koleša Dobravc, K. Maejima, Y. Yoshikawa, A. Meden, H. Yasui, F. Perdih. Vanadium and zinc complexes of 5-cyanopicolinate and pyrazine derivatives : synthesis, structural elucidation and in vitro insulino-mimetic activity study. New J. Chem. 2017, 41, 735–746.
4.) E. Kouris, S. Kalogiannis, F. Perdih, I. Turel, G. Psomas: Cobalt(II) complexes of sparfloxacin: characterization, structure, antimicrobial activity and interaction with DNA and albumins. J. Inorg. Biochem. 2016, 163, 18–27.
5.) T. Koleša Dobravc, A. Meden, F. Perdih: Influence of noncovalent interactions on the structures of metal-organic hybrids based on a [VO2(2,6-pydc)]– tecton with cations of imidazole, pyridine and its derivatives. New J. Chem. 2015, 39, 4265–4277.
6.) T. Koleša Dobravc, E. Lodyga-Chruscinska, M. Symonowicz, D. Sanna, A. Meden, F. Perdih, E. Garribba: Synthesis and characterization of V^IVO complexes of picolinate and pyrazine derivatives. Behavior in the solid state and aqueous solution and biotransformation in the presence of blood plasma proteins. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 7960–7976.
7.) M. Zampakou, N. Rizeq, V. Tangoulis, A. N. Papadopoulos, F. Perdih, I. Turel, G. Psomas: Manganese(II) complexes with the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug tolfenamic acid : structure and biological perspectives. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 2040–2052.