David Ribar

PhD Student in Computational Chemistry

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Research experience

  • PhD in Computational Chemistry           
    Lund University, Division of Computational Chemistry, Lund, Sweden (Sep 2023 - present): Theoretical studies of ionic fluids, i.e., electrolyte solutions, and ionic liquids, at various concentrations. Experimental studies with small-angle X-ray scattering of model systems to probe the fundamental electrostatic interactions at elevated electrolyte concentrations.          

  • Erasmus+ research internship  
    Uppsala University, Hawke's group, Department of Analytical chemsitry - Uppsala, Sweden (Aug 2022 - Oct 2022):  
    Internship title: Computational analysis of complex fragmentation patterns arising from LC-MS/MS analysis of aquatic dissolved organic matter. Experimental data acquisition on LC-HRMS instruments of environmental dissolved organic matter samples. Application of advanced machine learning methods to investigate the inherently extremely complicated sample matrix.

  • Web application developer  
    University of Ljubljana, Faculty of chemistry and chemical technology, HSLAB - Ljubljana, Slovenia  (Mar 2020 - Aug 2022):  
    Development of a user friendly Web-based application for the prediction of paper degradation in collections of cultural heritage. Using previously published dose-response functions I developed the front- and backend of a Collections demography application. The research internship was supported by the Horizon 2020 APACHE project.  

  • Analytical chemist
    University of Ljubljana, Faculty of chemistry and chemical technology, HSLAB - Ljubljana, Slovenia   (Aug 2020 - Sep 2020):
    Individual research at the HSLAB of the Faculty of chemistry and chemical technology, UL. I constructed a database of near infra-red (NIR) and ATR-FTIR spectra of different polymer samples. Using machine learning approaches, I created a classification algorithm for the classification of polymer type based solely upon the sample NIR spectre.  

  • Chemistry technician  
    Institute Jožef Stefan - Ljubljana, Slovenia  (Aug 2019 - Sep 2019):  
    Research internship in the field of physical and organic chemistry at the Institute department K3. The internship included the optimisation of a hybrid organic-inorganic sol-gel type synthesis for protective anticorrosive gels for steel samples and corrosion degradation studies using impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry, which were conducted to test the gels anticorrosive properties.

Education

  • PhD in Computational Chemistry Division of Computational chemistry, Faculty of Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden (Sep 2023 - present) 

  • Master's degree in chemistry University of Ljubljana, Faculty of chemistry and chemical technology, Ljubljana, Slovenia  (Sep 2021 - Jul 2023):          
    Master's thesis: Study of the principal retention mechanism in reversed-phase liquid chromatography (passed with distinction)

  • Bachelor's degree in chemistry University of Ljubljana, Faculty of chemistry and chemical technology, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Sep 2018 - Jul 2021):         
    Bachelor's thesis: Development of a reversed-phase chromatographic separation model based upon Hansen solubility parameters (passed with distinction)

  • Chemistry technician School centre Celje, Secondary school for chemistry, electrical engineering, and computer engineering, Celje, Slovenia (Sep 2014 - Sep 2018):         
    Final research project: Use of sodium tetrafluoroborate in the synthesis of stable diazonium salts 

Volunteering

  • President of the Student Council University of Ljubljana, Faculty of chemistry and chemical technology, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Nov 2021 - May 2023)          
            
  • Vice-president of the Student Council University of Ljubljana, Faculty of chemistry and chemical technology, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Nov 2020 - Nov 2021)         
             
  • Member of the Student Council University of Ljubljana, Faculty of chemistry and chemical technology, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Nov 2019 - Jul 2023)             
     
  • Student Tutor University of Ljubljana, Faculty of chemistry and chemical technology, Ljubljana, Slovenia  (Oct 2019 - Sep 2022)

Honours and awards

  • Krka Prize for an outstanding Master's thesis Krka d. d., Slovenia  (18. 10. 2024)   
  • Poster presentation award Methods in Molecular Simulation Summer School poster session, 29th edition, Newcastle University (22. 7. 2024)
  • Krka Prize for an outstanding Bachelor’s thesis Krka d. d., Slovenia  (15. 10. 2021)         
  • Krka Prize for an outstanding high school research project Krka d. d., Slovenia (13. 9. 2018)         
  • Young researchers of Slovenia - Silver award for an outstanding high school research project Association for technical culture of Slovenia (13. 5. 2018)         
  • Zois scholarship Public Scholarship, Development, Disability and Maintenance Fund of the Republic of Slovenia (2014 - 2023)