Room D410
phone: +385 1 4639 118
email: marijana.serdar@grad.unizg.hr
Marijana Serdar, PhD
Associate Professor
Marijana graduated from the University of Zagreb, did part of her PhD research at the University of Berkeley, USA, in the group of Professor Monteiro, and did her post-doctoral research at CEA, Saclay, France, in LECBA laboratory. She is the head of LATOM group at the Faculty of Civil Engineering University of Zagreb.
Current members
Room SD 216
phone: +385 1 3780 125
email: matea.flegar@grad.unizg.hr
Matea Flegar
Doctoral researcher, project ACT
Matea has a double Master degree, in Construction Materials from Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb, Croatia and in Building Science and Technologies from Vienna Technical University, Austria. Her main research focus is on the advanced testing methods for the formulation of new cement types with a lower environmental impact. The main scope of her work is to develop systems that can be applied in everyday construction projects.
Room SD 210
phone: +385 1 3780 127
email: ivana.vladic.kancir@grad.unizg.hr
Ivana Vladić Kancir
Doctoral researcher, project ABC
Ivana has obtained her Master degree in the field of Construction Materials at the Faculty of Civil Engineering University of Zagreb, on the durability of alkali-activated materials. Her main field of research is the development of different binders based on regionally available materials (by-products and natural materials).
Room SD 215
phone: +385 1 3780 129
email: alma.dina.basic@grad.unizg.hr
Alma-Dina Bašić
Doctoral researcher, project ECO₂Flex and industrial collaboration with Calucem company
Alma-Dina has obtained her Master’s degree in the field of Construction Materials at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb. Focus of her Master thesis was Binders based on calcined clay in concrete for general application. In the year 2019./2020. her work “Development of sustainable binders based on locally available materials” was awarded with Rector’s Award. Her main area of research is assessment of durability of calcium aluminate cement with innovative clinker and locally available materials (by-products of the industry).
Room SD 215
phone: +385 1 3780 129
email: josipa.skocibusic.pejic@grad.unizg.hr
Josipa Skočibušić Pejić
Doctoral researcher, project ECO₂Flex
Josipa has a Master’s degree in chemical engineering from Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb. She is a winner of Rector’s Award and a co-author of scientific paper “Release Rate Enhancement of Lurasidone Hydrochloride from Orally disintegrating tablets using lyophilization“. Her area of interest is reactivity and microstructure of calcium aluminate-based binders with a significant share of alternative mineral additives. She obtained DAAD scholarship and is currently visiting doctoral researcher at TU Darmstadt.
email: ana.bešker@grad.unizg.hr
Ana Bešker
project administrator
Ana has a masters in sociology and a certificate for implementation of project administration and writing grant proposals. Her work experience is based on coordination of administration and project activities, both in NGO sector and as a EU funds consultant.
Room SD 215
phone: +385 1 3780 129
email: vanja.gilja@grad.unizg.hr
Vanja Gilja, PhD
postdoctoral researcher, project ABC
Vanja has a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb. Focus of her PhD thesis was Development of polymer nanocomposite photocatalysts for wastewater treatment.
Her areas of interest are advanced materials characterization, development of composite materials and environmental engineering.
email: valentina.mustapic@grad.unizg.hr
Valentina Mustapić
Doctoral researcher, project GREENCO
Valentina has obtained her Master’s degree in the field of Theory and Modelling of structure at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb. Focus of her Master thesis was Evaluation of the seismic resistance of a masonry building using an equivalent frame model and a pushover analysis method. Her area of interest is utilisation of captured CO2 for the production of a new building product to reduce CO2 emissions.
Room: SD 216
phone: +385 1 3780 125
email: eva.zimprich@grad.unizg.hr
Eva Zimprich
Research collaborator, project AshCycle
Eva completed her Master’s degree in the field of Construction Materials at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Zagreb. The focus of her thesis was on the corrosion of different types of stainless steels after long-term exposure to real marine environment. Her current field of research is the development of alkali-activated materials based on regionally available wood biomass ashes, as well as sewage sludge ashes.
Marko Rukavina
Doctoral researcher, industrial collaboration
Marko graduated in Applied Chemistry, majoring in Specific materials and advanced technologies at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb. He has been involved in 2 research projects: the development of 3D printed (by FFF technology) milireactors and the development of self-organized TiO2 NT decorated with FeOOH and Fe2O3.
Room SD 209
phone: +385 1 3780 126
email: olivera.bukvic@grad.unizg.hr
Olivera Bukvić
Doctoral researcher, project DuRSAAM
Olivera is a researcher with interest in research areas Building Materials, Concrete Technology, Assessment and Repair of Structures and Fire Safety. Olivera currently works as a teaching assistant and a researcher in University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Chair of Building Materials, Assessment and Repair of Structures. She is enrolled as doctoral student at LATOM group, as a part of the cotutelle agreement with University of Novi Sad.
Previous members
Current employment:
Mott MacDonald, UK
Kiran Ram Porikam Poil, PhD
Researcher, previous project ACT
Kiran Ram has completed his Master’s from National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India in 2017 with the topic durability of concrete based on fly ash. His research topic was development of high-performance concrete using low CO2 cement, especially the concrete which can resist high chloride attack and acid attack. He defended his doctoral thesis titled “Development of high-performance concrete with lower ecological footprint” in 2023.
Current employment:
VITO, Belgium
Antonino Runci, PhD
Researcher, previous project DuRSAAM
Antonino completed his Master in Geology and Technical Geology at the University of Padua (Italy), in September 2018, where he focused on one-part Alkali-activated blast furnace slag binders: systems based on silicates and on aluminates. His main field of research is the corrosion behaviour of steel in alkali-activated materials, as well as matrix properties influencing this behaviour (such as chloride diffusion and binding). He defended his doctoral thesis titled “Chloride-ingress and corrosion of steel in alkali-activated materials” in 2022.