Congratulations to Bruno Mladineo, PhD!

On December 16 2025, Bruno Mladineo defended his PhD thesis:
Modelling of Complex Materials Using Machine-Learned Interatomic Potentials.

Supervised by Ivor Lončarić, Bruno employed machine-learned interatomic potentials to investigate organic molecular crystals with extreme anisotropic thermal expansion and thermosalient phase transitions, as well as femtosecond laser-induced dynamics of molecules on metallic surfaces.

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In 2021, Bruno defended his master’s thesis, also supervised by Ivor Lončarić. His master thesis dealt with the Structure and Properties of Two-Dimensional Dion-Jacobson Perovskites.

Bruno worked as a research assistant in our group at the Ruđer Bošković Institute from 2021 to 2025. He (co-)authored six scientific publications.

Congratulations to Bruno from the Modelling and Theory of Materials Group!