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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

  • Chair of Scientific and Organising Committee of  YISAC 2006 Young Investigators' Seminar on Analytical Chemistry, Zagreb, 2006 (120 participants from 15 countries)
  • Member of YISAC Scientific Committee (2006-2010)

 

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

  • UNICA (Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe) workshops EU Research seminar, EU research workshop on FP7, Brussels; EU Research seminar- The Role of the Universities workshop, University of Vienna
  • Visiting researcher at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona within EU programme: “Concerted Action: Chemical Sensors for In-Vivo Monitoring (1 month)
  • Participation at two EU training workshops on Molecular Sensor Technology at the Institute of Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, UK (2 weeks)

 

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

  • Member of EU liaison officers working group, UNICA (Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe) 2006-2011
  • Member of Organising and Evaluation Committee for UNICA Entrepreneurship Competition UNICA (Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe) 2009 Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris¸ 2011  Tallinn University, Tallinn
  • Project coordinator (partner) of Central European Exchange Programme for University Studies (CEEPUS) “Education in modern analytical and bioanalytical methods”  2007 - 2012
  • Project application reviewer for the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), National Science Centre Poland,  the Croatian Science Foundation and the Research funding Programme –“Concerted Research Actions” 2017 – 2021 Université de Mons, Belgium
  • Reviewer for scientific journals (Analytical  Chemistry, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Analytica Chimica Acta, Talanta, Dyes and Pigments)

 

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 1250 citations, h–index = 20, average IF(2017) = 4.05

26 publications in Q1  and 5 publications  in Q2 journals,  (22 corresponding, 3 first author)

 

PatentsMurkovic 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

Objavljeni radovi u Hrvatskoj znanstvenoj bibliografiji (CROSBI)

Izabrane publikacije

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.

Izabrani projekti

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