Research Activities

Research activities of the Department of Analytical Chemistry are focused on the development of new analytical procedures and instrumentation as well as studies of important equilibria in analytical chemistry. The main research topics include: chromatography, spectroscopy, electroanalytical techniques, flow injection analysis, chemometry, automated analysis and robotics in analytical chemistry.
Our research focuses on studying interactions between metals and antibiotics, pesticides, humic substances, speciation studies and the role of transition elements in oxidative media, characterization and stabilization of organic matter with special focus on polymers, studies of processes on electrodes and development of new voltammetric techniques and sensors, studies of separation and preconcentration procedures (dialysis, solid phase extraction), food analysis (wine products, meat products and cheese), development of methods and procedures in atomic spectroscopy (AAS ICP-MS), atmospheric chemistry and chemical studies of preservation of cultural heritage; the application of chemometric approaches in analytical chemistry.

We also cooperate with other Universities (UCL University College London, SIU Carbondale, USA, University of Warsaw and University of Krakov, Poland, Karl Franzens University in Graz and University of Vienna, Austria, University of Pardubice, Chech Republic, University of Hull, UK and University of Lisbon, Portugal) and many research institutes. Research partners in Slovenia include National Institute of Chemistry, Jožef Stefan Institute, National and University Library, Biotechnical Faculty, Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Faculty of Pharmacy and others.
Cooperation with the industry includes service activities, seminar worshops and applicable research and development of prototype instruments (analytical, laser).