Karin STANA KLEINSCHEK

Karin Stana Kleinschek obtained her PhD degree from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the University of Graz, Austria. Her field of expertise is surface modification and the characterization of biopolymers, especially polysaccharides and their usability in biomedical applications, biomaterials, 3D bioprinting, and the development of new bioink and biopolymer composites. She led the Laboratory for Processing and Characterization of Polymers LCPP at the University of Maribor, Slovenia for more than 15 years and, as of 2020, is Head of the Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Bio-Based Systems, Faculty of Technical Chemistry, Chemical and Process Engineering, and Biotechnol ogy, at the Graz University of Technology, Austria. She was also a full professor at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Maribor. From 2011 to 2015, she was a Vice-Rector for Research and Development of the University of Maribor. She is a member of various scientific organizations and vice president of research of the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE).

Prof. Karin Stana Kleinschek works in the field of the characterization and surface modification of polysaccharides, which are used in biomedical applications. The use of the Quartz crystal microbalance in combination with the potentiostat, for the in situ determination of the phenomenon on surfaces at solid/liquid interface, represents an innovative approach and is applicable in tissue engineering research.

1964 Born in Maribor, Slovenia

1992 Master’s, University of University of Maribor

1996 PhD on surface properties of processed cellulose at Karl Franzens University of Graz, Austria

1997 Postdoc at KF University Graz, Austria

2007 Full professor, University of Maribor

2019 Full professor at University of Technology Graz, Austriaana

Important Works

K. Stana Kleinschek, V. Ribitsch (1998) Electrokinetic properties of cellulose fibers. Colloids and Surfaces 140.

T. Elschner, K. Stana Keinschek, et al. (2020) Modification of cellulose thin films with lysine moieties, Cellulose 25(1).

T. Mohan, K. Stana Kleinschek et al. (2020) Generic method for designing 3D bioscaffolds for tissue engineering applications. ACS Applied Bio Materials 3(2).

Selected Awards

2017 University of Maribor: Award for the best Scientific achievements at the University

2016 University of Maribor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering: Award for the best research achievements in the Faculty

2004 Ministry for Higher Education and Research ARRS, Slovenia: Price for the best supervision of the PhD thesis

1988 University of Maribor: Award for the best Diploma thesis