Dr. Aleksandar Kondinski

Aleksandar Kondinski is a research fellow at the University of Cambridge. He studied chemistry at Jacobs University Bremen, where he developed a fascination with polyoxometalates (POMs), focusing on their structure, formation, and characterization. As a doctoral candidate under the guidance of Prof. Thomas Heine, he advanced his work in computational modeling and the description of isomeric and metal–metal-bonded POMs. Following his promotion in 2016, he completed two postdoctoral stages in applied POM chemistry at RWTH Aachen and KU Leuven, both as an awarded fellow. Aleksandar's research interests are centered on the computer-aided development of electro-responsive functionalities in POMs and the engineering of POM-based electronic systems, also known as "POMtronics." In addition to his work on polyoxometalates, he is active in the fields of digital chemistry (knowledge engineering) and the development of didactical tools for discovery-based learning of complex nanomolecular architectures.