Zvonimir Katančić was born on December 10, 1980 in Zagreb, where he completed primary and secondary school. He graduated from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology at the University of Zagreb in 2005. In January 2006 he was employed at the Ekonerg Institute in Zagreb and from October 2006 to May 2007 he worked as an expert at the Environmental Protection Agency. Since June 2007 he has been working as a research assistant at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology at the University of Zagreb in the Department of Polymer Engineering and Organic Chemical Technology. He defended his dissertation entitled "The influence of modified nanofillers on the thermal stability of polystyrene nanocomposites" in 2013 under the supervision of Prof. Zlata Hrnjak-Murgić, PhD.
He was appointed Assistant Professor in March 2019 and Associate Professor in April 2024.
His scientific activity focuses on the research of polymer materials and polymer (nano)composites,the development of functional properties of polymer materials and nanocomposites, such as the reduction of flammability, photocatalytic activity, improvement of barrier properties of food packaging; he researches the recycling of polymer materials as well as electrically conductive polymers and their application in wearable electronics.
On two occasions he spent a total of five months at the University of Auckland, Faculty of Science in Auckland, New Zealand. As an author and co-author, he has published one scientific book, one book chapter, 43 scientific papers in journals cited in tertiary publications, one paper in journals cited in secondary publications, and 12 papers in proceedings of international scientific conferences. He has presented 71 papers at international and national conferences. He was the leader of one installation research project and a collaborator in two research projects of the Croatian Science Foundation. He was a collaborator in two projects financed by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport and in one project financed by the European Structural and Investment Fund.

J. Papac Zjačić, Z. Katančić, M. Kovačić, H. Kušić, Z. Hrnjak-Murgić, D. Dionysiou, Dionysios, P. Karamanis, A. Lončarić Božić, Fragmentation of polypropylene into microplastics promoted by photo-aging; release of metals, toxicity and inhibition of biodegradability, Science of Total Environment, 935 (2024) 173344, SCI-EXP; IF=8.2 (2023), Q1

I. Ivanišević, M. Kovačić, M. Zubak, A. Ressler, S. Krivačić, Z. Katančić, I. Gudan Pavlović, P. Kassal, Amphiphilic Silver Nanoparticles for Inkjet-Printable Conductive Inks, Nanomaterials, 12(23) (2022) 4252, SCI-EXP; IF=4.4 (2022), Q2

L. Fiket, M. Božičević, L. Brkić, P. Žagar, A. Horvat, Z. Katančić, Intrinsically Stretchable Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Conducting Polymer Film for Flexible Electronics, Polymers, 14(12) (2022) 2340, SCI-EXP; IF=5.0 (2022), Q1

I. Kremer, T. Tomić, Z. Katančić, M. Erceg, S. Papuga, J. Parlov Vuković, D. R. Schneider, Catalytic pyrolysis and kinetic study of real-world waste plastics: multi-layered and mixed resin types of plastics, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 24(2) (2022) 677-693, SCI-EXP; IF=4.3 (2022), Q2

Z. Katančić, W-T. Chen, G. I. N. Waterhouse, H. Kušić, A. Lončarić Božić, Z. Hrnjak-Murgić,  J. Travas-Sejdic, Solar-active photocatalysts based on TiO2 and conductive polymer PEDOT for the removal of bisphenol A, Journal of photochemistry and photobiology A-Chemistry, 396 (2020) 112546, SCI-EXP; IF=4.291 (2020), Q2

A. Rešček, Z. Katančić, Lj. Kratofil Krehula, M. Ščetar, Z. Hrnjak-Murgić, K. Galić, Development of Double-Layered PE/PCL Films for Food Packaging Modified with Zeolite and Magnetite Nanoparticles, Advances in Polymer Technology, 37(3) (2018) 837-842, SCI-EXP; IF=2.663(2018), Q3

Z. Katančić, J. Travaš-Sejdić, Z. Hrnjak-Murgić, Study of flammability and thermal properties of high-impact polystyrene nanocomposites, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 96(12) (2011) 2104-2111, SCI-EXP; IF=2.769(2018), Q1

Molecular Tailoring of Stretchable and Healable Conductive Polymers for Wearable Electronics  (SHaPes), UIP-2019-04-8304,  Croatian Science Foundation, 2020-2025,  leader

Microplastics in water; fate and behavior and removal (ReMiCRO), IP-2020-02-6033, Croatian Science Foundation, 2020-2024, associate (PI: Ana Lončarić Božić)

Development of Photocatalytic Polymer Nanocomposites for Wastewater Treatment (DePoNPhoto),  IP-11-2013-5092, Croatian Science Foundation, 2014-2018, associate (PI: dr. Zlata Hrnjak Murgić)