CROAGRO & Food and Healthy Living Fairs – International fair of agriculture, agricultural equipment and mechanization
In front of the Croatian Association of Innovators in the common time from December 1st – 4th at CROAGRO – International fair of agriculture, agricultural equipment and mechanization and the Food and Healthy Living Fairs; research team led by Prof. Gabrijel Ondrašek PhD presented his award-winning innovations that resulted from the project Ash4Soil.
A report on the Ash4Soil project and the award-winning innovations that resulted from the project was recorded by Poljoprivredna Televizija and Online LIVE TV Croatia in the show Zeleno Sunce.
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University innovation for 2022
At the solemn session of the Senate on the occasion of the Day of the University of Zagreb on November 9, 2022, the rector Prof. Stjepan Lakušić PhD awarded Prof. Gabrijel Ondrašek PhD and Filip Kranjčec MSc, with the University Innovation of the Year for 2022. They were awarded for innovation: value-added products for chemical land reclamation based on bioash and waste. The awarded products represent an example of innovative sustainable circular economy and sustainable management of waste and recycled materials. The presented products were developed for chemical reclamation of acidic and nutrient depleted soils in ecological and/or conventional agriculture and forestry. The award-winning innovation is the result of activities on the project Ash4Soil.
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International Exhibition of Inventions ARCA 2022 – innovative product ASH4SOIL awarded with a silver medal
At the international exhibition of innovations ARCA 2022, held from October 13 to 15, 2022 in the National and University Library in Zagreb, where >200 domestic and foreign innovations from various fields were presented, the innovative product ASH4SOIL – a soil improver for chemical melioration based on wastes. Among the awardees was the research team; Prof. Gabrijel Ondrašek PhD, Filip Kranjčec MSc, and Jelena Horvatinec MSc, from the University of Zagreb Agriculture Faculty, which received a silver medal for the innovative product ASH4SOIL. The product is the result of activities on the Ash4Soil project.
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4th International Symposium for Agriculture and Food, Ohrid, North Macedonia
The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Nutrition – Skopje organized from 12 – 14 October 2022, the 4th International Symposium on Agriculture and Food (ISAF-2022) where Prof. Gabrijel Ondrašek, PhD presented the abstract Amelioration of metal-contaminated soil by bioash impacts metals release from the soil matrix & chemical speciation in water leachates, which is the result of activities on the project Ash4soil.
The 9th International Conference WATER FOR ALL
The 9th International Conference WATER FOR ALL was held on the 19 – 20 May 2022 in Osijek, in the Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek on the occasion of World Water Day and with the aim of gathering and exchanging experiences of scientists and experts in the field of water management, environmental protection, and preservation of water resources.
Scientific work: Amendment of metal – contaminated soil by biochar impacts metals release from the soil matrix & chemical speciation modelling in percolates was preseted there as a result of the activities on the project Ash4soil.
Scientific publication in a journal “Science of The Total Environment”
Employees of the Department of Soil Amelioration University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture: Prof. Gabrijel Ondrašek, PhD; Prof. Davor Romić, PhD and Jelena Horvatinec, MSc with collaborator from international institutions published a publication in the journal “Science of the Total Evvironment” (Q1, IF 10.75). The work is the result of activities on the project Ash4soil.
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Scientific publication in a journal “Exposure & Health”
Prof. Gabrijel Ondrašek, PhD from the Department of Soil Amelioration and colleagues from domestic and foreign institutions published a paper in the prestigious asientific journal Exposure & Health (IF 11.4), currently the first-ranked (1/98) journal in the Water Resources category.
Ondrasek Gabrijel, Jelovica Badovinac Ivana, Peter Robert, Petravić Mladen, Macan, Jelena, Rengel Zed, 2022. Humates and Chlorides Synergistically Increase Cd Phytoaccumulation in Strawberry Fruits, Heightening Health Risk from Cd in Human Diet. Expo. Heal.
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The work is the result of activities on several projects; Postdoc (O-3510-2010) financed by the Croatian Science Foundation, Ash4soiL (Class: 440-12/20-16-01-02/0001; No: 343-1601/01-21-004) financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (90%) i R. Hrvatske (10%), and the support of the University of Zagreb.
Scientific publication in a journal “Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews”
Employees of the Department of Soil Amelioration, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture in cooperation with colleagues from several institutions published their work in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (IF 14.98, q1).
Ondrašek, G., Bubalo Kovačić, M., Carević, I., Štirmer, N., Stipičević, S., Udiković-Kolić, N., Filipović, V., Romić, D., Rengel, Z., 2021. Bioashes and their potential for reuse to sustain ecosystem services and underpin circular economy. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 151, 111540.
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The work is the result of activities on the Ash4soil project. Project leader is Prof. Gabrijel Ondrašek, PhD
Scientific publication in a journal “Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery”
Employees of the Department of Soil Amelioration, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture and the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Medicine published their work in the journal Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (IF 4.9; q1).
Ondrašek Gabrijel, Kranjčec Filip, Maltašić Gracijela i Sanja Stipičević. 2021. Hardwood fly ash as a low-C waste has strong potential to become a value-added sorbent for removal of the herbicide terbuthylazine from the aquatic matrix. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 1-13.
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The work is the result of activities on the Ash4soil project. Project leader is Prof. Gabrijel Ondrašek, PhD
Info day of the project “Application of biomass ash to improve agricultural production and soil fertility”
The University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture and the City of Đakovo held an info day as part of the project “Application of biomass ash to improve agricultural production and soil fertility”. Prof. Gabrijel Ondrašek PhD represented aim of the research and benefits for the scientific community and agriculture producers.
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