izv. prof. dr. sc. Gordan Horvat

Teaching

undergraduate

• Mathematical methods in chemistry 1 (41008) - Lecturer in charge

graduate

• Chemical thermodynamics (227531) - Lecturer in charge
• Mathematical Foundations of Computational Biology (60218) - Lecturer in charge

integrated undergraduate and graduate

• Mathematical methods in Chemistry (185191) - Lecturer in charge

doctoral

• Statistical Thermodynamics and Irreversible Processes (152847) - Lecturer in charge

Biography

Education at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: Diploma thesis (Chemistry, 2007); Doctoral thesis (Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, 2012).

Affiliation and current position: Division of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: Associate Professor (2021–)

Previous positions:

Assistant Professor (2015–2021), Division of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb.

Senior Assistant (2013–2015), Division of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb.

Assistant (2007 – 2013), Division of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb.

Research interest: physical chemistry of macromolecules and thermodynamics and mechanisms of supramolecular reactions, computer simulations of chemical systems, new methods of data reduction and analysis

Scientific papers: co-author of 18 scientific papers in journals indexed in Current Contents database, 1 professional paper.

Awards and recognitions and memberships: Rector's award of the University of Zagreb for the year 2003/2004 and The Annual award of The society of university teachers, scholars and other scientists – Zagreb for the year 2013. Member of the Croatian Chemical Society and Croatian Biophysical Society.

Participation in research projects:

 

Project participant :

Ministry of Science, Republic of Croatia: "Electrolytes and Coordination Reactions in Solution" (2007-2013).

Ministry of Science, Republic of Croatia: "Met4Pharm" (2014-2016).

HRZZ - Croatian Science Foundation:"Supramolecular cation-anion receptors (SupraCAR)" (2015-2019).

HRZZ - Croatian Science Foundation:"Coordination reactions of macrocyclic ligands in solution (MacroSol)" (2019-2023).

 

Project leader:

2021.

Foundation of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts:

Amide calixarene derivatives as versatile binders of cations in solution;

 

2019.–2020.

Foundation of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts:

Template-assisted peptide cyclization in solution;

 

2018.–2019.

Foundation of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts:

Thermodynamic and structural investigation of cyclopeptide complexation with halogen and structural anions in solution;

 

Published papers recorded in the Croatian Scientific Bibliography Database

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List of select publications

1. I. Petters, M. Modrušan, N. Vidović, I. Crnolatac, N. Cindro, I. Piantanida, G. Speranza, G. Horvat, V. Tomišić, Anion-Sensing Properties of Cyclopentaphenylalanine, Molecules 27 (2022) 3918.

2. G. Horvat, S. Tarana, N. Vidović, N. Cindro, G. Speranza, V. Tomišić, Thermodynamic and MD studies of anion complexation by cyclopentaleucine in acetonitrile and dimethyl sulfoxide, J. Mol. Liq. 340 (2021) 116848.

3. Vidović, Nikolina; Horvat, Gordan; Riva, Davide; Rinkovec, Tamara; Cindro, Nikola; Tomišić, Vladislav; Speranza, Giovanna, Chloride-Assisted Peptide Macrocyclization, Org. Lett., 22 (2020), 2129-2134.

4. G. Horvat, , L. Frkanec, , N. Cindro, , V. Tomišić, A comprehensive study of the complexation of alkali metal cations by lower rim calix[4]arene amide derivatives, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 19 (2017) 24316–24329. 

5. G. Horvat, V. Stilinović, B. Kaitner, L. Frkanec, V. Tomišić, The Effect of Specific Solvent-Solute Interactions on Complexation of Alkali-Metal Cations by a Lower-Rim Calix[4]arene Amide Derivative., Inorg. Chem. 52 (2013) 12702–12. 

6. G. Horvat, V. Stilinović, T. Hrenar, B. Kaitner, L. Frkanec, V. Tomišić, An Integrated approach (thermodynamic, structural, and computational) to the study of complexation of alkali-metal cations by a lower-rim calix[4]arene amide derivative in acetonitrile, Inorg. Chem. 51 (2012) 6264–6278. 

7. G. Horvat, J. Požar, Z. Dojnović, D. Grgec, S. Blažeka, Design and construction of an quasi-adiabatic dissolution calorimeter with a novel dosing apparatus and a low heat capacity, J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. 117 (2014) 901–907. 

8. V. Stilinović, , G. Horvat, , T. Hrenar, , V. Nemec, , D. Cinčić, Halogen and Hydrogen Bonding between ( N -Halogeno)-succinimides and Pyridine Derivatives in Solution, the Solid State and In Silico, Chem. - A Eur. J. 23 (2017) 5244–5257.