Curriculum Vitae Employment 09/2021 – today Assistant professor – University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering, 05/2016 – 07/2021 Reinforcement materials engineer – Continental AG / ContiTech AG, Germany 02/2015 – 03/2016 Welding metallurgist – Faurecia AG, Germany 09/2010 – 12/2014 Research assistant (Ph.D student) – Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany Education 09/2010 – 12/2014 Ph.D. in Materials science, University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Chemistry 10/2008 – 07/2010 M.Sc. in Mechanical engineering, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering 10/2005 – 07/2008 B.Sc. in Mechanical engineering, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering