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Ivana Murković Steinberg is Full Professor of Chemistry at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Technology, University of Zagreb, Croatia. She graduated with a B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Zagreb, and has a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Graz, Austria, for research on optical chemical sensors for the determination of ions. Her research involves development of functional hybrid (nano)materials (silica sol-gel thin films, fluorescent (nano)materials) and design of optical sensing schemes for integrated analytical chemical systems. Her current work is focussed on building interfaces and sensing architectures for integration with wireless and wearable (bio)chemical sensors, particularly for non-invasive monitoring of biomarkers in healthcare and sport physiology (wound and sweat monitoring). She teaches General Chemistry at undergraduate level, Integrated Chemical Systems, Technology Management and Innovation at Masters level, and Chemical Sensors and Biosensors in the Faculty’s doctoral studies programme.
EDUCATION
1996 PhD in Natural Sciences, University of Graz, Austria
Absorbance and Fluorescence Based Optical Sensors for Determination of Heavy Metal Ions,
supervisor Prof. O. S. Wolfbeis
1990 Dipl. Ing. in Chemical Technology
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Croatia
EMPLOYMENT
2021 – today Full Professor of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology (FCET), University of Zagreb
2016 – 2021 Associate Professor, FCET
2003 – 2016 Assistant Professor (Docent), FCET
1998 – 2003 Career break (extended maternity leaves)
1996 –1997 Postdoctoral Researcher, FCET
FELLOWSHIPS
1993 –1996 Bertha von Suttner PhD Fellowship from the Austrian government
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2008-2013 Principal Investigator of project: „Chemical sensors based on luminescent semiconductor nanocrystals” financed by the Croatian Ministry of Science
2008-2009 Partner (Host) of project “Distributed Wireless Sensors for Smart Chemical and Biological Detection Systems: chemo- and biosensor interface and applications development”, financed by Croatian Science Foundation under Brain Gain Visitor Programme (Visitor Dr. M.D. Steinberg).
2015-2019 Team member on the project “Design and Synthesis of Novel Nitrogen-Containing Heterocyclic Fluorophores and Fluorescent Nanomaterials for pH and Metal-Ion Sensing” financed by Croatian Science Foundation (PI Dr. Robert Vianello)
SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE/DOCTORAL STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
2015-2019 Supervision of two postdoctoral researchers (P. Kassal, E. Horak)
2010-2017 Supervision of PhD students: P. Kassal (2015), E. Horak (2017)
2008-2009 Supervision of visiting PhD students within CEEPUS project Education in modern analytical and bioanalytical methods,.
2006-2019 Supervision of 16 MSc theses and 12 BSc theses
Achievements of supervised students:
2009. Ž. Patljak: best MSc thesis in the field of biomedical engineering awarded by the Croatian Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics Society
2016. P. Kassal National Annual Science Award of the Republic of Croatia for Junior Researchers
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Curriculum development and course introduction and teaching
Introduced following courses: Integrated Chemical Systems (since 2009), Technology Management and Innovation (since 2009) at Masters level, and Chemical Sensors and Biosensors in the Faculty’s doctoral studies programme
Teaching General Chemistry at undergraduate level (approx. 200 students a year)
ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
INVITED SPEAKER/GUEST LECTURER
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel - invited speaker at annual conferences Wearable Devices for Medical Diagnosis, May 2019; Chemical Sensors for Wearable Devices, February 2020
University of Cambridge, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, guest lecturer MBE (Masters in Bioscience Enterprise) academic years 2018/19 and 2019/20.
Optical Society of America, 22–26 June 2020, Washington, DC, US invited speaker -Bridging the Connectivity Gap between Optical (Bio)Chemical Sensors and the Digital World: An NFC Wearable Wireless Sensor Platform
TRAINING AND RESEARCH VISITS
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Head of Department, General and Inorganic Chemistry, FCET 2011-2015
Coordinator of undergraduate and graduate studies in Applied Chemistry at FCET 2006-2011
Member of UniZg Committee for Natural Sciences (2006-2008)
Member of Tenure staff election committee, UniZg (2006-2010)
Member of Committee for planning and development of FCET (2005-2009)
Member of International collaboration committee of FCET (2008 – today)
Member of Teaching committee at FCET 2005 – 2011
Member of FCET evaluation and self-assessment committee
MEMBERSHIPS AND NETWORKS
MAJOR SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS
Dr. Matthew D. Steinberg, Erasmus Technology LLP, GoSense Wireless Ltd, UK
Development of wireless and wearable (bio)chemical sensing platforms
Joint supervision of master’s and doctoral students
Professor Joseph Wang, Department of Nanonengineering, University of California San Diego, USA
Development of wearable chemical sensors: smart bandages for wound status monitoring
Dr. Gerhard J. Mohr, Joanneum Research GmbH, Weiz, Austria
Textile based optical sensor materials for wearable applications in wound monitoring
Profesor Francisco J. Andrade, Universidad Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
Research, Development and Applications of Textile and Paper-Based Ion Selective Electrodes with Low-Power and Contactless/Wireless Sensor Instrumentation
PUBLICATION RECORD
35 scientific papers, 2 patents, 1 book chapter
Current Contents database 2400 citations, h–index = 26
26 publications in Q1 and 5 publications in Q2 journals, (22 corresponding, 3 first author)
Patents: Murkovic Steinberg, I, Determination of antioxidant activity, UK Patent GB2414071 (granted 2008); Steinberg MD, Murkovic Steinberg I, 2010., Contactless microenvironment sensor, UK Patent Application GB2470225
CAREER BREAKS
1998 – 2003 and 2010 – 2011 - extended maternity leaves for 3 children
E. Horak, D. Babic, R. Vianello, N. Perin, M. Hranjec, I.M. Steinberg, Photophysical properties and immobilisation of fluorescent pH responsive aminated benzimidazo 1,2-a quinoline-6-carbonitriles, Spectroc Acta Pt A-Molec Biomolec Spectr, 227(2020) 11.
E. Horak, M. Robic, A. Simanovic, V. Mandic, R. Vianello, M. Hranjec, I.M. Steinberg, Tuneable solid-state emitters based on benzimidazole derivatives: Aggregation induced red emission and mechanochromism of D-π-A fluorophores, Dyes and Pigments, 162(2019) 688-96.
P. Kassal, M. Sigurnjak, I.M. Steinberg, Paper-based ion-selective optodes for continuous sensing: Reversible potassium ion monitoring, Talanta, 193(2019) 51-5.
P. Kassal, E. Horak, M. Sigurnjak, M.D. Steinberg, I.M. Steinberg, Wireless and mobile optical chemical sensors and biosensors, Rev Anal Chem, 37(2018) 27.
P. Kassal, M.D. Steinberg, E. Horak, I.M. Steinberg, Wireless fluorimeter for mobile and low cost chemical sensing: A paper based chloride assay, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 275(2018) 230-6.
P. Kassal, M.D. Steinberg, I.M. Steinberg, Wireless chemical sensors and biosensors: A review, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 266(2018) 228-45.
E. Horak, P. Kassal, M. Hranjec, I.M. Steinberg, Benzimidazole functionalised Schiff bases: Novel pH sensitive fluorescence turn-on chromoionophores for ion-selective optodes, Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 258(2018) 415-23.
E. Horak, P. Kassal, I.M. Steinberg, Benzimidazole as a structural unit in fluorescent chemical sensors: the hidden properties of a multifunctional heterocyclic scaffold, Supramolecular Chemistry, 30(2018) 838-57.
E. Horak, R. Vianello, M. Hranjec, I.M. Steinberg, Colourimetric and fluorimetric metal ion chemosensor based on a benzimidazole functionalised Schiff base, Supramolecular Chemistry, 30(2018) 891-900.
E. Horak, M. Hranjec, R. Vianello, I.M. Steinberg, Reversible pH switchable aggregation-induced emission of self-assembled benzimidazole-based acrylonitrile dye in aqueous solution, Dyes and Pigments, 142(2017) 108-15.
P. Kassal, M. Zubak, G. Scheipl, G.J. Mohr, M.D. Steinberg, I. M. Steinberg, Smart bandage with wireless connectivity for optical monitoring of pH, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 246(2017) 455-60.
E. Horak, R. Vianello, M. Hranjec, S. Krištafor, G.K. Zamola, I.M. Steinberg, Benzimidazole acrylonitriles as multifunctional push-pull chromophores: Spectral characterisation, protonation equilibria and nanoaggregation in aqueous solutions, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 178(2017) 225-33.
M. Hranjec, E. Horak, D. Babic, S. Plavljanin, Z. Srdovic, I.M. Steinberg, R. Vianello, N. Perin, Fluorescent benzimidazo[1,2-a]quinolines: synthesis, spectroscopic and computational studies of protonation equilibria and metal ion sensitivity, New Journal of Chemistry, 41(2017) 358-71.
M.D. Steinberg, B. Tkalcec, I.M. Steinberg, Towards a passive contactless sensor for monitoring resistivity in porous materials, Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 234(2016) 294-9.
M.D. Steinberg, P. Kassal, I.M. Steinberg, System Architectures in Wearable Electrochemical Sensors, Electroanalysis, 28(2016) 1149-69.
M.D. Steinberg, P. Kassal, I. Kerekovic, I.M. Steinberg, A wireless potentiostat for mobile chemical sensing and biosensing, Talanta, 143(2015) 178-83.
P. Kassal, J. Kim, R. Kumar, W.R. de Araujo, I.M. Steinberg, M.D. Steinberg, J. Wang, Smart bandage with wireless connectivity for uric acid biosensing as an indicator of wound status, Electrochemistry Communications, 56(2015) 6-10.
M.D. Steinberg, I. Zura, I.M. Steinberg, Wireless smart tag with on-board conductometric chemical sensor, Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 196(2014) 208-14.
P. Kassal, R. Surina, D. Vrsaljko, I.M. Steinberg, Hybrid sol-gel thin films doped with a pH indicator: effect of organic modification on optical pH response and film surface hydrophilicity, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 69(2014) 586-95.
I. Zura, D. Babic, M.D. Steinberg, I.M. Steinberg, Low-cost conductometric transducers for use in thin polymer film chemical sensors, Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 193(2014) 128-35.
M.D. Steinberg, P. Kassal, B. Tkalcec, I.M. Steinberg, Miniaturised wireless smart tag for optical chemical analysis applications, Talanta, 118(2014) 375-81.
P. Kassal, I.M. Steinberg, M.D. Steinberg, Wireless smart tag with potentiometric input for ultra low-power chemical sensing, Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 184(2013) 254-9.
M. Novell, T. Guinovart, I.M. Steinberg, M. Steinberg, F.X. Rius, F.J. Andrade, A novel miniaturized radiofrequency potentiometer tag using ion-selective electrodes for wireless ion sensing, Analyst, 138(2013) 5250-7.
S. Jurmanovic, S. Kordic, M.D. Steinberg, I.M. Steinberg, Organically modified silicate thin films doped with colourimetric pH indicators methyl red and bromocresol green as pH responsive sol-gel hybrid materials, Thin Solid Films, 518(2010) 2234-40.
I.M. Steinberg, M.D. Steinberg, Radio-frequency tag with optoelectronic interface for distributed wireless chemical and biological sensor applications, Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 138(2009) 120-5.
I.M. Steinberg, S. Milardovic, Chromogenic radical based optical sensor membrane for screening of antioxidant activity, Talanta, 71(2007) 1782-7.
I.M. Steinberg, A. Lobnik, O.S. Wolfbeis, Characterisation of an optical sensor membrane based on the metal ion indicator Pyrocatechol Violet, Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 90(2003) 230-5.
A. Lobnik, I. Oehme, I. Murkovic, O.S. Wolfbeis, pH optical sensors based on sol-gels: Chemical doping versus covalent immobilization, Analytica Chimica Acta, 367(1998) 159-65.
G.J. Mohr, I. Murkovic, F. Lehmann, C. Haider, O.S. Wolfbeis, Application of potential-sensitive fluorescent dyes in anion- and cation-sensitive polymer membranes, Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 39(1997) 239-45.
I. Murkovic, O.S. Wolfbeis, Fluorescence-based sensor membrane for mercury(II) detection, Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 39(1997) 246-51.
G.J. Mohr, F. Lehmann, R. Ostereich, I. Murkovic, O.S. Wolfbeis, Investigation of potential sensitive fluorescent dyes for application in nitrate sensitive polymer membranes, Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 357(1997) 284-91.
I. Murkovic, A. Lobnik, G.J. Mohr, O.S. Wolfbeis, Fluorescent potential-sensitive dyes for use in solid state sensors for potassium ion, Analytica Chimica Acta, 334(1996) 125-32.
I. Murkovic, I. Oehme, G.J. Mohr, T. Ferber, O.S. Wolfbeis, Optode membrane for continuous measurement of silver ions, Mikrochimica Acta, 121(1995) 249-58.
I. Oehme, B. Prokes, I. Murkovic, T. Werner, I. Klimant, O.S. Wolfbeis, LED-compatible copper (II)-selective optrode membrane based on lipophilised Zincon, Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 350(1994) 563-7.
I. Murkovic, M.D. Steinberg, B. Murkovic, Sensors in neonatal monitoring: current practice and future trends, Technology and health care: official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine, 11(2003) 399-412.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2008-2013 Principal Investigator of project: „Chemical sensors based on luminescent semiconductor nanocrystals” financed by the Croatian Ministry of Science
2008-2009 Partner (Host) of project “Distributed Wireless Sensors for Smart Chemical and Biological Detection Systems: chemo- and biosensor interface and applications development”, financed by Croatian Science Foundation under Brain Gain Visitor Programme (Visitor Dr. M.D. Steinberg).
2015-2019 Team member on the project “Design and Synthesis of Novel Nitrogen-Containing Heterocyclic Fluorophores and Fluorescent Nanomaterials for pH and Metal-Ion Sensing” financed by Croatian Science Foundation (PI Dr. Robert Vianello)
Research Collaborations
Dr. Matthew D. Steinberg, Erasmus Technology LLP, GoSense Wireless Ltd, UK
Development of wireless and wearable (bio)chemical sensing platforms
Joint supervision of master’s and doctoral students
Professor Joseph Wang, Department of Nanonengineering, University of California San Diego, USA
Development of wearable chemical sensors: smart bandages for wound status monitoring
Dr. Gerhard J. Mohr, Joanneum Research GmbH, Weiz, Austria
Textile based optical sensor materials for wearable applications in wound monitoring
Profesor Francisco J. Andrade, Universidad Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
Research, Development and Applications of Textile and Paper-Based Ion Selective Electrodes with Low-Power and Contactless/Wireless Sensor Instrumentation
