In 2021, I earned my bachelor's degree from the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Immediately after, I enrolled in a master’s program at the same faculty, focusing on Physical and Inorganic Chemistry. During my master’s studies, I worked on the design, preparation, and characterization of various polyelectrolyte multilayers on solid surfaces.
In my final year, I participated in the Erasmus+ traineeship program at the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, within the MSuS and MnF research groups. During this internship, I prepared polyelectrolyte complex free-standing membranes using the aqueous phase separation method and characterized them. The results of this internship, combined with experimental work conducted in Croatia, led to my master’s thesis, "Poly(ethyleneimine)/poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) complexes: characterization and applications as membranes,” which I defended in December 2023.
Currently, I am a PhD candidate working on the preparation of polyelectrolyte multilayer-based membranes for solvent-stable nanofiltration in biorefinery applications as part of the MSuS and FiF research groups. The goal of the project is to develop selective and stable membranes that can effectively treat biorefinery streams, separating desired organic molecules from salts while concentrating them.
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