In the school year 2022/23, we have started the research activity "Let's become a scientist" at Vodice Primary School, where we investigate the characteristics of the environment through observation and sensor technologies - we observe and measure noise, air quality, heat distribution in space, and study how all these factors affect our health and well-being.
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.
At the ceremony in Cankarjev dom, 15 awards and recognitions of the Republic of Slovenia were awarded for outstanding scientific research and development achievements.
At O-2 we celebrated the addition of a new research infrastructure - the Orbitrap mass spectrometer and renovated laboratories - with a ceremonial opening.
The Department of Environmental Sciences has acquired new infrastructural equipment that will enable detailed analysis of harmful substances in the environment, food, and biological samples.
On 8th December 2022 at the European Parliament, there was a launch of the European Ocen Research and Education Alliance (EOREA) - a historic collaboration on European Ocean Research & Education.
In the field of interdisciplinary sciences, the recognition went to the article "Assessment of susceptibility to phthalate and DINCH exposure through CYP and UGT single nucleotide polymorphisms" by dr. Anja Stajnko and her colleagues from the Department of Environmental Sciences.
The achievement entitled "New-age organic pollutants - how can we control them with algae?" was selected among the selection of achievements Excellent in Science 2022 in the field of medicine.
Prof. dr. Milena Horvat was a guest on the Slovenska kronika show on Slovenian national television.
The paper on Individual-Level Exposure Assessment to Airborne Particulate Matter during Periods of Atmospheric Thermal Inversion by Rok Novak, Tjaša Kanduč, and David Kocman was featured on the main page of the Sensors journal, recognizing the importance of the paper in the field.
Department of Environmental Sciences of the JSI has successfully participated in the Certification of trace elements and methylmercury mass fractions in Fish Flesh Homogenate IAEA-407A.
Young researcher Žan Rekar won the Mikro+Polo 2023 Promoter of Science award.