News

As of June 30, 2025, the O2 Department of the Jožef Stefan Institute has successfully obtained two new Calibration and Measurement Capabilities (CMCs), bringing the total number of published CMCs to 32.

Join us for the O2 Seminar on 17 June 2026, at 13:00 in the O2 Lecture Room. Dr. Jože Kotnik will present the Department's drone and its applications in environmental research, followed by a live outdoor demonstration.

Dr. Eirini Andreasidou and Dr. Maria Laimou Geraniou, researchers at the Department of Environmental Sciences of the Jožef Stefan Institute, are among the recipients of the 56th Krka Awards in 2026.

On Monday, 26 October 2026, at 13:00, Dr Emina Kristina Petrović, Associate Professor at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, will give an O2 seminar entitled “From Materials to Mindsets: driving knowledge and behaviour change with building materials”. 

On 17 October 2026, the ELME group of the Jožef Stefan Institute participated in the Open Day of the Volunteer Fire Brigade Cerklje na Gorenjskem.

At the upcoming O2 Seminar, Jure Ftičar will introduce GeoNode, an open-source platform designed to support the management, documentation, sharing, and analysis of spatial data.

Prof. Dr Nives Ogrinc has edited Advances in Stable Isotopes, a special issue of TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry a leading international journal in analytical chemistry. The special issue brings together 16 papers on advances in isotope measurement and applications across environmental science, food authenticity, ecology, health, archaeology and forensic science. 

We are pleased to welcome our new colleague, Ivana Drventić, to the ISO-FOOD Center. She joins our research team with expertise in atmospheric chemistry, analytical chemistry, and the transformation of organic pollutants in the atmosphere.

We are delighted to announce that Helena Plešnik has successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on the application of advanced chromatographic techniques in the fields of environmental health and pharmacotherapy.

We are pleased to invite you to an upcoming O2 Seminar featuring Dr. Luca Fredianelli, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Chemical-Physical Processes of the Italian National Research Council (CNR).

The Department of Environmental Sciences (O2) has enjoyed an exceptionally successful year so far, with four doctoral dissertation defences showcasing the department's excellence in environmental research, food science, sustainability, and public policy.

In June 2026, a scientific visit from Brazil to the Jožef Stefan Institute not only advanced collaboration in nuclear analytical techniques, but also further strengthened the inter-institutional and bilateral ties between Slovenia and the Brazilian Embassy in Ljubljana.