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.

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.

On 4 June 2026, the Slovenian national television programme Ugriznimo znanost aired a feature titled “Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge: A Sewage Sludge Fertilisation Experiment”.

Join us from 15-19 June 2026 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, for an exciting week dedicated to analytical approaches for the detection of micro- and nanoplastics in the environment and food. 

The ELME Mobile Unit from the Jožef Stefan Institute participated in the Bogatajevi dnevi zaščite in reševanja 2026 (Bogataj Protection and Rescue Days), held from 21 to 23 May 2026, the largest Slovenian event in the field of disaster protection and rescue.

The Slovenian Office of Metrology marked Metrology Day 2026 on 20 May in Portorož, commemorating the 1875 signing of the Metre Convention in Paris, which established the foundations of the international measurement system and led to the creation of the BIPM.

You are invited to a public presentation lecture by Dr Oleg Travnikov entitled “Atmospheric Pollution Modelling: From Fundamental Research to International Environmental Policy.” The lecture will take place on Tuesday, 19 May at 9:00.