izv. prof. dr. sc. Bernard Denegri

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Bernard Denegri, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Department of Organic Chemistry. He teaches Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopic Identification of Organic Compounds. His scientific interests include investigation of relationships between structure and reactivity of organic compounds using kinetic, spectroscopic and computational methods. He also develops models for estimating the reactivity of organic substrates.

Education:

• 2009. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Postgraduate doctoral study, academic title: Ph.D., natural sciences (chemistry)

• 1999. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Graduate study of Chemistry, academic title: B.Sc. (Engineer of Chemistry)

Work experience:

• 2017.– : Associate Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb
• 2012.–2017.: Assistant Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb
• 2009.–2012.: senior research assistant at Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb
• 2001.–2009.: assistant-scientific novice at Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb
• 2000.–2001.: assistant at Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb

Visiting positions:

• Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany (August 2001., February/March 2004., July/August 2004., February/March 2005.)

Projects:

• [1] Structural features that determine the nucleofugality of leaving groups and the theoretical model for estimating the solvolytic reactivity
  Croatian Science Foundation (1021), 2014.–2018. (collaborator)
• [2] Stability scale of carbocations, their structures and biomimetic rearrangements Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia (006-0982933-2963), 2007.–2012. (collaborator)
• [3] Nucleofugality scale, Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft, 2003.–2005. (Collaborator)
• [4] Carbocations interproducts in biosynthesis of steroids and triterpenoids Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia (0006451), 2002.–2006. (collaborator)

Memberships:

• Croatian Chemical Society (2001.–present)