Principal investigator or co-PI on 3 running projects,
• 02/2024–01/2028, Nanoscale interaction of light and atomically thin structures (HrZZ funding, IP-2022-10-4724, 198.550 EUR)
• 01/2024–12/2026, Materials for Clean Energy, Advanced Sensors, and Quantum Technologies (ERDF funding, PK.1.1.10.0002, 1.5 MEUR, IF part 375.000 EUR)
• 07/2025-06/2027, NanoLATIS trilateral Danube exchnange collaboration (MZOM financiranje, 9980 EUR)
Supervisor & host for prestigious postdoc fellowships,
• 03/2024-02/2026, Nives Štrkalj, Overturning Size Effects in Ferroelectric Thin Films (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions individual fellowship call HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, grant no. 101106176, 161.890 EUR)
• 09/2024-08/2026, Martina Lihter, 2D Nano Hybrid Systems: interfacing biomolecular motors with nanopores in 2D materials (Widening participation and spreading excellence call HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-02, grant no. 101180578, 146.050 EUR)
• 09/2025-08/2027, Roshan Jesus Mathew, 2D Semiconductor Ferroelectric based Switchable Optoelectronics (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions individual fellowship call HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, grant no. 101180612, 161.890 EUR)
Principal investigator or co-PI on 17 finished projects,
• 12/2022–04/2026, AI & Gaming (JURK) EDIH, European Digital Innovation Hub; PI for Institute of Physics as one of 8 partners (European Commission + MINGOR, grant no. 101083963, IF part 277.420 EUR)
• 11/2014–11/2024, Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials and Sensing Devices, CEMS; PI for the research unit Science of Graphene and related 2D Structures [MZO + EU structural funds (KK.01.1.1.01.0001, 11/2017-12/2023) ~1.5 M€]
• 01/2020–12/2022, Organic semiconductor nanostructures on 2D TMD substrates (MZO-OEAD funding, bilateral partner Prof. Christian Teichert-Universität Leoben, 7.000 EUR for Croatian side)
• 11/2019–11/2023, Synthesis of novel low-dim materials for information applications and the characterization of their magnetic and optical properties (MZOS-China funding, bilateral partner Prof. Yeliang Wang- Beijing Institute of Technology, 8.000 EUR for Croatian side)
• 03/2017–09/2021, Optical Properties of Transistion Metal Dichalcogenide Heterostructures (HrZZ funding, IP-2016-06-3211, 130.000 EUR)
• 01/2018–12/2019, Two-dimensional metals (MZO-DAAD funding, bilateral partner Prof. Carsten Busse-Universität Siegen, 17.000 EUR)
• 04/2016–12/2017, Tuning many-body interactions in graphene by cesium intercalation (MZOS-Serbia funding, bilateral partner Dr. Marko Spasenović-Institute of Physics Belgrade, 3.000 EUR for Croatian side)
• 01/2016–12/2017, Intercalation of epitaxial dichalcogenides (MZOS-DAAD financiranje, partner Dr. Carsten Busse-Universität Münster, 17.000 EUR)
• 09/2015–09/2017, Large-scale synthesis and characterization of novel 2D materials (MZOS-China funding, bilateral partner Prof. Bin Wu-Institute of Chemistry CAS, 10.000 EUR for Croatian side)
• 06/2016–10/2017, NanoporeArray: Ion-beam patterned nanopore arrays in polymer supported 2D materials (HAMAG-BICRO funding, 45.000 EUR)
• 2014–2015, 2D materials with novel properties (MZOS-DAAD funding, bilateral partner Dr. Carsten Busse-Universität zu Köln, 17.000 EUR)
• 2012–2013, Electrons in two dimensions: Graphene and topological insulators (MZOS-DAAD funding, bilateral partner Dr. Carsten Busse-Universität zu Köln, 17.000 EUR)
• 06/2010–06/2012, Photolithographic synthesis and electronic properties of graphene based devices and related structures, no. UKF 66/10, (UKF + MZOS funding, with Dr. T. Valla-BNL, 130.000 EUR)
• 06/2009–06/2012, Epitaxial-graphene-enabled tunable metamaterials (MZOS-NSF funding, bilateral partner Prof. Richard Osgood-Columbia University, 16.000 EUR for Croatian side)
• 2010–2011, Graphene-cluster hybrids (MZOS-DAAD funding, bilateral partner Dr. Carsten Busse-Universität zu Köln, 17.000 EUR)
• 2007, Implementation of an ambient STM laboratory for studying the interaction of biologically important molecules with surfaces, AvH Return Fellowship (AvH funding, 5.000 EUR)
• 01/2005–07/2006, VTSTM study of metal clusters nucleation and their interaction with adsorbed molecules, PostDoc program Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH funding, 35.000 EUR/year)
Team member on 19 finished projects,
• 09/2021–09/2025 (Action Chair: Noelle Gogneau), European Network for Innovative and Advanced Epitaxy, OPERA COST action CA20116, member of the Management Committee
• 12/2019–11/2024 (The coordinating institution is CNRS, France, represented by Sylvie Jacquemot, LULI, the Coordinator of the project), The Integrated Initiative of European Laser Research Infrastructures — LASERLAB-EUROPE, Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme [grant no. 871124, overall budget 10 M€]
• 08/2017–12/2023 (PI: Damir Aumiler), Centar za napredne laserske tehnike (CALT) | Centre for Advanced Laser Techniques, http://calt.ifs.hr/en/, Croatian national strategic project in the field of scientific and research infrastructure [EU structural funds (KK.01.1.1.05.0001), 16 M€]
• 12/2015–12/2017 (PI: Predrag Lazić), Van der Waals heterostructures: fundamentals and applications (UKF + MZOS funding, 215.000 EUR)
• 04/2016–12/2017 (PI: Nataša Vujičić), Growth and characterization of functional 2D materials based on graphene and dichalcogenides (MZOS-Slovenia funding, 2.000 EUR for Croatian side)
• 06/2016–08/2017 (PI: Tomislav Vuletić), QuartzNano: Quartz microbalance sensors improved on the nanolevel (HAMAG-BICRO funding, 45.000 EUR)
• 10/2013–10/2015 (PI: Tomislav Vuletić), Confined DNA (UKF funding 200.000 EUR)
• 01/2010–12/2012 (PI: Branko Gumhalter), Theoretical modeling and simulations of the structural, electronic and dynamical properties of surfaces and nanostructures in materials science research (MZO funding 25.000 EUR)
• 2006–2009 (PI: Petar Pervan), produžavano u više navrata do kraja 2013, Elektronska i kristalna struktura poduprtih samoorganiziranih nano-sistema, MZOS # 035-0352828-2840 (MZOS funding 32.000 EUR/year)
• 2006–2007 (PI: Petar Pervan), Electronic properties of manganese nanostructures at surfaces (MZOS-DAAD funding, 16.000 EUR)
• 2002–2011 (PI: Klaus Wandelt/Conrad Becker), Template – Functional chemical matrices, SFB 624 (DFG funding)
• 2002–2005 (PI: Klaus Wandelt/Philippe Sautet), Molecular scale reactivity at bimetallic surfaces (DFG-CNRS funding, 510.000 EUR)
• 2002–2006 (PI: Milorad Milun), Elektronska struktura nano-strukturiranih materijala na površinama, MZOS # 0035016 (MZOS funding 16.500 EUR/year)
• 1996–2002 (PI: Branko Gumhalter), Fizika površina i adsorbiranih slojeva, MZOS # 00350108 (MZOS funding, 19.000 EUR/year)
• 1999–2001 (PI: Milorad Milun), Surface states and quantum well states and their role in nanostructures (MZOS-ALIS funding, 7.000 EUR/year)
• 1998–2001 (PI: Petar Pervan), Nanostructures and new materials (MZOS-SLO funding, 4.000 EUR/year)
• 1998–2001 (PI: Milorad Milun), Preparation and characterization of nanostructures (MZOS-DAAD funding, 11.000 EUR)
• 1998–2001 (PI: Milorad Milun), Restructuring of surfaces (MZOS-SLO funding, 4.000 EUR/year)
• 1995–1997 (PI: Petar Pervan), Electronic structure of magnetic materials, ultrathin films and surfaces (MZOS-ALIS funding, 7.000 EUR/year)