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

  • Biotransformations

  • Downstream Processes

  • Liquid-liquid extraction with organic solvents

  • Green solvents

  • Integrated processes

  • Nanomaterial synthesis and application

  • Transport phenomena

Latest Invited Lectures

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I. Plazl

Modeling and Design of Biocatalytic Processes in Parallel-Plate Microbioreactors. European Society of Applied Biocatalysis – ESAB Webinar on Biocatalytic Process Engineering

14.11.2025

P. Žnidaršič Plazl

Biocatalysis in Microflow Systems

24.10.2025
University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

P. Žnidaršič Plazl

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

21.09.2025 – 24.09.2025
Timişoara, Romania

Latest Publications

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D. Yordanova Apostolova, I. Bardarov, A. Ø. Tjell, E. Gričar, M. Starin, P. Farinazzo Bergamo Dias Martins, M. Nosan, T. Mayr, D. Strmčnik, I. Plazl, B. Genorio. A parallel-plate electrochemical microreactor for the continuous production of hydrogen peroxide. Chem. Eng. J. 2025, 525, 170301

DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.170301

T. A. Gazis, J. Wuyts, A. Moutsiou, G. Volpin, M. J. Ford, R. I. Teixeira, K.M. P. Wheelhouse, P. Natho, P. Žnidaršič-Plazl, S. Jost, R. Luisi, B. Benyahia, B. U. W. Maes, G. Vile. Towards greener-by-design fine chemicals. Part 1: synthetic frontiers. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2025,

DOI: 10.1039/d5cs00929d

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

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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Prešeren Award for Students (Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana) for the Master thesis: “Immobilization of glucose oxidase into cross-linked enzyme aggregates using microfluidic system”; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Polona Žnidaršič Plazl, 2025

Žiga Gerdina
2025

Zois award for outstanding achievements in the field of chemical and biochemical microprocess engineering (Republic of Slovenia)

Prof. Dr. Polona Žnidaršič Plazl
2025

Zois award for outstanding achievements in the field of chemical and biochemical microprocess engineering (Republic of Slovenia),

Prof. Dr. Igor Plazl
2025