Dr. sc. Veljko Grilj
Research Scientist, Zagreb, Croatia
• CELL (385) 99 613 6649 • E-MAIL vgrilj@irb.hr • AGE: 29
RESEARCH CAREER
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Research Scientist, Laboratory for Ion Beam Interactions
Ruder Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Research Associate, Laboratory for Ion Beam Interactions
Ruder Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
2015 2010 - 2015
WORK EXPERIENCE
 highly experienced in various ion beam techniques (RBS, PIXE, PIGE, ERDA, MeV SIMS, STIM, NRA) for material analysis
 constructed and characterized a novel diamond based transmission detector set-up for precise dose delivery during
living cells irradiation at nuclear microprobe facility
 investigated radiation induced defects and transport properties of charge carriers in semiconductor devices by Ion
Beam Induced Charge and Transient Current Techniques
 applied detailed theoretical modelling of charge collection efficiency degradation to make the first evaluation of
radiation damage parameter in CVD diamond
 established the inter-institute collaboration with the Laboratory for Molecular Oncology to investigate the combined,
proton irradiation and chemotherapy, influence on the survival of cancer cells
 managed international collaborations with:
University of Turin on diamond colour centres and ion-beam-micro-machined buried graphitic electrodes
University of Manchester on 3D diamond detectors with laser produced graphitic columns
MedAustron Ion Beam Therapy Centre on diamond Schottkey diode for ion-beam therapy microdosimetry
Japan Atomic Energy Agency and CEA Saclay on super-thin diamond membrane detectors
GSI Helmholtzzentrum Darmstadt on radiation hardness of pixelated diamond beam monitor
 included in one Japanese Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research project as a foreign expert
 learned to operate two particle accelerators (6 MV Van de Graaf and 1 MV Tandetron)
 participated in regular maintenance and small repair tasks on accelerators and related equipment
 reported progress on four international conferences (two oral and two poster contributions) and several workshops
 published fifteen scientific papers (three first-author) in top-tier journals (best IF 5.578)
 member of the organizing committee of 22nd International Conference on Ion Beam Analysis
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Associate, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb
Physics and Biophysics (undergraduate course), 80 hours per year
2012 -
Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
General Physics 1, 2, 3 and 4 (undergraduate course)
2006 - 2008
EDUCATION
PhD, University of Zagreb, Nuclear Physics Course
2015
Cumulative GPA: 5.00/5.00 (on a 1 to 5 scale, 5 being the highest)
MSc, University of Zagreb, Research Physics Course
Cumulative GPA: 4.98/5.00
2010
Specific courses of interest:
 SPIRIT Tutorial on Live Cell Micro Irradiation organised by the UNIBW München and Université Bordeaux,
Lisbon, Portugal
2012
 IAEA Regional Training course on characterization of cultural heritage objects by using nuclear application
techniques, Ankara, Turkey
2011
 SPIRIT Training Course on Ion Implantation and Irradiation, Dresden, Germany
2011
 Medical Physics, undergraduate course at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
2008
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Ruder Boskovic Institute Award for the best scientific work among doctorate students
French Embassy/RBI Fellowship
Faculty Board Award for Excellence (awarded to the best student in generation on each course)
The Rotary Club Zagreb Fellowship
The Zlata Bartl Foundation Felloship
The Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports Fellowship
2015
2013
2008
2008
2008
2004
LANGUAGES
Professional working proficiency in English and Croatian, basic knowledge of German.
IT SKILLS
Proficiency in data analysis with MS Excel, OriginPro, and Matlab; skilled user of MS Powerpoint; programming skills in
Python and R; ion beam analysis software SIMNRA and GUPIX; simulation software MRIVIEW, COMSOL, TRIM; image
processing with Inkscape; design with SOLIDWORKS
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Professionally playing basketball until two years ago. Then moved to FIBA 3X3 basketball tournaments that are organised
around the world with the aim of promoting this relatively new urban team sport. Still hoping to represent Croatia in 2020
Summer Olympics when 3X3 basketball should take part in the official Olympic programme.
REFERENCES
Tomihiro Kamiya, PhD, Senior Principal Researcher, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Takasaki, Japan
e-mail: kamiya.tomihiro@jaea.go.jp
Giulio Magrin, PhD, MedAustron Ion Beam Therapy and Research Centre, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
e-mail: giulio.magrin@medaustron.at
Michal Pomorski, PhD, Diamond Sensors Laboratory, CEA-LIST, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
e-mail: michal.pomorski@cea.fr
Milko Jaksic, PhD, Head of the Division of Experimental Physics, Ruder Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
e-mail: mjaksic@irb.hr
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
1.
V. Grilj, N. Skukan, M. Jakšić, M. Pomorski, W. Kada, T. Kamiya, and T. Ohshima; The evaluation of radiation
damage parameter for CVD diamond, Nucl. Instr. And Meth. B, 2016
2.
J. Forneris, P. Traina, D. G. Monticone, G.Amato, L. Boarino, G. Brida, I. P. Degiovanni, E. Enrico, E. Moreva, V.
Grilj, N. Skukan, M. Jakšić, M. Genovese, and P. Olivero; Electrical simulation of non-classical photon emission
from diamond colour centers by means of sub-superficial graphitic electrodes, Sci. Rep., 2015
3.
N. Barbero, J. Forneris, V. Grilj, M. Jakšić, J. Räisänen, A. Simon, N. Skukan, and E. Vittone; Degradation of the
charge collection efficiency of an n-type Fz silicon diode subjected to MeV proton irradiation, Nucl. Instr. and
Meth. B, 2015
4.
C. Verona, G. Magrin, P. Solevi, V. Grilj, M. Jakšić, R. Mayer, M. Marinelli, and G. Verona-Rinati; Spectroscopic
properties and radiation damage investigation of a diamond based Shottky diode for ion-beam therapy
microdosimetry, J. Appl. Phys., 2015
5.
W. Kada, N. Iwamoto, T. Satoh, S. Onoda, V. Grilj, N. Skukan, M. Koka, T. Ohshima, M. Jakšić, T. Kamiya;
Continuous observation of polarization effects in thin SC-CVD diamond detector designed for heavy ion
microbeam measurement, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B, 2014
6.
L. Grassi, J. Forneris, D. Torresi, L. Acosta, A. Di Pietro, P. Figuera, M. Fisichella, V. Grilj, M. Jakšić, M. Lattuada, T.
Mijatović, M. Milin, L. Prepolec, N. Skukan, N. Soić, V. Tokić, and M. Uroić; Study of the inter-strip gap effects on
the response of Double Sided Silicon Strip Detectors using proton micro-beams, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A, 2014
7.
J. Pietraszko, T. Galatyuk, V. Grilj, W. Koenig, S. Spataro, and M. Träger; Radiation damage in single crystal CVD
diamond material investigated with a high current relativistic 197Au beam, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A, 2014
8.
V. Grilj, N. Skukan, M. Pomorski, W. Kada, N. Iwamoto, T. Kamiya, T. Ohshima, and M. Jakšić; An ultra-thin
diamond membrane as a transmission particle detector and vacuum window for external microbeams, Appl.
Phys. Lett., 2013
9.
N. Iwamoto, T. Makino, W. Kada, N. Skukan, M. Pomorski, V. Grilj, M. Jakšić, S. Onoda, T. Ohshima i T. Kamiya;
Charge Collection Characteristics of A Super-Thin Diamond Membrane Detector Measured With High-Energy
Heavy Ions, IEEE Trans. on Nucl. Sci., 2014
10. N. Skukan, V. Grilj, and M. Jakšić; CVD diamond as a position sensitive detector using charge carrier transition
time, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B, 2013
11. V. Grilj, N. Skukan, M. Jakšić, W. Kada, and T. Kamiya; Irradiation of thin diamond detectors and radiation
hardness tests using MeV protons, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B, 2013
12. J. Forneris, V. Grilj, M. Jakšić, A. Lo Giudice, P. Olivero, F. Picollo, N. Skukan, C. Verona, G. Verona-Rinati, and E.
Vittone; IBIC characterization of an ion-beam-micromachined multi-electrode diamond detector, Nucl. Instr.
and Meth. B, 2013
13. M. Jakšić, V. Grilj, N. Skukan, M. Majer, H. K. Jung, J. Y. Kim, and N. H. Lee; Comparison of proton microbeam and
gamma irradiation for the radiation hardness testing of silicon PIN diodes, JINST, 2013
14. J. Forneris, V. Grilj, M. Jakšić, P. Olivero, F. Picollo, N. Skukan, C. Verona, Verona-Rinati, and E. Vittone;
Measurement and modelling of anomalous polarity pulses in a multi-electrode diamond detector, Europhys.
Lett., 2013
15. S. Josef Golubić, A. Sušac, V. Grilj, D. Ranken, R. Huonker, J. Haueisen, and Supek; Size matters: MEG empirical
and simulation study on source localization of the earliest visual activity in the occipital cortex, MBEC 2011