Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana

Who we are?

Microprocess Engineering Research Group

We are a research-focused department at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. Our team works on cutting-edge chemical engineering challenges, from sustainable processes to advanced materials and reaction engineering. We combine experiments and simulations to tackle real-world environmental and industrial problems. Collaboration and innovation drive everything we do, making our research impactful and globally relevant.

Wha are we doing?

Field of research

  • Transport phenomena

  • Biotransformations

  • Nanomaterial synthesis and application

  • Green solvents

  • Downstream Processes

  • Liquid-liquid extraction with organic solvents

  • Integrated processes

Latest Invited Lectures

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P. Žnidaršič Plazl

Immobilized biocatalysts in miniaturized flow systems (keynote lecture). The 14th International Conference on Protein Stabilization 2025: ProtStab 2025.

21.09.2025 – 24.09.2025
Timişoara, Romania

P. Žnidaršič Plazl

Immobilized Enzyme Microreactors for Sustainable Valorization of Biobased Materials. European Biotechnology Congress 2025.

11.09.2025 – 13.09.2025
Tirana, Albania

I. Plazl

Parallel-plate microbioreactors. European Biotechnology Congress 2025.

11.09.2025 – 13.09.2025
Tirana, Albania

Latest Publications

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T. Menegatti, Ž. Lavrič, P. Hlebanja, P. Žnidaršič-Plazl. Microfluidics-based generation and immobilization of nanoscale cross-linked enzyme aggregates for continuous transamination. Chem. Eng. J. 2025, 523, 168865168865.

DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.168865

M. Božinović, M. Jereb, B. Šketa, A. Gaber, M. Seručnik, J. Košmrlj, P. Žnidaršič-Plazl. Development of sustainable biocatalytic furfurylamine production in a magnetic field-assisted microfluidic reactor. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2025, 13 (38), 15887-15896.

DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c04752

H. Potočnik, Y. Šmigoc, I. Plazl, P. Žnidaršič-Plazl, R. Ambrožič. Model-based design of a microfluidic pervaporation device for intensified VOC separation. Sep. Purif. Technol. 2025, 378 (3), 134795.

DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2025.134795

Latest Events

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IMTB 2024 Conference

19.05.2024 – 22.05.2024

IMTB 2022 Conference

05.06.2022 – 08.06.2022

IMTB 2019 Conference

19.05.2019 – 22.05.2019

Latest Awards

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Krka Prize (Krka d.d., Slovenia) for the Master thesis “Immobilisation of Glucose Oxidase into Cross-Linked Enzyme Aggregates Using Microfluidic System”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Polona Žnidaršič Plazl, 2025

Žiga Gerdina
2025

Congress Ambassador of Slovenia (Slovenian Convention Bureau), 2024

Prof. Dr. Polona Žnidaršič Plazl
2024

Maks Samec award (Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana) for the Doctoral dissertation “Biocatatalyst immobilization in hydrogels and their application in a two-plate microreactor”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Polona Žnidaršič Plazl, 2024

Dr. Tadej Menegatti
2024