Assist. Prof. Dr. Igor Plazl

Chair of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana
	Aškerčeva 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana
	Office 42, Hajdihova 19
	+ 386 (0) 1 24-19-512
	igor.plazl@fkkt.uni-lj.si
BIOGRAPHY   Education University Diploma 1985, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. M. Sc. 1989, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. Ph. D. 1993, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. Post-doctoral Education 06.1989-09.1989, Bayer A.G., Leverkusen (Prof. M. Zlokarnik) 16.09. 2003-16.03.2004, Oregon State University, Corvallis, ZDA Teaching Positions Assistant 1989–1993. Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering 1993-. Professional Positions Head of the Commission of Computers at UL FCCT 1997–2001.
TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS    Undergraduate programs at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana COMPUTATIONS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (30-0065) (CHEMICAL ENGINEERING) PROCESS MODELING (30-0194) (CHEMICAL ENGINEERING) DESIGN OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES/ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (30-1010) (CHEMICAL ENGINEERING) INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (30-0153) (CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY) DESIGN OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES (30-0155) (CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY)
RESEARCH INTERESTS (More information at SICRIS)   Research Fields  Applications of Microwaves in Chemical Industry Mathematical Modeling of Chemical and Biochemical Processes Modeling of Activated Sludge Processes Biotransformations Microtehnology Participation in Current Research Projects P2-0191 “Chemical Engineering” (Primary Investigator Prof. Dr. Tine Koloini) Selected publications (For complete bibliography click COBISS) ŽNIDARŠIČ PLAZL, Polona, PLAZL, Igor. Steroid extraction in a microchannel system : mathematical modelling and experiments. Lab chip (Print), 2007, vol. 7, no. 7, str. 883-889, ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 28707333] POHAR, Andrej, PLAZL, Igor. Laminar to turbulent transition and heat transfer in a microreactor : mathematical modeling and experiments. Ind. eng. chem. res.. [Print ed.], 2008, vol. 47, no. 19, str. 7447-7455. [COBISS.SI-ID 29806341] POHAR, Andrej, PLAZL, Igor, ŽNIDARŠIČ PLAZL, Polona. Lipase-catalyzed synthesis of isoamyl acetate in an ionic liquid/n-heptane two-phase system at the microreactor scale. Lab chip (Print), 2009, vol. 9, no. 23, str. 3385-3390,[COBISS.SI-ID 30820357] ŽNIDARŠIČ PLAZL, Polona, PLAZL, Igor. Development of a continuous steroid biotransformation process and product extraction within microchannel system. Catal. today. [Print ed.], 2010, str. 1-6, [COBISS.SI-ID 3681925] STOJKOVIČ, Gorazd, PLAZL, Igor, ŽNIDARŠIČ PLAZL, Polona. L-Malic acid production within a microreactor with surface immobilised fumarase. Microfluid. nanofluid. (Print), str. 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s10404-010-0696-y. [COBISS.SI-ID 34517509], [JCR]