{"id":5472,"date":"2021-02-19T14:05:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T13:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/clanovi\/sunjic-vitomir\/"},"modified":"2023-02-10T13:41:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T12:41:07","slug":"sunjic-vitomir","status":"publish","type":"clanovi","link":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/clanovi\/sunjic-vitomir\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0160unji\u0107 Vitomir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Academic titles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (05\/10\/2012 &#8211; &#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>professor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Institutions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scientific advisor (retired) &#8211; Ru\u0111er Bo\u0161kovi\u0107 Institute<\/li>\n<li>Title Professor &#8211; Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Zagreb<\/li>\n<li>Contractual Scientific Adviser &#8211; GlaxoSmithKline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Membership in Academy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>full member &#8211; Department of Mathematical, Physical and Chemical Sciences (05\/10\/2012 &#8211; &#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>associate member &#8211; Department of Mathematical, Physical and Chemical Sciences (05\/16\/2002 &#8211; 05\/10\/2012)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Curriculum Vitae<\/h3>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1958-1963\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Faculty of Technology, University of Zagreb, Chem. Eng.,<\/li>\n<li>1969\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Ph. D., \u201c<strong>Synthesis and Physico-chemical Properties of 4(5)-Nitroimidazoles<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>1969-1970\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Postdoctoral study, Prof. Vladimir Prelog, ETH, Zurich<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Employements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1963-1965\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Process engineer, &#8220;Pliva&#8221;, Pharmaceutical and Chemical Works, Zagreb, Croatia.<\/li>\n<li>1965-1969\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Research chemist, &#8220;Krka&#8221;, Research Institute, Novo Mesto, Slovenia.<\/li>\n<li>1969-1970\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ETH Postdoctoral fellow, with Prof. Vlado Prelog, Zurich<\/li>\n<li>1971-1975\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asssistent, then lecturer, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Zagreb<\/li>\n<li>1976-1981\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Research Director, Dept. Organic Synthesis, CRC, Compagnia di Ricerca Chimica S.p.A., San Giovanni al Natisone (UD), Italy<\/li>\n<li>1982- 2003\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Senior scientist, Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, &#8220;Ru\u0111er Bo\u0161kovi\u0107&#8221;\u00a0 Institute, Zagreb<\/li>\n<li>2003-2006\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director of Chemistry Department, PLIVA Res. Institute<\/li>\n<li>2006-2007\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Head of Chemistry, GlaxoSmithKline Research Centre Zagreb<\/li>\n<li>2007-2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Scientific consultant, GSK Research Centre, Zagreb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Scientific and Educational Profession<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1971-1975 Asistent, then dozent, Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Zagreb<\/li>\n<li>1982- 2003 Senior Scientists, &#8220;Ru\u0111er Bo\u0161kovi\u0107\u201d Institute (IRB), Zagreb,<\/li>\n<li>1989-2007 Professor of organic chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Zagreb<\/li>\n<li>2007- Elected (titulated) Professor, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Zagreb<\/li>\n<li>2011-\u00a0 Elected (titulated) Professor, Postdoctoral study of Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, University of Rijeka<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Membership and functions at scientific and professional societies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1965-2011 Croatian Chemical Society<\/li>\n<li>1983-2011\u00a0 Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers<\/li>\n<li>1972-2007\u00a0 Geselschaft der Deutsch. Chemikers<\/li>\n<li>1972-2007\u00a0 Swiss Chemical Society<\/li>\n<li>1978-2007\u00a0 American Chemical Society<\/li>\n<li>1990-1993\u00a0 Member of the Scientific Council of the Ministry of Sciences and Technology, Rep. of Croatia<\/li>\n<li>1994-1998\u00a0 Member of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, of the Government of Rep. ff Croatia (resign on this position in 1998)<\/li>\n<li>1994-1998\u00a0 President of the National Committee for the Nominations on Academic Positions (resign on this position in 1998)<\/li>\n<li>1996-1997\u00a0 President of the Scientific Committee of the National Meeting of Croatian Chemists, Opatija, 1997<\/li>\n<li>1997-2003\u00a0 Head of Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, \u201dRu\u0111er Bo\u0161kovi\u0107\u201d Institute<\/li>\n<li>1994-2000\u00a0 Member of International Scientific Committee of ESOC (European Symposia of Organic Chemistry), two mandates<\/li>\n<li>2000-2003\u00a0\u00a0 President of European International Scientific Committee of ESOC<\/li>\n<li>2002-2011 Collaborativ member of Croat. Acad of Sciences and Arts, Department for Mathematical, Physical and Chemical Sciences<\/li>\n<li>2008- 2010\u00a0 President of Croatian Chemical Society<\/li>\n<li>2010-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 President of Croatian Chemical Society, second mandate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1990\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 National award \u201dRu\u0111er Bo\u0161kovi\u0107\u201d for scientific achievements in organic chemistry<\/li>\n<li>1998\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Award of Croatian Academy of Sceneces and Arts for scientific work in chemistry<\/li>\n<li>1995\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Decorated with Red Danice Hrvatske s likom Ru\u0111era Bo\u0161kovi\u0107a, for special merits in science<\/li>\n<li>2009\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Medal of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in recogniton of educational activity<\/li>\n<li>2010\u00a0\u00a0 Certificat of the Faculty of Chimica Engineering and Technology, in recognition of promotion of collaboration between University and Industry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Bibliography<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Scientific texts (publications)<br \/>\n231\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Original papers in SCI cited journals-\u00a0 ca. 3200 citations<br \/>\n27\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Papers in the journals notcited by SCI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Professional papers<br \/>\n80\u00a0\u00a0 national patents; USA 6, EP 14, Jap. 7, Ger. 6, Italy 22, SFRJ\u00a0 16, CRO 8, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Books or chapters<br \/>\n&#8220;Simetrija grani\u010dnih orbitala i reaktivnost u organskoj kemiji&#8221;,\u00a0 ed. \u0160kolska knjiga,\u00a0 Zagreb, 1979.<br \/>\n\u201dSignposts to chiral Drugs. Organic Synthesis in Action\u201d, in collaboration with M. J. Parnham, ed. Springer, Basel, 2011.<br \/>\nChapter \u201dFascinating Stereochemistry of Chiral 1,4-Benzodiazepines\u201d, u \u201dMedicinal Chemistry in Drug Discovery\u201d, GlaxoSmihKline, London, 2011\/2012 in press.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Selected data<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Organizational activities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the period 1965-1969 founded and heade Laboratory for organic synthesis, than newly organized Research Institute KRKA, Novo Mesto (SLO)<\/li>\n<li>In the period 1976-1981 participated in organization of new research ceneter of the Compagnia di Ricerca chimica (CRC), Udine (IT), then acted as Director of research in organic chemistry<\/li>\n<li>In the period 1982-2002, i.e. during my stay at \u201cRu\u0111er Bo\u0161kovi\u0107\u201d Institute, contracted research projects with industry and international institutions in the total amount of approx. 2 Mio DM.<\/li>\n<li>In 1989 I founded Laboratory for stereoselective catalysis and biocatalysis (CATBIO), and was supported by Ministry of Science and Technology with 1.8 Mio DM for construction of the new building at IRB.<\/li>\n<li>In 2005 I founded, together with thre collaborators from CATBIO laboratory the first spin-of company in Croatia, Chirallica Ltd., for research in chemistry. This company employs 4 young scientists, and is presently in the full research and commercial swing.<\/li>\n<li>In the period 2003-2008 acted as the organizer of scientific projects in PLIVA Institute, from 2006 GSK Research Centre, as Director of the Chemistry Department.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Consulting activity in industry<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1983-1990 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contarctual consultant of CRC-Gruppo FIAT<\/li>\n<li>1990- 2003\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Contractual consultant of Caffaro S.p.A. (IT)<\/li>\n<li>1995-2001\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contractual consultant of POLYtech S.c.r.L. (IT)<\/li>\n<li>1998-2003\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Member of the International Advisory Board, PLIVA d.d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Scientific and professional meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lectures<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8 plenary and invited lectures on inernational meetings<\/li>\n<li>4 plenary lectures at national meetings<\/li>\n<li>12 section lectures on international meetings<\/li>\n<li>8 oral presentations on inernational meetings<\/li>\n<li>12 invited lectures on universities and reseach institutes abroad<\/li>\n<li>31 lectures and colloqua in the country (YU, CRO)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>International projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1978-1981. CNR (Consiglio Nazionale di Ricerca, Italija, coordinator Prof. R. Ugi, Politechnico di Milano \u201d<strong>Nuove sintezi delle sostanze biologicamente attive<\/strong>\u201d V. \u0160unji\u0107 has joined this innitiative with the project from CRC, Compagnia di Ricerca Chimica, Udine,<\/li>\n<li>1984-1987 &amp;\u00a01987-1990 National Institute of Health (NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA) coordinator, Dr. H. Ziffer, NIH \u201d<strong>CD Studies of Chiral Compounds<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>1992-1996\u00a0 Lorand Oetvos University (Budapest, H) Project partner, Prof. Miklos Hollosi \u201d<strong>Chiral spectroscopy in catalysis and biocatalysis<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>1995-1997 &amp;\u00a01997-1999 COST V,\u00a0 EU Projekt coordinators; Prof.\u00a0 Gerhard van Koten (NL) and Prof. Pierre Vogel (CH), V. \u0160unji\u0107 participated with the project from CATBIO, IRB \u201d<strong>Stereoslective catalysis and biocatalysis<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Stays at scientific institutions abroad<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1969\/1970\u00a0 Eidgenosische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zurich<\/li>\n<li>1974\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TechnischeHochshcule Munchen<\/li>\n<li>1989\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 NIH, Bethesda, Maryland (USA)<\/li>\n<li>1990\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NIH, Bethesda, Maryland (USA)<\/li>\n<li>1991, 94, 95 Etvos Lorand University, Budapest (H)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Educational activity<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From 1975-2008 lectured on postdocotral course of chemistry and University of Zagreb, the course \u201dStereoselective synthesis and catalysis in organic chemistry\u201d, which course from 1990 was renamed to \u201dAsymmetric synthesis in oganic chemistry\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>From 1989 to retirement lectured at Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Zagreb, the course \u201dSynthetic methods in organic chemistry\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Publication editing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1971-2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Member of the Editorial board of &#8220;Croatica Chemica Acta&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>1973-1986\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Member of the Editorial Board of &#8220;Acta Pharmaceutica Jugoslavica&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>2010-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Member of the Advisory Board of \u201cCroatica Chemica Acta\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Guest-editor (with G. Snatzke, University Bochum) special issue of Croat. Chem. Acta; 62 (1986) vol. 2A and 2B, dedicated to CD spectroscopy<\/li>\n<li>Guest-editor (with Dr. M. Dumi\u0107, PLIVA, Zagreb) specila issue Croat. Chem. Acta; 69 (1996) 2, dedicated to Prof. V. Prelog on the occasion of his 90th birthday.<\/li>\n<li>1971-2006\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Member of the Editorial board of\u00a0 Croat. Chemica Acta<\/li>\n<li>1973-1986\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Member of the Editorial board of Acta Pharm. Jug.<\/li>\n<li>2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Member of\u00a0 the Advisory Board of\u00a0 Croatica Chemica Acta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hobbies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tenis<\/li>\n<li>Chass, candidate for chess master, former between 10 best juniors in SFRJ. Participant on many tournaments with participation of grand masters and international masters<\/li>\n<li>Literature, desisted study of the literature and decided to eneter study of chemistry!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","vrste_clanova":[97],"razredi":[82],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/clanovi\/5472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/clanovi"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/clanovi"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/clanovi\/5472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30496,"href":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/clanovi\/5472\/revisions\/30496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vrste_clanova","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vrste_clanova?post=5472"},{"taxonomy":"razredi","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/razredi?post=5472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}