Professor Dr. Marija Bešter Rogač

Chair of Physical Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana
	Aškerčeva 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana
	Office: Snežniška 5/V
	+ 386 (0) 1 24-19-410
	marija.bester@fkkt.uni-lj.si
BIOGRAPHY   Education University Diploma 1981, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. M. Sc. 1983, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. Ph. D. 1988, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. Post-doctoral Education 1994–1995 (Humboldt Fellowship), Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of  Regensburg  (Prof. Dr. J. Barthel) Teaching Positions Teaching Assistant 1983 Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry 1993 Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry 2002 Professor of Physical Chemistry 2008 Professional Positions Conference Secretary of  29. IUPAC Conference on Solution Chemistry Portorož, Slovenia 2005 Acta Chimica Slovenica Associate Editor 2004 – Journal Molecular Liquids Member of Editorial Board 2008 – University of Ljubljana, Member of Committee for Graduate Studies  2007 – 2009 University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Vice Dean 2009 – 2013 Fellowships and Awards 1994–1995, Humboldt fellowship 1979, Krka Award for undergraduate research.
TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS   Graduate programs at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF LIQUIDS AND SOLUTIONS Undergraduate programs at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana AEROSOLS   (TECHNICAL SAFETY). PRACTICAL COURSE (TECHNICAL SAFETY). Undergraduate programs at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (00209) (PHARMACY). PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (00111) (BIOMEDICINE). Undergraduate programs at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Ljubljana PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (67010) (GEOLOGY). Undergraduate programs at the Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II (01303) (CHEMISTRY-PHYSICS, BIOLOGY).
RESEARCH INTERESTS (More information at SICRIS)   Research Fields  Thermodynamic investigations of association in electrolyte solutions Self-assembly systems investigations Thermodynamic studies of salt and temperature induced  micelle formation of surfactants Drug-surfactant interactions Pharmaceutically applicable colloid systems Participation in Current Research Projects P1-0201 "Physical Chemistry" (Primary Investigator: Prof. Dr. V. Vlachy) COST D-43 »Colloid and interface chemistry for nanotechnology« (MC member  Prof. Dr.  Marija Bešter Rogač) BI-FR/09-10-PROTEUS-012: » Study of the interaction of surfactants with magnetic nanocolloids in biocompatible suspensions (Principal Researcher Marija Bešter Rogač with dr. Serge Durand-Vidal, Univerisite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris) Selected publications (For complete bibliography click COBISS) BEŠTER-ROGAČ, Marija, HABE, Dušan. Modern advances in electrical conductivity measurements of solutions. Acta chim. slov. 2006, vol. 53, no. 3, str. 391-395. LAH, Jurij, BEŠTER-ROGAČ, Marija, PERGER, Tine Martin, VESNAVER, Gorazd.  Energetics in correlation with structural features : the case of micellization. J. phys. chem., B Condens. mater. surf. interfaces biophys., 2006, vol. 110, no. 46, str. 23279-23291. BEŠTER-ROGAČ, Marija, BONČINA, Matjaž, APELBLAT, Yoram, APELBLAT, Alexander. Electrical conductances of dilute aqueous solutions of sodium penicillin G, potassium penicillin G and potasium penicillin V in the 278.15-313.15 K temperature range. J. phys. chem., B Condens. mater. surf. interfaces biophys., 2007, vol. 111, no. 41, str. 11957-11967. GAŠPERLIN, Mirjana, BEŠTER-ROGAČ, Marija. Physicochemical characterization of pharmaceutically applicable microemulsions: Tween40/Imwitor 308/Isopropyl Myristate/Water. V: FANUN, Monzer (ur.). Microemulsions : properties and applications, (Surfactant science series, vol. 144). Boca Raton: CRC Press, cop. 2009, str. 293-311. ŠARAC, Bojan, BEŠTER-ROGAČ, Marija. Temperature and salt-induced micellization of dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride in aqueous solution: a thermodynamic study. J. colloid interface sci., 2009, vol. 338, no. 1, str. 216-221.