Karla Banjac

Karla Banjac has a long and varied work experience. In 2022, they began working as a Scientist at Terray Therapeutics. From 2017 to 2021, they worked at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) as a Doctoral Researcher, Student Supervisor, and Teaching Assistant. During this time, they established a research line on electrocatalysis, assisted in the installation of an EC-STM set-up, initiated an upgrade of a Raman spectroscopy set-up, and installed an in-situ Raman set-up. Karla also collected data using 8 experimental techniques. In 2016, they worked at KU Leuven as an Undergraduate Research Fellow, where they contributed to the development of the first graphene-based field-effect sensor based on host-guest supramolecular chemistry. Karla also performed STM and Raman spectroscopy studies of each sensor component, sensor fabrication steps, sensor sensitivity, and sensor response time, and obtained the first results ever on the characterization of trimesic acid/coronene host-guest system on graphene.

Karla Banjac has a varied educational background. From 2008 to 2012, they attended Gymnasium Karlovac. From 2012 to 2015, they earned a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Chemistry from the University of Zagreb/Sveuciliste u Zagrebu. From 2015 to 2017, they earned a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Nanoengineering from KU Leuven. Finally, from 2017 to 2021, they are currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Physics from EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne).