Background
Kamenar, Boris was born on February 20, 1929 in Susak-Rijeka, Croatia. Son of Vitomir K. and Katarina (Skitarelic) Kamenar.
Kamenar, Boris was born on February 20, 1929 in Susak-Rijeka, Croatia. Son of Vitomir K. and Katarina (Skitarelic) Kamenar.
Diploma in Chemical Technology, University Zagreb, Croatia, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University Zagreb, Croatia, 1960. Postdoctoral fellow, University Oxford, United Kingdom, 1964.
Head of testing laboratory Metal Factory and Foundry, Rijeka, Croatia, 1953-1956. Research scientist Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, 1956-1962. Professor University Zagreb, 1972-1999, professor emeritus, since 1999.
Head department chemistry Faculty of Science, Zagreb, 1965-1966, university postgraduate study in chemistry, 1972-1980, dean faculty of science, 1976-1978, head laboratory of general and inorganic chemistry, 1982-1984. Visiting fellow All Souls College, Oxford, 1971-1972. Visiting professor University Auckland, New Zealand, 1980, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 1989-1990, 95.
With Croatian partizans, 1943-1945. Member Croatian Chemical Society (president 1976-1980), European Crystallographic Committee (president 1978-1981), Croatian Crystallographic Association (president 1992-2006), Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (foreign secretary 2000-2004).
Married Maja Perusko, September 16, 1953. 1 child, Vedrana.