Awards
Dr. Tadej Menegatti
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
2024
Award for the best teacher of the year in Chemical engineering studies, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, 2023
2023
Rector’s first prize for the best innovation in the Researchers’ category for the project “Stablezyme”, University of Ljubljana, 2022
2022
Prof. Dr. Igor Plazl
Fulbright Grant (U.S. Department of State), 2003
2003
Prof. Dr. Polona Žnidaršič Plazl
Congress Ambassador of Slovenia (Slovenian Convention Bureau), 2024
2024
Rector’s first prize for the best innovation in the Researchers’ category for the project “Stablezyme”, University of Ljubljana, 2022
2022
“Prof. Mariapia Viola-Magni EBTNA Award” (EBTNA) for the best oral presentation at the European Biotechnology Congress, Valencia, Spain, 2019
2019
“Prof. Mariapia Viola-Magni EBTNA Award” (EBTNA) for the second-best oral presentation at the European Biotechnology Congress, Athens, Greece, 2018
2018
Fulbright Grant (U.S. Department of State), 2014
2014
Maks Samec award for the popularization of studies (Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana), 2013
2013
Borut Šketa
The best poster award for the poster “One-step amine transaminase purification and aggregation in a microfluidic system” (authors: B. Šketa, M. Božinović, P. Žnidaršič Plazl) at the Italian Flow Chemistry Symposium, Milano, 27-28th November 2023
2023
Mojca Seručnik
Krka Prize (Krka d.d., Slovenia) for the Diploma thesis “Stability of double- and single-stranded oligonucleotides and minor groove recognition by antibiotics”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jurij Lah, 2007
2007
Žiga Gerdina
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
2025
Andrej Pohar
Maks Samec award (Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana) for the Doctoral dissertation “Chemical process intensification by miniaturization”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Igor Plazl, 2012
2012
Blaž Regina
Krka Prize (Krka d.d., Slovenia) for the Master thesis “Development of continuous synthesis and extraction of selected active pharmaceutical ingredient”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Polona Žnidaršič Plazl, 2019
2019
Brigita Hočevar
Prešeren Award for students (Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana) for the Master thesis “Application of deep eutectic solvents for enzymatic reactions in a microreactor”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Polona Žnidaršič Plazl, 2015
2015
Eva Terbovšek
Prešeren Award for Students (Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana) for the Diploma thesis: “Purification of R-phycoerythrin in a microfluidic system with an integrated ultrafiltration”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Polona Žnidaršič Plazl, 2020
2020
Gorazd Stojkovič
The reward for the contribution to the sustainable development of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene Human Resources Development and Scholarship Fund) for the publication: G. Stojkovič, P. Žnidaršič Plazl. Immobilization of yeast cells within microchannels of different materials. Acta Chim. Slov., 2010, 57: 144-149, 2011
2011
Luka Tacer
Krka Prize (Krka d.d., Slovenia) for the Master thesis “Enzyme immobilisation on magnetic microparticles for continuous transamination in a microreactor using deep eutectic solvents”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Polona Žnidaršič Plazl, 2024
2024
Prešeren Award for Students (Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana) for the Master thesis: “Enzyme immobilisation on magnetic microparticles for continuous transamination in a microreactor using deep eutectic solvents”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Polona Žnidaršič Plazl, 2024
2024
Marijan Bajić
Ad Futura scholarship for students from Western Balkans, 2014
2014
Marina Cvjetko Bubalo
Annual award (Croatian Biotechnology Foundation) for the Doctoral dissertation: Synthesis, application in biotransformations and cytotoxicity of selected imidazolium-based ionic liquids; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jasna Vorkapić Furač, Co-supervisor: Prof. Dr. Polona Žnidaršič Plazl, 2012
2012
Annual award for young scientists and artists of Croatia (The society of university teachers, scholars and other scientists – Zagreb, Croatia) for the publication: M. Cvjetko, J. Vorkapić-Furač, P. Žnidaršič Plazl. Isoamyl acetate synthesis in imidazolium-based ionic liquids using packed bed enzyme microreactor. Process Biochem., 2012, 47: 1344-1350, 2012
2012
Nataša Miložič
Maks Samec award (Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana) for the Doctoral dissertation “Enzyme-catalyzed transamination in microreactor systems”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Igor Plazl, 2018
2018
Samo Sotlar
Prešeren Award for Students (Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana) for the Master thesis: “Development of a magnetic field-assisted microfluidic device with immobilized spores of Bacillus subtilis”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Polona Žnidaršič Plazl, 2023
2023
Tilen Pilpah
Krka’s Special Praise (Krka d.d., Slovenia) for the Master thesis “Development and mathematical description of a microflow system for biocatalytic transamination products separation”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Polona Žnidaršič Plazl, 2022
2022
Prešeren Award for Students (Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana) for the Master thesis: “Development and mathematical description of a microflow system for biocatalytic transamination products separation”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Polona Žnidaršič Plazl, 2021
2021
Uroš Novak
The reward for the contribution to the sustainable development of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene Human Resources Development and Scholarship Fund) for the Diploma thesis “Enzyme-catalyzed transesterification in a packed bed microreactor”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Polona Žnidaršič Plazl, 2011
2011
Žan Lavrič
Prešeren Award for Students (Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana) for the Master thesis: “Preparation and application of cross-linked enzyme aggregates in microfluidic systems”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Polona Žnidaršič Plazl, 2022
2022
Rector’s first prize for the best innovation in the Researchers’ category for the project “Stablezyme”, University of Ljubljana, 2022
2022