Prof. Dr. Janez Levec

Chair of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana
	Aškerčeva 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana
	Office: Hajdihova 19
	+ 386 (0) 1 24-19-502
	janez.levec@fkkt.uni-lj.si
BIOGRAPHY   Education University Diploma 1968, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. M. Sc. 1970, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. Ph. D. 1972, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. Teaching Positions Assistant 1971. Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering 1974. Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering 1979. Professor of Chemical Engineering 1984. Professionally Significant Experiences 1969-1970 (15 months) LEK-Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry, SI 1974/75 (12 months), University of California, Davis, CA; USA. 1981/82 (12 month) University of California, Davis, CA; USA. 1989 (6 months), University of Erlangen-Nuerenberg, GE. 1985-Head of the Laboratory for Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering, The National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, SI Consulting Experiences LEK-Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry, 1970- Institute of Mines, Ljubljana, SI, 1982-1992. Nafta –Lendava, Lendava, SI, 1982-2001. Kinetics Technology International, Roma, IT, 1993-1998 Sued Chemie, Muenchen, GE, 1989-1998 Honors and Awards Member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 1997- Ambassador of Science, Slovenian Ministry of Science and Technology, 1996 European Union Fellow, University of Erlangen-Nuerenberg,GE, 1989 Boris Kidric National Scientific Award for contributions in kinetics and hydrodynamics of multiphase reactors, 1988 Fulbright Fellow, University of California, Davis, CA; USA Joint Boris Kidric Foundation Award for contributions on chemical reaction engineering, 1978 and 1985
TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS   Graduate programs at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF CHEMICAL REACTORS (30-2070) Undergraduate programs at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (30-0015) (CHEM. major) CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING (30-1006) (CHEM. ENG. Major) Undergraduate Program UL Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Process Engineering II
RESEARCH INTERESTS (More information at SICRIS)   Research Fields  Transport Phenomena in Porous Media, Multiphase Reactors Kinetics of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalytic reactions, Catalysis in aqueous media, Wet oxidation processes Reactions in supercritical media (e.g. ScCO2) Participation in Current Research Projects P0-0524-0103 CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING, Principal Investigator, (The Ministry of Education, Sport and Science of Slovenia) EVKK1-CT-2000-00073, WATERCATOX, Principal Investigator (The European Commission, Brussels) Selected publications (For complete bibliography click COBISS or ResearcherID) 1. A. LAKOTA, J. LEVEC, and R.G. CARBONELL. Hydrodynamics of trickling flow in packed beds : relative permeability concept. AIChE j., 2002, vol. 48, no. 4, str. 731-738. A.M.T. SILVA, R.M. QUINTA-FERREIRA, and J. LEVEC, Catalytic and noncatalytic wet oxidation of formaldehyde. A novel kinetic model. Ind. eng. chem. res. 2003, vol. 42, str. 5099-5108. G. SEDMAK, S. HOČEVAR, and J. LEVEC, Transient kinetic model of CO oxidation over a nanostructured Cu[sub](0.1)Ce[sub](0.9)O[sub](2-y) catalyst. J. catal., 2004, vol. 222, no. 1, str. 87-99. D. NEMEC and J. LEVEC, Flow through packed bed reactors. 2 : Two-phase concurrent downflow. Chem. eng. sci. 2005, vol. 60, str. 6958-5970. H. KUŠAR, S. HOČEVAR, and J. LEVEC, Kinetics of the water-gas shift reaction over nanostructured copper-ceria catalysts. Appl. catal., B Environ. 2006, vol. 63, str. 194-200. L. ZEVNIK and J. LEVEC, Hydrogen solubility in CO[sub]2-expanded 2-propanol and in propane-expanded 2-propanol determined by an acoustic sensor. J. supercrit. fluids. 2007, vol. 41, no. 3, str. 335-342.