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.

On Wednesday, 18 November, at 13:00 in the O2 lecture room, Tea Zuliani will present the Mobile Chemistry Laboratory of the Ecological Laboratory with Mobile Unit (ELME-MCL), from its beginnings to its role in emergency response today.

Prof. Dr. Milena Horvat, Head of the Department of Environmental Sciences, has received the Zois Award for Lifetime Achievement in environmental sciences. She was honoured for her outstanding contributions to research on mercury and its impact on the environment.

Researchers from the Department of Environmental Sciences (Marko Štrok, Tjaša Žerdoner and Tea Zuliani) have co-authored a new scientific article “Multi-tributary seasonal patterns and exploratory source identification of potentially toxic elements in water and sediments: Ecological risks screening in a gold - mining river systems, Northern, Tanzania”.

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.