Biljana Krüger
Associate Professor
+43 512 507-54614
Biljana.Krueger@uibk.ac.at
52fO112 (Bruno-Sander-Haus, 1st floor)
Publications » (extracted from FLD)
Researcher profiles
Orcid
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2025-6460
Web of Science
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/J-9001-2019
Researchgate
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Biljana-Krueger
Academic career
since 2024
Associate Professor, Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, University of Innsbruck
2018–2024
Assistant Professor, Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, University of Innsbruck
2015–2018
Erica Cremer fellowship of the University of Innsbruck
2014–2015
maternity leave
2008–2014
Research Assistant (post-doc), Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland
2004–2008
Research Assistant (PhD student), Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, University of Innsbruck
Degrees
2023
Habilitation (Priv.-Doz.) Venia docendi for Mineralogy and Crystallography. Habilitation thesis: Examples of Structural Studies in Mineralogical Crystallography
2004–2008
PhD studies (Dr. rer. nat.) University of Innsbruck. Dissertation: Crystal chemistry, phase transitions and high-pressure behaviour
of AO-X2O3 phases (A: Ca, Sr, Ba; X: Al, Ga)
1996–2003
Studies of Mineralogy and Crystallography (Dipl. Engineer) at University of Belgrade, Serbia. Thesis: Neutron powder diffraction analysis of H3PW12O40·6D2O in temperature range 259↔1.5 K
Current roles
since 2023
Representative of Mineralogical Association of Austria (ÖMG) by International Mineralogical Association (IMA)
since 2022
Member of The Austrian National Committee for Crystallography (NCK) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
since 2022
Mineralogical Association of Austria (ÖMG), committee member
Research interest
- crystallography of new minerals
- applied mineralogy, gemstones
- disorder phenomena in crystal structures
- experimental studies of structural phase transitions
- patents & intellectual property
Award
2024
Forschungspreis der Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse
Teaching
- Metals and Alloys (Master Level)
- Experimental studies of phase transitions (Master Level)
- Fundamentals of Geoinformatics (Bachelor level)
- Applied Geoinformatics (Bachelor level)
- Crystallography: diffraction methods (Master Level)
- Lab Practice on diffraction methods (Master Level)
- Exercises: Crystallography I+II (Bachelor level)
Mentoring
- 4 PhD students (co-mentoring)
- 4 MSc students (co-mentoring)
- 22 BSc students