Dr. Darinka Primc
Phone: +386 1 477 3963
Research Associate
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Education
2013: PhD at Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2007: Bachelors degree in Chemistry, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Professional background
2025/5 – present: Research Associate at Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2017/11 – present: Affiliated Researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Guest Scientist at Energy Conversion Group at LBNL, Berkeley, CA, USA
2017/11 – 2020/11: Project Scientist at the University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
2016/10– 2017/9: Research Associate at Imperial College London, London, UK
2013/9 – 2016/9: Postdoctoral Researcher at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
2008/9 – 2013/4: Research Assistant at Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2007/10 – 2008/8: R&D Project Researcher at Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Scientific Achievements and Awards
2024 – 2025: Project Coordinator for NCEM #9547: “Self-assembly of metal-organic framework mesocrystals”
2022 – 2023: Project Coordinator for 2023-NCEM #8256: \"4D-STEM Analysis of Data for Morphogenesis of Metal–Organic Framework Mesocrystals\"
2020 – 2021: Project Coordinator for CNMS2019-134-ORNL: “Investigation of Supported Single-Site Catalysts for Selective Electrochemical Oxidation of Methane to Methanol”
2019 – 2025: Project Coordinator Seven Research Project as Prime Investigator, awarded at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and Oak Ridge National Lab, USA:*list of selected proposals*
2019 – 2020: Project Coordinator for 2019-NCEM #5813: “Electrochemical Oxidation of Methane with Supported TM Single-Site catalysts”
2019: Nominated for MRS Postdoctoral Award for pioneering contribution in the Synthesis of Multicomponent Mesocrystals
2017: Seal of Excellence from European Commission for Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship project
2016: Top Download Paper from ACS for publication in Chemistry of Materials
2021 - Symposium Moderator at ACS Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA
2019 - Symposium Moderator at ACS Fall Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA
2019 - Member of the American Chemical Society
2016 - Member of European Materials Research Society
2015 - Member of Materials Research Society
2015 - Member of the Sol-Gel Society
2014 - Member of the Swiss Chemical Society
2013 - Symposium Moderator at Energy Materials Nanotechnology Meeting, Chengdu, China
2008 - Slovenian Chemical Society