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Boris Kamenar, Fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and ArtsDate of birth:
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Place and Date of Birth: Sušak-Rijeka, CROATIA, Feb. 20; 1929
Material Status and Children: married to Maja Peruško
one daughter (Vedrana) born 1954
Addresses:
Office: Laboratory of General and Inorganic Chemistry,
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science,
University of Zagreb, Ulica kralja Zvonimira 8,
10000 Zagreb, CROATIA
Home: Jamovićeva 50, 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA
Academic Qualifications:
- 1953 University of Zagreb, Dipl. Ing. Degree in Chemical Technology
- 1960 Universify of Zagreb, Ph. D. in Chemistry
Academic Career:
- 1962-66 University Lecturer, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
- 1964-65 Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Oxford, UK
- 1964-65 Fellow of Linacre College, University of Oxford
- 1966-71 Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
- 1971-72 Visiting Fellow All Souls College, University of Oxford, UK
- 1972- Professor of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
- 1980 Visiting Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Auckland, New Zealand
- 1989-90 Visiting Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department; Massey University, New Zealand
- 1995-96 Visiting Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department; Massey University, New Zealand
Professional Career:
- 1953-56 Head of Testing Laboratory, Metal Factory and Foundry, Rijeka
- 1956-62 Research Scientist, Ruder Bošković Institute, Zagreb
Scientific Work:
More than 120 scientific papers published in professional journals.
Invited speaker at scientific congresses and foreign universities. More than 150 contributions at different scientific congresses and conferences.
Scientific Interests:
Inorganic Chemistry and X-ray structure analysis of coordination, organometallic and organic compounds, particularly those of biological and fharmalogical interest.
Positions Held:
- 1965-66 Head of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
- 1968-70 Vice-Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
- 1972-80 Head of University Postgraduate Study in Chemistry, Zagreb
- 1976-78 Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
- 1982-84 Head of the Laboratory of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
Honours and Awards:
- 1970 Scientific Award of the Republic of Croatia
- 1971 Visiting Fellow All Souls College, University of Oxford
- 1980 Scientific Award of the City of Zagreb
- 1988- Member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Memberships in Societies:
- 1956- Croatian Chemical Society
President 1976-80,
Vice-President 1980-82 - 1965- The Royal Society of Chemistry, London
- 1966- Yugoslav Centre of Crystallography, Zagreb
Secretary-General 1966-1990 - 1974- European Crystallographic Comrnittee
Vice-President 1978-81,
President 1981-84 - 1976-80 President, Union of the Yugoslav Chemical Societies
- 1992- President, Croatian Crystallographic Association
Other Activities:
- 1976-80 Member of the Editorial Board of the Joumal "Croatica Chemica Acta"
- 1966-90 Assistant Editor of the "Annual" of the Yugoslav Centre of Crystallography
- 1978-84 Member of the Advisory Board of the Journal "Chemistry in Industry"
- 1980- Member of the Advisory Board of the Joumal "Croatica Chemica Acta"
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Codrington Club, Oxford, UK