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Prof. Dr. Renato Tomaš

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Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology (FCT), University of Split


Phone: 00385 21 329 448; room no. B-401; Ruđera Boškovića 35, HR-21000 Split, Croatia 

 E-mail: rtomas@ktf-split.hr

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

 Date of birth 20/6/1967, Trogir
Wife Anita Tomaš (Graduated Economist - Professor), My sons: Petar Tomaš and Lovre Tomaš.
Origin of the surname, Tomaš: Seget Gornji - Tomaši.



Education and Qualifications:
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia, short-term visit (2022, seven days, Erasmus+ teaching).
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, Poland, short-term visit (2021, seven days, Erasmus+ teaching; 2015, two weeks, Erasmus+ Staff Training Mobility).
- Chair of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, short-term visit (2012, seven days, Erasmus Staff Training Mobility).
- Division of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia, short-term visit (2008, four months, research focus: thermodynamics of calixarene chemistry).

- PhD degree - Chemistry, University of Split, FCT, 2002.
- Master's degree - Chemistry, University of Split, FCT, 1998.
- B. Sc. - Chemical engineering, University of Split, FCT, 1994.

Work Experience:
- Full Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Split, from January, 2025.
- Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Split, from 2014 to 2025.
- Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Split, from 2006 to 2014.
- Senior Research Assistant of Physical Chemistry, University of Split, from 2002 to 2006.
- Research Assistant of Physical Chemistry, University of Split, from 1999 to 2002.
- Junior Research Assistant of Physical Chemistry, University of Split, from 1994 to 1999.

- Member of the organizing committee of XXI. Croatian meeting of chemists and chemical engineers, Trogir, Croatia, 2009.

- International Scientific and Advisory Committee, 5th International Congress of Chemists and Chemical Engineers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, BIH, 2024.

- Member of the Executive Organizing Committee, 8th Central and Eastern European Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 16 - 19 September, 2025., Mostar, BIH.

- Member of the Scientific Committee, International Conference - Materials, Methods and Technologies, 14 - 17 August, 2025, Burgas, Bugarska.

Informal/formal collaborations:
- Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia (academician-HAZU, dr. Vladislav Tomišić).
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, Poland (dr. Adam Bald+). 
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (dr. Marija Bešter-Rogač).
- Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia (dr. Milan Vraneš).
- Preparatory Institute for Engineering studies of Tunis, University of Tunis, Tunisia (dr. Moez Guettari).
- Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, BIH (dr. Safija Herenda).
- Faculty of Science, University of Split, Croatia (dr. Martina Požar).
 
 



 

Head of Department of Physical Chemistry, FCT, University of Split: (2007-2009, 2011-2013, 2023-).

Field of work and research experience: - solution chemistry (thermodynamics of electrochemical reactions, thermodynamics of metal-ligand complexes formation, thermodynamics of the association reaction of electrolytes, determination of limiting molar conductivities of ions, viscosity and density studies of electrolytes and nonelectrolytes: study of ion-ion and ion-solvent interactions); - supramolecular chemistry (thermodynamics of calixarene chemistry); - ionic liquids (synthesis and physicochemical characterization).
Teaching experience: Lecturers in Selected Topics in Physical Chemistry of Environmental to PhD students of chemistry; lecturer in Physical Chemistry to undergraduate and graduate students of chemistry, chemical technology, pharmacy, and biology and chemistry; seminar teacher to undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in Physical Chemistry; lecturer and seminar in Elements of Physical Chemistry on the professional study of chemical technology; laboratory teacher in Physical chemistry and Physical Chemistry of Electrolyte Solutions.



Research projects: - 1994–1996; 1997–2002; 2003–2006; and 2008–2013: Ministry of Science and Education, Republic of Croatia. Project "Properties of electrolytes in mixed solvents", and project "Electrolytes in mixed solvents", FCT, University of Split.
- MC Member: EXchange on Ionic Liquids (EXIL) - COST Action CM1206: 2016-2017, EU; https://www.cost.eu/actions/CM1206/, including STSM PROJECT (PI: R. Tomaš), 2016: Studies of molecular interactions of some imidazolium chloride ionic liquids in water by viscometric and volumetric measurements at different temperatures, COST CM1206, EU.
- Project "SUPRACAR" - HRZZ : Development of supramolecular receptors of anions and cations, University of Zagreb, 2015-2019.

- Institutional project (R. Tomaš, FCT, University of Split): Molecular interactions in the system electrolyte or nonelectrolyte - solvent: Thermodynamic and transport properties.
- Project "MakroSol" - HRZZ: Coordination reactions of macrocyclic ligands in solution, University of Zagreb, 2019-2024.

- MC substitute from HR: COST Action, CA18202 - Network for Equlibria and Chemical Thermodynamics Advanced Research (NECTAR): 2021-2024, EU; https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18202/; https://www.cost-nectar.eu/pages/wg3.html

- Research Group on Solution Chemistry: Ionic Liquids - Basic and Applied Investigations: SEA-EU Research Seed Fund. University of Split: dr. Renato Tomaš (PI), University of Gdansk: dr. Anna Wcislo, dr. Dorota Zarzeczanska. 16. 6. 2025. - 15. 6. 2026.

 



  
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Experimental methods used: potentiometry (PhD), conductometry, viscometry, densitometry, UV/VIS-spectrophotometry.

 

 



  

 



Memberships
Croatian Chemical Society; Almae Matris Alumni Chemico-Technologicae Facultatis Spalatensis; Royal Society of Chemistry.

 

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Selected publications:
PhD, e.g.: R. Tomaš, I. Tominić, M. Višić, V. Sokol, Thermodynamic study of cadmium chloride in aqueous mixtures of 2-butanol from potential difference measurements, Journal of Solution Chemistry, 34 (2005) 981-992.

1) A. Bald, Z. Kinart, R. Tomaš, Volumetric studies of aqueous solutions of monosodium salts of some aliphatic dicarboxylic acids at 298.15 K. A new method of data analysis, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 178 (2013) 94-98.
2) R. Tomaš, T. Jovanović, M. Bešter-Rogač, Viscosity B-coefficient for sodium chloride in aqueous mixtures of 1,4-dioxane at different temperatures, Acta Chimica Slovenica, 62 (2015) 531-537.
3) R. Tomaš, A. Tot, J. Kuhar, M. Bešter-Rogač, Interactions in aqueous solutions of imidazolium chloride ionic liquids (Cnmim)(Cl) (n = 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8) from volumetric properties, viscosity B-coefficients and molecular dynamic simulations, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 254 (2018) 267-271.
4) N. Cindro, J. Požar, D. Barišić, N. Bregović, K. Pičuljan, R. Tomaš, L. Frkanec, V. Tomišić, Neutral glycoconjugated amide-based calix(4)arenes: complexation of alkali metal cations in water, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 16 (2018) 904-912.
5) R. Tomaš, Imidazolium-based ionic liquids: Some research methods, applications and physico-chemical properties, Croatica Chemica Acta, 94 (2021) 83-94.
6) R. Tomaš, Z. Kinart, A. Tot, S. Papović, T. T. Borović, M. Vraneš, Volumetric properties, conductivity and computation analysis of selected imidazolium chloride ionic liquids in ethylene glycol, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 345 (2022) 118178.