Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering
Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering is primarily invested in chemical (process) engineering, reactor and unit operation design and construction, as well as multi-scale process modelling. The Department topics foremost include carbon dioxide and natural gas conversion, hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, biomass valorisation to bio-based compounds, and (bio)pharmaceutical processes.

Co-workers
Researchers
- dr. Filipa Alexandra Andre Vicente
- dr. Monika Arnič
- dr. David Bajec
- dr. Miša Mojca Cajnko
- dr. Barbara Golja
- izr. prof. dr. Miha Grilc
- dr. Brigita Hočevar
- doc. dr. Matej Huš
- dr. Stanislav Iakushkin
- dr. Edita Jasiukaityte Grojzdek
- dr. Mirica Karlovits
- dr. Igor Karlovits
- dr. Sabina Kolbl Repinc
- dr. Andrii Kostyniuk
- doc. dr. Ana Kroflič
- dr. Vesna Kuralt
- izr. prof. dr. Blaž Likozar
- dr. Nina Lokar
- dr. Yufei Ma
- dr. Katja Makovšek
- dr. Khaja Mohaideen Kamal Musthafa
- doc. dr. Uroš Novak
- dr. Ana Oberlintner
- doc. dr. Ilja Gasan Osojnik Črnivec
- dr. Ondrej Panak
- dr. Matic Pavlin
- dr. Andraž Pavlišič
- dr. Anže Prašnikar
- dr. Tina Ročnik
- prof. dr. Blaž Stres
- dr. Janvit Teržan
- dr. Giorgio Tofani
- dr. Anja Verbič
- dr. Jure Voglar
Emeritus Professors
Young Researchers
- Assya Bellaadem
- Tamara Bizjak
- Tomislav Blagec
- Anej Blažič
- Lennart Dreisewerd
- Maja Gabrič
- Marko Gabrovšek
- Sergey Girshevich
- Matic Grom
- Marcell Gyurač
- Yasmeen Iqbal
- Ana Jakob
- Dimitrij Ješič
- Timofey Karnaukhov
- Bahador Kazemi
- Aleksa Kojčinović
- Ajda Kunavar
- Žan Lavrič
- Luca Maffei
- Dana Marinič
- Jakov Stjepan Pavelić
- Rok Pogorevc
- Emilija Rakić Krstić
- Alen Rupnik
- Jan Šiler Hudoklin
- Vojtěch Škopek
- Sunčica Srzentić
- Katja Vodlan
- Leon Žagar
- Aleksandra Zamljen
- Taja Žibert
- Matej Žula
Technical Staff
Representative Publications
1. HUŠ Matej, GRILC Miha, TERŽAN Janvit, GYERGYEK Sašo, LIKOZAR Blaž, HELLMAN, Anders. Going beyond silver in ethylene epoxidation with first-principles catalyst screening. Angewandte Chemie, 2023, 62, 31, e202305804
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.202305804
2. HOČEVAR Brigita, PRAŠNIKAR Anže, HUŠ Matej, GRILC Miha, LIKOZAR Blaž. H2‐Free Re‐Based Catalytic Dehydroxylation of Aldaric Acid to Muconic and Adipic Acid Esters. Angewandte Chemie, 2021, 60, 1244-1253.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.202010035
3. OBERLINTNER Ana, SHVALYA Vasyl, SANTHOSH Neelakandan M., KOŠIČEK Martin, JERMAN Ivan, HUŠ Matej, CVELBAR Uroš, NOVAK Uroš, LIKOZAR Blaž. Janus nanocellulose membrane by nitrogen plasma: Hydrophilicity to hydrophobicity selective switch.Carbohydrate Polymers, 2024, 345, 122558.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0144861724007847
4. LAVRIČ Žan, TERŽAN Janvit, KROFLIČ Ana, ZAVAŠNIK Janez, OLSZÓWKA Joanna E., VAJDA Štefan, HUŠ Matej, GRILC Miha, LIKOZAR Blaž. Selective glucose oxidation to glucaric acid using bimetallic catalysts: lattice expansion or electronic structure effect? Applied catalysis. B, Environmental. 2024, 343, 123455
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926337323010986
5. VICENTE Filipa A., HREN Robert, NOVAK Uroš, ČUČEK Lidija, LIKOZAR Blaž, VUJANOVIĆ Annamaria. Energy demand distribution and environmental impact assessment of chitosan production from shrimp shells. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2024, 192, 114204.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032123010626
6. OGRIZEK Monika, GREGORIČ Asta, IVANČIČ Matic, CONTINI Daniele, SKUBE Urša, VIDOVIĆ Kristijan, BELE Marjan, ŠALA Martin, KLANJŠEK GUNDE Marta, RIGLER Martin, MENART Eva, KROFLIČ Ana. Characterization of fresh PM deposits on calcareous stone surfaces : seasonality, source apportionment and soiling potential. Science of the total environment. 2023, 856, 159012.