Kurajica Stanislav, F.C.A.
Date of birth:
- 1965
Place of birth:
- Dubrovnik
Adresses:
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology of University of Zagreb, Trg Marka Marulića 19, 10000 Zagreb
Phones:
- +385 01 4597 200
E-mails:
Kurajica Stanislav, F.C.A.
Academic titles:
- Fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- professor Doctor of Science
Institutions:
- professor with tennure – Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology of University of Zagreb
Membership in Academy:
- full member – Department of Technical Sciences (05/16/2024 – …)
Curriculum Vitae
Stanislav Kurajica was born in Dubrovnik in 1965, he completed his undergraduate studies in Chemical Technology at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, where he received his doctorate in the field of technical sciences in 1998. Since 1991, he has been employed at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, he was elected to the position of full professor in the field of technical sciences, field of chemical engineering, branch of process analysis and synthesis, and field of other basic technical sciences, branch of materials, in 2013.
He teaches courses in the field of materials science and engineering and nanotechnology at the doctoral study in Engineering Chemistry, graduate and undergraduate studies in Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology of the University of Zagreb, and at the undergraduate study in Conservation and Restoration at the University of Dubrovnik.
He was the dean and vice-dean of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology for two terms, a member of the Senate of the University of Zagreb, a member of the Council of the Technical Area of the University of Zagreb for two terms, a member of the Financial Committee and the Committee for Spatial and Investment Planning of the University of Zagreb, head of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry technology and non-metals of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology in three terms and coordinator of the Chemistry and Materials Engineering studies.
The scientific activity of S. Kurajica is focused on the field of materials science and engineering, especially nanomaterials, technical ceramics and catalysts, and reactions in the solid state, especially their kinetics. He deals with advanced methods of synthesis and the structure and properties of materials. He led five scientific projects, and as an associate he participated in the work of another 12 international and domestic projects. He has published more than 140 scientific papers and participated in the work of more than 100 international meetings and held a large number of invited, plenary and sectional lectures at them. He was a member of the scientific or scientific-organizational committee of 12 international and domestic scientific meetings, and chaired one of them. He was also a guest editor of one issue of an international and one issue of a domestic magazine.
He is the author of professional papers, professional studies for the industry, encyclopedic entries, he is also the author of articles in magazines, newspapers, monographs and interviews, and the editor of publications that popularize the profession. He is a reviewer for numerous international and domestic scientific journals, he has also reviewed university textbooks and manuals, books of papers and books of abstracts from scientific meetings, scientific and technological projects, university projects and university study programs. He received several medals at international awards for innovators.
He is the founder and first president of the Croatian Society for Ceramic Materials, he was a member of the European Ceramic Society Council. He is a member of the American Nano Society, the Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers and the Croatian Society for Materials and Tribology. He was awarded the National Prize for Science in the field of technical sciences (2020), the “Fran Bošnjaković” prize of the University of Zagreb (2014) and the “Franjo Hanaman” prize of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology of the University of Zagreb (2016). He is a veteran of the Homeland War.
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