Damir Kralj
Senior scientist
Ruđer Bošković Institute
Born: 1959
Education:
Year of awarding diploma degree: 1983
Year of awarding PhD degree: 1990
Business address:
Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička c. 54, 10000 Zagreb
e-mail address: kralj@irb.hr
Academy membership: Full member
Year of admission to HATZ: 2009
Affiliation with the Academy Department: Department of chemical engineering
Professional activities
Leading of scientific and/or professional projects:
- 2002 – 2007: Technological project supported by MSES: Development of an Adaptable Procedure for the Preparation of Precipitated Calcium Carbonate (PCC), PI: D. Kralj
- 2006 – 2011: Scientific project supported by MSES, Precipitation mechanism of inorganic biocompatible and related materials, Principal Investigator D. Kralj
- 2009 – 2010: Applied project, Hrvatske vode d.d., Physical-chemical and geological characterization of River Neretva sediment, PI: D. Kralj
- 2010 – 2014 : FP7 IDEAS – ERC Advanced Grant, Task 5.4, Corals and global warming: The Mediterranean versus the Red Sea (CoralWarm); Subcontract for analysis of the role of the soluble organic matrix from coral skeletons in the control of the kinetics of calcium carbonate deposition, D. Kralj
- 2014 – 2018 Croatian Science Foundation, Bioinspired Materials – Formation Mechanisms and Interactions (Bio-Mat-Form) IP-2013-11-5055: Principal investigator D. Kralj
- 2015 – 2016, 2017 – 2018: Applied project, Chemical and geological characterization of peloids from selected positions at City of Pag, Principal investigator D. Kralj
- 2019 – National Park Plitvička Jezera: Characterization of biological and chemical processes relevant for tufa formation in National park Plitvička jezera, Principal investigator D. Kralj
Area of scientific and professional interest:
- Mechanisms of precipitation of slightly soluble ionic salts (metastable and precursor phases)
- Interfacial interactions: mineral surfaces / dissolved species (ions, molecules, macromolecules)
- Biomineralization, industrial crystallization and geochemistry (calcium carbonates)
- Environmental protection, pathological mineralization (magnesium ammonium phosphates, calcium oxalates)
Memberships in scientific or professional associations:
- Croatian Society of Natural Sciences
- Croatian Chemical Society
- Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers
- Croatian Society of Ceramic Materials
Awards or recognitions:
- 1994 The Award of the Croatian Chemical Society for the colloid and interface chemistry
- 2005 VIKER – Multifunctional PC Controlled Bench Scale Chemical Reactor, GENIUS CUP- AWARD FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF HUNGARIAN INVENTORS at THE 3rd ARCA – International Exhibition of Innovations, New Ideas, Products and Technologies, Zagreb, 2005
- 2005 VIKER – Multifunctional PC Controlled Bench Scale Chemical Reactor, Golden ARCA at THE 3rd ARCA – International Exhibition of Innovations, New Ideas, Product and Technologies, Zagreb, 2005
- 2009 Procedure for preparation of precipitated calcium carbonate by semicontinuous process, Silver ARCA at The 7rd International fair of inventions, new ideas, products and technologies, Zagreb, 2009
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