V. Nicholas Vukotic

Dr. Vedran Nicholas Vukotic is an Assistant Professor and an NSERC/PROTO Industrial Research Chair in X-ray Diffraction and Crystalline Materials at the University of Windsor. Dr. Vukotic was born in Dubrovnik, Croatia in 1986 before making his journey to Canada. He completed his B.Sc. degree (2009) in Biochemistry at the University of Windsor, where he remained to complete his Ph.D. in Chemistry (2014) under the supervision of Professor Stephen J. Loeb, where he worked on supramolecular and inorganic chemistry incorporating dynamic interlocked molecules into metal-organic frameworks. His academic work led to a total of 22 publications, several awards and fellowships, and most notably the 2014 Governor General's Gold Medal. Dr. Vukotic then pursued a career in industry and started an industrial post-doc for PROTO Manufacturing Ltd. as an OCE TalentEdge fellow working on developing new X-ray diffraction instrumentation. In 2016 he became the Principal Scientist and Product Development Manager at PROTO and has since brought numerous new XRD products to market and has filed several patent applications. In 2017 he became an Adjunct Professor at the University of Windsor to further support his academic-industry collaborations. Currently, he runs a research program focused on developing new scientific research tools and the creation of new advanced crystalline materials with industrial applications as nanoporous adsorbents, chemical sensors, and drug releasing biomaterials.