Curriculum Vitae

 

Ivana Capan

 

Address:

 

  • Institute: Rudjer Bošković Institute, Division of  Materials Physics, Bijenička 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Email: capan at irb.hr
  • http://www.irb.hr/users/capan

  

Education:

 

  • 02/2001:  B.Sc. in Physics, University of Zagreb, Thesis: Influence of structural defects on oxygen and carbon complexes in silicon.
  • 09/2004: M.Sc. in Physics, UoZ, Thesis: Temperature-Dependent Defect Production in g-irradiated Silicon.
  • 11/2006: Ph.D. in Physics, UoZ, Thesis: Electrically active defects in silicon and germanium induced by radiation, Thesis supervisors: dr. Branko Pivac and prof. Anthony R. Peaker (This work has been done at Rudjer Boskovic Institute & The University of Manchester).

 

Career:

 

  • April 2001 - November 2006: Research Assistant at Rudjer Bošković Institute;
  • 2002 - 2003: Research Visitor at Centre for Electronic Materials, UMIST, Manchester, UK;
  • December 2006 - July 2008: Senior Research Assistant at RBI;
  • July 2008 – May 2012: Research Associate at RBI;
  • May 2012 – July 2021: Senior Research Associate at RBI;
  • 2018 - : Head of Laboratory for Semiconductors at RBI;
  • July 2021 - : Senior Scientist at RBI;

 

Achievements:

 

  • 1999: Rector’s award for the best student scientific work
  • 2002-2003: Scholarship of the British Scholarship Trust
  • 2006: National Science Award for Junior Researchers

 

Research projects:

 

·       Atom probe tomography and electrical characterization of doping in Germanium (COGITO Croatian-French bilateral project 2009-2010) - principal investigator

·       Silicon nanocrystals solar cells ... Properties and characterization (Unity Through Knowledge Fund – Young Researchers Program; 01.10.2009 - 30.09.2011) – principal investigator

·       COST Action MP 0901: Designing Materials for Nanodevices – from Theory to Practice (NanoTP, 2011-2014) – MC member

·       Doping semiconductor nanocrystals by neutron transmutation method (Croatian-Slovenian bilateral project 2012-2013) – principal investigator

·       Comparison between electrical and structural properties of doped germanium nanocrystals (Croatian-German bilateral project 2012-2013) – principal investigator

·       Hybrid solar cells based on polymers and 1D TiO2 nanostructures (Croatian-Slovenian bilateral project 2014-2016) – principal investigator

·       Advanced  electronic characterization of SIGSe solar cells (COGITO Croatian-French bilateral project 2015 - 2016) - principal investigator

·       COST Action MP1406: Multiscale in modelling and validation for solar photovoltaics „MultiscaleSolar“ (2015-2019)  - MC member / Dissemination manager

·       Engineering Silicon Carbide for Enhanced Borders and Ports Security, E-SiCure (NATO SPS; 2016-2019) – NPD

·       Irradiation-related Defects study in Silicon Carbide (COGITO Croatian-French bilateral project 2021 - 2022)

·       Enhancing security at borders and ports, e-SiCure2 (NATO SPS; 09/2020-09/2023) – NPD

 

Cooperation with the industry (R&D):

 

·       Panonski drvni centar kompetencija, Virovitica, Croatia (EU project 2014-2016)

„Development of the new protective coatings based on the  nanoparticles“

 

Students:

 

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·       MSc: Damjan Blazeka, July 2017, University of Zagreb

·       MSc: Tomislav Brodar, July 2017, University of Zagreb

·       BSc: Amira Hadzipasic, December 2018, University of Tuzla

·       MSc: Gabrijela Markota, June 2020, University of Zagreb

·       MSc: Luka Bakrač, September 2020, University of Zagreb

·       PhD: Tomislav Brodar, January 2021, University of Zagreb

·       PhD: Robert Bernat, June 2021, University of Zagreb

·       MSc: Amira Hadzipašić, November 2022, University of Sarajevo

 

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·       MSc: Eva Jelavić, 2023, University of Zagreb

 

Referee/evaluator for:

 

  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods B
  • Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing
  • physica status solidi (a)
  • Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
  • Chemical Physics Letters
  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • Micromachines
  • F.R.S.-FNRS (Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique), Belgium
  • H2020 / FET, MSCA, SPACE
  • EuroTech Post Doc 1-2
  • National Science Center, Poland
  • Horizon Europe / MCSA, CL4, EIC

 

Teaching Experience:

 

  • 2001-2002: Teaching Assistant – General Physics I, II; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
  • 2005-2007: Teaching Assistant - General Physics I, II; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
  • 2007-2012:  Lecturer – General Physics I, II; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
  • 2011- 2013: Lecturer – Introduction to Nanoscience; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb

 

Other:

 

  • Member of NATO SPS Independent Scientific Evaluation Group (2013-2015)
  • Chair of IUVSTA EMP (Electronic Materials and Processing) Division (2014 - 2022)
  • Member of CERN RD50 collaboration