April 2024
PhD student Saranda Bakija Alempijević participated in the 8th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium with an oral presentation entitled “The impact of nitrated monoaromatic hydrocarbons from atmospheric aerosols on different levels of biological organisation in aquatic systems” (26-27 April 2024, Zagreb, Croatia) (Book of abstracts).
K. Džepina, V. Moschos, A. Tobler, F. Canonaco, D. Bhattu, R. Casotto, A. Vlachou, S. Giannoukos, T. Cui, M.I. Manousakas, H. Lamkaddam, K.R. Dällenbach, M. Furger, M. Bauer, P. Khare, L. Folghera, J. Huremović, S. Žero, A. Bijedić, E. Omerčić, E. Krečinić, D. Smajić, I. Ahmović, S. Salihagić, A. Mašić, G. Pehnec, R. Godec, I. Jakovljević, S. Žužul, J. Rinkovec, I. Bešlić, A. Kasper-Giebl, P. Redl, S. Frka, A. Cvitešić Kušan, J.L. Jaffrezo, G. Uzu, K. Pavlović, N. Požar, J.J. Castillo, S. Sanchez, N. Kittner, S. Szidat, G. Salazar, D. Đorđević, J. Jelena Đuričić-Milanković, S. Miljković, K. Glojek, M. Rigler, A. Gregorič, M. Ivančič, B. Alfody, I. Brecelj Ježek, L. Williams, P. Croteau, J. Jayne, Sarath Guttikunda, S. Borrmann, U. Pöschl, U. Baltensperger, J.G. Slowik, I. El Haddad, A.S.H. Prevot, and G. Močnik. Particulate air pollution in the heart of the European Union: lessons learned from SAFICA 2017-2018 and SAAERO 2022-2023 projects in Central and Southeast Europe. EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-1213, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-1213, 2024.
March 2024
PhD student Saranda Bakija Alempijević participated in a workshop entitled “Vještine prezentiranja” held by dr. sc. Matija Gredičak (7 March 2024, Zagreb).
December 2023
PhD student Saranda Bakija Alempijević participated in the 1. Skup mladih znanstvenika Zavoda za istraživanje mora i okoliša Instituta Ruđer Bošković with an oral presentation entitled “Utjecaj nitriranih monoaromatskih ugljikovodika iz atmosferskih lebdećih čestica na različite razine biološke organizacije u vodenim sustavima” (11 December 2023, Zagreb).
S. Frka, V. Gluščić, A. Cvitešić Kušan, A. Milinković, S. Žužul, R. Godec, G. Pehnec, A. Penezić. Sources and processes affecting levels and composition of atmospheric deposition to the Adriatic coastal areas and biogeochemical implications //WeBIOPATR 2023 The Ninth International WEBIOPATR Workshop & Conference Particulate Matter: Research and Management, Belgrade, Srbija (oral presentation, S. Frka).
S. Frka, A. Penezić, X. Wang, S. Perrier, C. George. Photochemistry of marine organics at the air-water interface as a source of volatile organic compounds influencing new particle formation //WeBIOPATR 2023 The Ninth International WEBIOPATR Workshop & Conference Particulate Matter: Research and Management, Belgrade, Srbija (oral presentation, S. Frka).
A. Cvitešić Kušan, J. Baranašić, Sanja Frka, T. Lucijanić, A. Šribar, J. Knežević, G. Buonanno, L. Stabile. The size distribution of SARS-COV-2 genetic material in airborne particles sampled in hospital and home care environments occupied by COVID-19 positive subjects // WeBIOPATR 2023 The Ninth International WEBIOPATR Workshop & Conference Particulate Matter: Research and Management, Belgrade, Srbija (oral presentation, A. Cvitešić Kušan).
November 2023
Sanja Frka, Keynote talk: Size distribution of airborne particles: sources, chemical characteristics and impacts on human health and aquatic ecosystem functioning // The 13th International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Public Health (EPPH 2023), Sanya, China (online).
October 2023
On 23.10.2023, student Andrea Milinković successfully defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “Biological and chemical responses of sea surface layer to atmospferic deposition“ at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, under the mentorship of Sanja Frka Milosavljević.
September 2023
Andrea Milinković, Abra Penezić, Ana Cvitešić Kušan, Valentina Gluščić, Silva Žužul, Sanda Skejić, Danijela Šantić, Ranka Godec, Gordana Pehnec, Dario Omanović, Sanja Frka. Evaluation of source-depended atmospheric deposition inputs on the planktonic population and the change in the chemical properties of sea surface layer // 1st International Scientific Symposium Interdisciplinary Approach to the Scientific Research of the Adriatic Sea InspireAdriatic 2023, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia (oral presentation, S. Frka).
Andrea Milinković, Abra Penezić, Valentina Gluščić, Silva Žužul, Ranka Godec, Gordana Pehnec, Sanja Frka. Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and phosphorus to the Central Adriatic area and biogeochemical implications // International conference and 13th Croatian scientific and professional meeting“ Air Protection 2023, Dubrovnik, Croatia (poster presentation, S. Frka).
Abra Penezić, Xinke Wang, Christian George, Sanja Frka. Photochemistry of marine lipids at the air-water interface: Abiotic production of volatile organic compounds and new particle formation // International conference and 13th Croatian scientific and professional meeting“ Air Protection 2023, Dubrovnik, Croatia (poster presentation, S. Frka).
Dr. sc. Slađana Strmečki Kos and PhD student Saranda Bakija Alempijević participated as members of the working group in “Advanced school on aqua ions and hydrolysis-related equilibria” within the framework of COST ACTION 18202 “Network for Equilibria and Chemical Thermodynamics Advanced Research” (29 September 2023, Zagreb).
PhD student Saranda Bakija Alempijević published a paper in collaboration with her colleague Angela Kapitanović from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology (Zagreb) in the journal Chemistry in Industry (KUI-9-10/23) entitled “12th ISE Satellite Student Regional Symposium on Electrochemistry“.
July 2023
PhD student Saranda Bakija Alempijević participated in a webinar entitled “Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: A Defense Against Environmental Aggressors“, Bruker (11 July 2023).
June 2023
PhD student Saranda Bakija Alempijević was a member of the Organizing Committee of the gathering of young electrochemists called 12th ISE Satellite Student Regional Symposium on Electrochemistry (30 June 2023, Zagreb) where she presented the results of the BiREADI project with an oral lecture called “Voltammetry of atmospherically important Cu(II)-catechol complexes in aqueous phase“. The aim of this one-day meeting is to provide an opportunity to graduate and PhD students to share their work and research in the different fields of electrochemistry and electrochemical engineering.
April 2023
Milinković, Andrea; Penezić, Abra; Cvitešić Kušan, Ana; Bakija Alempijević, Saranda; Gluščić, Valentina; Žužul, Silva; Jakovljević, Ivana; Skejić, Sanda; Šantić, Danijela; Godec, Ranka et al.: Insights to the short-term atmospheric deposition impacts on the biology and chemistry of the sea surface microlayer in the Adriatic Sea coastal region // The European Geosciences Union 2023 (EGU23) General Assembly, Beč, Austrija: Copernicus GmbH, 2023. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-14624
(lecture, international peer review, unpublished, scholarly)
March 2023
A final BiREADI workshop and group meeting was held at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb on March 10, 2023.
After the final workshop, where the main results of the BiREADI project were presented by the project collaborators and after an extensive joint discussion, the BiREADI project collaborators held a final meeting of the project group. The project PI summarized the BiREADI results achieved:
i) Implementation of all planned and additional project activities;
ii) Implementation of all project objectives;
iii) Enabled employment and training of young researchers:
iv) Excellent dissemination and publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals (June 2023:18 peer reviewed papers);
v) Dissemination of results to the public;
vi) Launch of the BiREADI Journal Club;
vii) New collaborations achieved;
viii) New project proposals submitted to HRZZ IP-2022-10, INTERREG IT-HR 2021/27 PROGRAMS, NPOO RIP, Adris…
November 2022
Bakija Alempijević, Saranda; Mihaljević, Ivan; Frka, Sanja; Smital, Tvrtko; Strmečki Kos, Slađana: Kvantifikacija i ekotoksikologija nitro-monoaromatskih ugljikovodika u atmosferskim lebdećim česticama PM10 izgaranja biomase, Znanstvena škola o okolišu 2022: Multidisciplinarni pristup istraživanju mikro- i nano- čestica u prirodnim sustavima, 22- 25 November 2022, Zagreb, Croatia, online (lecture, local peer review) Book of abstracts
September 2022
Milinković, Andrea; Penezić, Abra; Bakija Alempijević, Saranda; Cvitešić Kušan, Ana; Skejić, Sanda; Šantić, Danijela; Lehners, Carola; Striebel, Maren; Niggemann, Jutta; Žužul, Silva et al.: Impacts of biomass burning versus anthropogenic aerosol deposition on the surface layers in the central Adriatic Sea: A mesocosm study // SOLAS Open Science Conference 2022, 25 – 29 September 2022, Kaapstad, Južnoafrička Republika (poster presentation)
Milinković, Andrea; Penezić, Abra; Cvitešić Kušan, Ana; Gluščić, Valentina; Žužul, Silva; Skejić, Sanda; Šantić, Danijela; Godec, Ranka; Pehnec, Gordana; Omanović, Dario et al.: Variabilities of biochemical properties of the sea surface microlayer: insights to the atmospheric deposition impacts // SOLAS Open Science Conference 2022, 25 – 29 September 2022,
Kaapstad, Južnoafrička Republika (lecture)
Milinković, Andrea: Gregorič, Asta: Džaja Grgičin, Vedrana: Vidič, Sonja: Penezić, Abra: Cvitešić Kušan, Ana: Bakija Alempijević, Saranda: Kasper- Giebl, Anne: Frka, Sanja: Variability of black carbon aerosol concentrations and sources at the Central Adriatic coastal zone: light-absorption observation and source-oriented modelling // 11th International Aerosol Conference (IAC 2022), 4-9 September 2022, Atena, Grčka (poster presentation, international peer review)
Milinković, Andrea; Penezić, Abra; Cvitešić Kušan, Ana; Gluščić, Valentina; Žužul, Silva; Skejić, Sanda; Šantić, Danijela; Godec, Ranka; Pehnec, Gordana; Omanović, Dario et al.: Variabilities of biochemical properties of the sea surface microlayer: Insights to the atmospheric deposition impacts // Science of the total environment,838 (2022), 156440, 14 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156440 (international peer review, article, scholarly)
June 2022
Flanjak, Lana; Vrana, Ivna; Cvitešić Kušan, Ana; Godrijan, Jelena; Novak, Tihana; Penezić, Abra; Gašparović, Blaženka: The effects of high temperatures and nitrogen availability on the growth and composition of the marine diatom Chaetoceros pseudocurvisetus // Journal of experimental botany,73 (2022), 12; 4250-4265 doi:10.1093/jxb/erac145 (international peer review, article, scholarly)
May 2022
Cvitešić Kušan, Ana; Milinković, Andrea; Penezić, Abra; Bakija Alempijević, Saranda; Godrijan, Jelena; Gašparović, Blaženka; Šantić, Danijela; Ribas Ribas, Mariana; Wurl, Oliver; Striebel, Maren et al.: Diurnal dynamics at the sea-atmosphere interface: The Central Adriatic campaign // EGU General Assembly 2022, 23-27 May 2022,Beč, Austrija, pp. 1-2 (lecture, international peer review, abstract, scholarly)
April 2022
Bakija Alempijević, Saranda; Mihaljević, Ivan; Dragojević, Jelena; Frka, Sanja; Smital, Tvrtko; Strmečki Kos, Slađana: EXPLORING ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF NITROMONOAROMATIC COMPOUNDS BY IN VITRO AND IN VIVO BIOASSAYS, 6th Faculty of Science PhD Student Syposium, 23 – 24 April 2022, Faculty of Science, Zagreb, Croatia (poster presentation, local peer review ). Book of abstracts
Bačinić, Anđela; Frka, Sanja; Mlakar, Marina: A study of cobalt (II) complexes involved in marine biogeochemical processes: Co(II)-1,10- Phenanthroline and Co(II)-1,10-Phenanthroline-L-α- Phosphatidylcholine, Bioelectrochemistry, 144 (2022), 108009-108018 (international peer review, article, other)
March 2022
PhD students Andrea Milinković and Saranda Bakija Alempijević participated in an online workshop entitled ” ACS on Campus – Croatia” , 10 Tips for Scholarly Publishing (March 16, 2022).
Flanjak, Lana; Vrana, Ivna; Cvitešić Kušan, Ana; Godrijan, Jelena; Novak, Tihana; Penezić, Abra; Gašparović, Blaženka. 2022. The effects of high temperatures and nitrogen availability on the growth and composition of the marine diatom Chaetoceros pseudocurvisetus. J. Appl. Phycol. Accepted.
December 2021
Data Meeting Project INSIST
On December 21, 2021, 2nd Data Meeting Project INSIST was held online. Project leads Croatian and German PIs, Sanja Frka and Marianna Ribas Ribas (University of Oldenburg, Germany), respectively. Project activities supported by BiREADI, enabled performance of the field campaign at the central Adriatic site related to diel dynamics on the air-sea interface. Project collaborators and colleagues involved in field work gathered for an online project meeting. Participants presented project outcomes, followed by a discussion.
Bakija Alempijević, Saranda; Mihaljević, Ivan; Dragojević, Jelena; Strmečki Kos, Slađana; Frka, Sanja; Smital, Tvrtko: Ekotoksični učinci metil-nitrokatehola, Znanstvena škola o okolišu 2021: Sveobuhvatni pristup istraživanju antropogenih pritisaka na okoliš, 7- 10 December 2021, Zagreb, Croatia, online (lecture, local peer review) Book of abstracts
Milinković, Andrea; Gregorič, Asta; Džaja Grgičin, Vedrana; Vidič, Sonja; Penezić, Abra; Bakija Alempijević, Saranda; Kasper-Giebl, Anne; Frka, Sanja: Light-absorption observation and source-oriented modelling for characterization and source apportionment of black carbon aerosol pollution in a typical Mediterranean coastal area, Znanstvena škola o okolišu 2021: Sveobuhvatni pristup istraživanju antropogenih pritisaka na okoliš, 7- 10 December 2021, Zagreb, Croatia, online (poster presentation, local peer review) Book of abstracts
November/December 2021
Bakija Alempijević, Saranda; Mihaljević, Ivan; Dragojević, Jelena; Strmečki Kos, Slađana; Frka, Sanja; Smital, Tvrtko: Ecotoxicological Effects of Methylnitrocatechols, 21st European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry, 30 November – 3 December 2021, Novi Sad, Srbija, online (poster presentation, international peer review) Book of abstracts
November 2021
Milinković, Andrea; Gregorič, Asta; Džaja Grgičin, Vedrana; Vidič, Sonja; Penezić, Abra; Cvitešić Kušan, Ana; Bakija Alempijević, Saranda; Kasper- Giebl, Anne; Frka, Sanja: Variability of black carbon aerosol concentrations and sources at a Mediterranean coastal region, Atmospheric Pollution Research, 12 (2021), 11; 101221, 13 (international peer review, article, scholarly)
BiREADI project meeting
On November 5, 2021, a project meeting was held at Ruđer Bošković Institute. Project PI, Sanja Frka presented design and methodology of conducted mesocosm experiment and project team members, Andrea Milinković, Abra Penezić and Sanda Skejić presented their results through oral presentations. Meeting also included a discussion section.
October 2021
Abra Penezić, PhD:
Atmospheric deposition of trace metals, Croatian radiotelevision, national programme, channel HRT1, “Prometej” Link
Šimić, Iva; Mendaš, Gordana; Pehnec, Gordana; Milinković, Andrea; Frka, Sanja: Different performances of a bulk collector for the determination of PAHs and PCBs in total deposited matter, 27th Croatian Meeting of Chemists and Chemical Engineers, 5 – 8 October 2021, Veli Lošinj, Croatia (poster presentation)
September 2021
Žužul, Silva; Gluščić, Valentina; Šimić, Iva; Penezić, Abra; Milinković, Andrea; Frka, Sanja: Heavy metals in deposited matter in the vicinity of Šibenik, 12th Croatian Scientific and Professional Conference Air Protection 2021, 15 – 17 September 2021, Medulin, Croatia (lecture) Link
Milinković, Andrea; Gregorič, Asta; Džaja Grgičin, Vedrana; Vidič, Sonja; Penezić, Abra; Bakija Alempijević, Saranda; Kasper-Giebl, Anne; Frka, Sanja: Combining light-absorption observation and source-oriented modelling for characterization and source apportionment of black carbon aerosol pollution in a typical Mediterranean coastal area, 16th IGAC Scientific Conference, 13 – 17 September 2021 (poster presentation) Link
Strmečki Kos, Slađana; Dešpoja, Iva; Penezić, Abra; Bakija Alempijević, Saranda; Frka, Sanja: Copper Speciation by Anodic Stripping Voltammetry in the Surface Layers of the Oligotrophic Sea Influenced by Atmospheric Deposition, 72nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, 29 August – 3 September 2021, Jeju Island, Korea, online (poster presentation, international peer review) Link
August/September 2021
Džepina, Katja; Moschos, Vaios; Tobler, Anna; Canonaco, Fransecso; Bhattu, Deepika; Casotto, Roberto; Vlachou, Athanasia; Giannoukos, Stamatios; Cui, Tianqu; Manousakas, Manousos Ioannis et al.: Sarajevo Canton Winter Field Campaign 2018 (SAFICA): aerosol source apportionment and oxidative potential in a global hotspot, European Aerosol Conference 2021, 30 August – 3 September 2021, online (lecture,
international peer review) Book of abstracts
August 2021
Strmečki, Slađana; Pereža, Lora: Electrochemistry of chitosan amino-glycan and BSA protein mixture under seawater conditions, Journal of electroanalytical chemistry, 898 (2021), 115630, 9 (international peer review, article, scholarly) Link
Jakovljević, Ivana; Šimić, Iva; Mendaš, Gordana; Sever Štrukil, Zdravka; Žužul, Silva; Gluščić, Valentina; Godec, Ranka; Pehnec, Gordana; Bešlić, Ivan; Milinković, Andrea; Bakija Alempijević, Saranda; Šala, Martin; Ogrizek, Monika; Frka, Sanja: Pollution levels and deposition processes of airborne organic pollutants over the central Adriatic area: Temporal variabilities and source identification, Marine pollution bulletin, (2021), 172; 112873, 18 (international peer review, article, scholarly) Link
July 2021
Dešpoja, Iva; Strmečki Kos, Slađana; Penezić, Abra; Bakija Alempijević, Saranda; Frka, Sanja: Electrochemical determination of copper complexing capacity in the surface layer of the coastal central Adriatic Sea, 10th ISE Satellite Student Regional Symposium on Electrochemistry, 2 July 2021, Zagreb, Croatia (lecture) Link
June 2021
Penezić, Abra; Milinković, Andrea; Bakija Alempijević, Saranda; Žužul, Silva; Frka, Sanja: Atmospheric deposition impacts on the sea surface microlayer in the coastal environment, Asociation for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanology (ASLO) 2021 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, 22 – 27 June 2021, USA (online lecture, international peer review ) Link
Penezić, Abra; Milinković, Andrea; Bakija Alempijević, Saranda; Žužul, Silva; Frka, Sanja: Atmospheric deposition of biologically relevant trace metals in the eastern Adriatic coastal area, Chemosphere, 283 (2021), 131178, 14 (international peer review, article, scholarly) Link
April 2021
Strmečki Kos, Slađana; Dešpoja, Iva; Bakija Alempijević, Saranda: Impact of specific atmospheric depositions on Cu-organic matter interaction in the sea-surface microlayer of the middle Adriatic, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19 – 30 April 2021, EGU21-4052. Link
Milinković, Andrea; Penezić, Abra; Cvitešić Kušan, Ana; Gluščić, Valentina; Žužul, Silva; Bakija Alempijević, Saranda; Godec, Ranka; Frka, Sanja: Seasonal variabilities of nitrogen and phosphorus atmospheric deposition to the central Adriatic area and biogeochemical implications, PhD Student Symposium 2021, 24 – 25 April 2021, Faculty of Science, Zagreb, Croatia, online (poster presentation). Book of abstracts
Novak, Tihana; Blaženka Gašparović, Blaženka; Vrana Špoljarić, Ivna; Čanković, Milan: High local nutrient input influence on oligotrophic phytoplankton production and lipid biogeochemistry, EGU General Assembly 2021 | vEGU21: Gather Online, 19 – 30 April 2021 (lecture, international peer review) Link
February 2021
The results of the BiREADI project were presented at the online conference 28th AMOS Annual Conference „Science for Impact“, Australia (February 08 – 11, 2021) with an oral presentation: Penezić, A., Milinković, A., Bakija Alempijević, S., Žužul, S., Frka S.: Atmospheric Deposition of Biologically Relevant Trace Metals in an Oligotrophic Adriatic Sea Area Link
January 2021
PhD student Saranda Bakija Alempijević spent four days at the Laboratory of Plankton and Shellfish toxicity, Institute of oceanography and fisheries, Split, Croatia. Under the leadership of PhD Sanda Skejić the student was introduced to the laboratory method of working with existing phytoplankton cultures and learned the fluorimetric method of calculating the biomass of phytoplankton through the concentration of chlorophyll a.
December 2020
PhD students Andrea Milinković and Saranda Bakija Alempijević participated in an online workshop entitled “Step-by-step Guide on How to Prepare a Successful Paper – Croatia”, Springer Nature, AD webinars held by Dr. Nabil Khélifi, Senior Editor, Springer Nature (December 10, 2020).
September 2020
PhD student Andrea Milinković and Dr. Sc. Sanja Frka Milosavljević, Croatian radiotelevision, national programme, channel HRT1, “Scientific circles”.
PhD student Andrea Milinković participated in the preparation of materials for the “70th anniversary of the Ruđer Bošković Institute”; making video material “How do clouds form?”
August 2020
The first mesocosm experiment investigating the impact of atmospheric pollutants on biochemical responses of the sea surface has been performed in the middle Adriatic area. It is also the first incubation experiment of its kind conducted in the Adriatic Sea.
The aim of the experiment was to explore how atmospheric particles emitted by various sources such as traffic, industry as well as biomass burning can affect the biology and chemistry of the sea surface layers.
Specially designed equipment for the mesocosm experiment was set up at the Martinska station near Šibenik. Incubation bags with the sea surface microlayer and the underlying water samples were incubated by different atmospheric additions and kept in the seawater, exposed to ambient sunlight, at different depths.
In the vicinity of the island of Zlarin, about 200 L of the sea surface microlayer was collected by a special remote-controlled catamaran, equipped with various sensors enabling on-line data collection, designed by dr. Oliver Wurl, University Oldenburg, Germany.
The mesocosm experiment brought together scientists from: several laboratories of the Ruđer Bošković Institute; University of Oldenburg, Germany; Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Meteorological and Hydrological Service in Croatia and University Pannonia, Hungary.
May 2020
Frka, Sanja; Milinković, Andrea; Penezić, Abra; Bakija Alempijević, Saranda; Gašparović, Blaženka; Skejić, Sanda; Šantić, Danijela; Brzaj, Stjepana; Džaja Grgičin, Vedrana; Vidič, Sonja; Šimić, Iva; Bešlić, Ivan; Žužul, Silva; Godec, Ranka; Pehnec, Gordana: Biochemical responses of oligotrophic Adriatic Sea surface layers to atmospheric deposition inputs,EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online, Viena, Austria, 4-8 May 2020. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-15108 Link
February 2020
Ivana Jakovljević, Zdravka Sever Štrukil, Gordana Pehnec, Ivan Bešlić, Andrea Milinković, Saranda Bakija Alempijević, Sanja Frka: Comparison of mass concentrations of PAHs in coastal area of the Middle Adriatic and Middle Croatia, 13. Meeting of young chemical Engineers 2020 – The Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers, Zagreb, Croatia (poster presentation). Book of abstracts
Andrea Milinković, Asta Gregorič, Abra Penezić, Ranka Godec, Anne Kasper-Giebl, Saranda Bakija Alempijević, Sanja Frka: Optical properties and source apportionment of aerosols at the Middle Adriatic area, PMF Doctoral Student Symposium 2020-Faculty of Science, Zagreb, Croatia (oral presentation). Book of abstracts
Andrea Milinković: Optical properties and source apportionment of aerosols from the Middle Adriatic, Aerosol, Ljubljana, Slovenia, oral presentation 02.2020.
January 2020
Stjepana Brzaj, Vedrana Džaja Grgičin, Sanja Frka, Martijn Schaap, Sonja Vidič, Valentina Gluščić, Ivan Bešlić, Silva Žužul: Atmospheric deposition to the Central Adriatic sea, Croatia, 12th International Conference on Air Quality, Thessaloniki, Grčka (abstract accepted; selected for oral presentation).
Stjepana Brzaj, Vedrana Džaja Grgičin, Sanja Frka, Martijn Schaap, Sonja Vidič, Valentina Gluščić, Ivan Bešlić, Silva Žužul: Atmosfersko taloženje na području Srednjeg Jadrana, Meteorološki izazovi 7-Hrvatsko meteorološko društvo, Zagreb, Hrvatska (abstract accepted; selected for oral presentation).
October 2019 – BiREADI project meeting
On October 28, 2019, a project meeting was held at Ruđer Bošković Institute that brought together the BiREADI project team. The project PI gave an overview of the planned and implemented activities, as well as the achieved results and goals for the first year of the project. An overview of the activities and objectives for the second project year was presented as well. Project team members presented their results through oral presentations. The meeting was adjourned after a joint discussion of the results was conducted and a plan of data publishing was established.
August 2019
PhD student Andrea Milinković spent 3 weeks in the Research Division 2: Marine Biogeochemistry, GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel (Dr. Anja Engel), Kiel, Germany, where she was introduced to new spectrophotometric methods of characterizing the marine organic matter. She also performed the analyses of field samples collected within BiREADI Middle Adriatic campaign.
July 2019
International student visit
Lucija Plazibat, a student from Sacramento City College (Sacramento, California, USA) spent two months in LBMA. She was introduced to new environmental research topics and techniques for sampling and analysis of marine and atmospheric samples to study the interactions and effects of atmospheric deposition onto the sea surface ecosystem as part of ongoing CSF project: “Biochemical responses of oligotrophic Adriatic surface ecosystems to atmospheric deposition inputs (BiREADI)“, (2018-2022) (PI S. Frka Milosavljević). During her visit, Lucia was involved in BiREADI field campaign at the Martinska research station. With her dedicated work, Lucija contributed to the implementation of the BiREADI project activities.
June 2019
PhD student Andrea Milinković was approved for the STSM Cost Action CA16109 project: “Optical Properties and Source Apportionment of Aerosols from the Middle Adriatic Based on Multi-Wavelength Optical Absorption Measurements”. As part of the project, A. Milinković will spend 3 weeks in Aerosol d.o.o. (Asta Gregorič, PhD), Ljubljana, Slovenia where she will be introduced to new online techniques for determining black carbon in the air and discuss the results obtained during the BiREADI campaign in the Middle Adriatic.
November 2018
BiREADI project kick-off meeting
The kick-off meeting of the project BiREADI (Biochemical responses of oligotrophic Adriatic surface ecosystems to atmospheric deposition inputs) was held on 16 November 2018 at the Ruđer Bošković Institute.
Project PI, Sanja Frka presented an overview of the scientific background, overall project team, vision and mission, project design and methodology, and the working plan of the entire project.
BiREADI project with its scientific mission, defined goals and the overall project design offers a state-of-the-art research, addressing a highly relevant and the most pressing issues in global climate today.
A phased approach is presented:
- Phase I – to evaluate concentrations, sources and deposition fluxes of atmospheric constituents, and to get insight into the nature of its enrichments within the sea surface layers;
- Phase II – to assess the impact of ambient atmospheric deposition from diverse sources on natural plankton population, and consequently on the chemistry of the sea surface layers;
- Phase III – to get insight into the mechanisms by which atmospheric deposition affects phytoplankton, but also to assess the toxic effects of atmospheric pollutants that can interact synergistically on various levels of biological organisation in aquatic systems;
- Phase IV – to better understand the nature of biogenic OM variabilities within the aqueous surface layers affected by AD inputs with the consequences on the surface film formation and properties.
Highly skilled scientists are a major engine driving the scientific research addressed by the BiREADI project. The project team is constituted of 14 interdisciplinary experts from 7 laboratories within 4 respectable Croatian institutions:
- Ruđer Bošković Institute from Division from the Division for Marine and Environmental Research
- Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health from Environmental Hygiene Unit
- Meteorological and Hydrological Service in Croatia from Air Quality Modelling, Research and Applications Department.
All project collaborators attended the meeting and presented the overview of the activities they are in charge. Meeting also included a discussion section on the detail working plan and activities of the first project year.
Slađana Strmecki Kos has presented the activities related to the project website design as the project logo was presented as well. The first joint photos of the project team were created.