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EMPIR project coordinator given lifetime achievement award for mercury research
This award was established in 2011 to celebrate and recognise individuals who have made extraordinary lifetime achievements in mercury research, mentoring, or contributions to governmental policy and public outreach. At the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP) 2019 in Krakow EMPIR Project Coordinator Milena Horvat from the Jožef Stefan Institute was awarded the Life Achievement Award for mercury research.
How to keep your citizen science volunteers motivated?
Does your research include citizen science and use of novel emerging low-cost technologies? In our review article, we explore how to keep citizen science volunteers committed in long-term participation.
Sampling of marine and Soča/Idrijca Rivers
Marine waters in Gulf of Trieste with Soča/Idrijca river systems are very interesting for mercury research as area include world second biggest Hg mine in Idrija and its influence area, influences of World War I. from upper Soča valley, and cement industry in lower Soča flow.
Prof. dr. Milena Horvat is in President Borut Pahor's permanent advisory committee on climate policy
Advisory committee on climate policy has called on the government to take all necessary measures for efficient and timely action against climate change. The committee proposes the government make a plan for post-epidemic economic recovery with a focus on investment in sustainable development.
Sampling and measurements of different Hg forms in Anhovo Cement Plant flue gases
First week after short New Year holidays, co-workers from the Department of Environmental Sciences, dr. Jože Kotnik, dr. Igor Živković, and Jan Gačnik performed sampling and measurement of different mercury fractions in flue gases of the Cement Plant Anhovo. Work was conducted within planned field samplings of the MercOx project.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks – FoodTraNet accepted for founding!
FoodTraNet (Advanced research and Training Network in Food quality, safety and security) accepted for funding.
Dr. Lapanje's Living protective coating among the most visible achievements of the past year
We are proud to announce that the selection of the most visible achievements of the past year – Excellent in Science 2020, carried out by members of the Scientific Research Councils of various scientific fields, includes the achievement of dr. Aleš Lapanje from the Department of Environmental Sciences, JSI.
Reactor snowflakes are grown from nucleus
Of course snowflakes or snow crystals don’t have nuclei in the traditional, biological way, but they all do form around one single particle whether that’s a speck of dust or a piece of pollen.
We are on the cover of Quaternary Research
Members of the Group of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Polona Vreča and Sonja Lojen, co-authored a paper on the origin and characteristics of the sediment of Lake Futalaufquen with colleagues from the Atomic Centre Bariloche and CONICET Scientific and Technological Centre of Northern Patagonia, Argentina.
Postdoctoral fellowships under Erasmus + EUTOPIA Project
The EUTOPIA European University is pleased to announce the opening of 20 post-doctoral fellowships, within the EUTOPIA Science and Innovation Fellowships Programme (EUTOPIA-SIF).
Printed edition of Special Issue “Use of Water Stable Isotopes in Hydrological Process” published
The Special Issue reprint book edited by P. Vreča and Z. Kern has been published online and is freely accessible on the MDPI Books platform.
New doctors of science
Congratulations to dr. Dafina Kikaj and dr. Matic Bergant, our new doctors of science.
Article about Food Authenticity chosen to be one of the TOP
Prof. dr. Nives Ogrinc and dr. Bor Krajnc were invited to present their article on the TOPobjave on Metina lista page.
Radiological monitoring of the Krško Nuclear Power Plant in 2019
The Department of Environmental Sciences importantly contributes towards assessments of the radiological impact of the Krško NPP by provision of state-of-the-art accredited analytical services for the determination of tritium, C-14 and Sr-90 in different sample matrices from the environment and Krško NPP effluents.
Dietary habits of Slovenian inland and coastal primiparous on fatty acid composition of milk samples
Fatty acid (FA) composition of mature human milk samples from an inland and a coastal area in Slovenia were investigated.
Evaluating Slovenia’s policy on the health of children and adolescents: results of an audit
"We have found that due to poor intersectoral coordination and weak associations between available environmental and health indicators, no clear evidence could be established that the child and adolescent policy contributed to positive changes in child and adolescent health from 2012 to 2019."
MOOC Essential Radiochemistry for Society
Together with MEET-CINCH project partners we have developed MOOC Essential Radiochemistry for Society. If you are interested please enrol here.
Seasonal glyphosate and AMPA levels in urine of children and adolescents from Northeastern Slovenia
This first estimation of glyphosate and its metabolit AMPA exposure in Slovenian population showed much lower levels when compared to those reported in similar studies worldwide.
Falling Walls Foundation
On November 9th the digital event will be organized to present and review scientific breakthroughs of the world's most demanding challenges.
IAEA Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme
The programme encourages young women to pursue a career in nuclear science and technology, nuclear safety and security.
50th Krka Awards
Krka Awards Fund Board selected work of Luka Skeledžija and Kris Flajs among the best research assignments.
Isoscapes of the annual mean precipitation tritium activity in the Adriatic–Pannonian region
Tritium is an important tracer in hydrological sciences and a prerequisite for its applications is to know the spatial and temporal changes of tritium activity in precipitation.
Do we have the tools to see where our bottled water comes from?
Not all bottled water is equal, neither in its elemental, nor in its isotope composition. We determined where the bottled water we drink originates from and does it really comply with all the standards put in place.
Open position for a Ph.D. student fellowship
The Department of Environmental Sciences at the Jožef Stefan Institute is seeking for an outstanding, highly motivated candidate interested in pursuing Ph.D. research in the framework of the BIOTRISEP project on the Cost-efficient separation of tritium from the water with bio-based systems.
Freshwater Ecosystems under Anthropogenic Stress: Water journal invitation
Water invites authors to provide innovative original full articles, critical reviews and timely short communications and to propose special issues devoted to new technological and scientific domains and to interdisciplinary approaches of the water cycles.
Start of 2.5 MEUR EU-H2020 project A-CINCH
Jožef Stefan Institute and 16 other partners will develop novel educational and training tools in nuclear and radiochemistry. The project is coordinated by the Czech Technical University and will last 3 years.
Joint speciation Hg measurements in flue gasses of the Marl ChemiPark Power Plant
In the week between 20. and 25. September co-workers on MercOx project performed joint speciation Hg measurements in flue gases of the Marl ChemiPark Power Plant, which has installed electrostatic precipitators and wet flue-gas desulphurisation system.
We have two new doctors of science
Congratulations to dr. Marta Jagodic and dr. Doris Potočnik, our employees, who recently became the doctors of science.
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The Department of Environmental Sciences encompasses a broad range of research activities, diverse and varied as the environment itself.
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