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Hire Dejan V.

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Highly skilled professional in chemistry, material science, nanotechnology, sustainability and project management.

Profile Summary

I am a chemist by profession with a PhD in material science, namely in the field of nanotechnology. I have specific know-how with TiO2 Sulphate process which aided my efforts with process optimization and more sustainable operation. I am a highly skilled professional specialized in project management at various levels, project drafting, setting milestones and achieving them through efficient team work. I am interested in topics such as material science, chemistry, sustainability, project management, process optimization and management.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ STEM
• ☆ Chemistry
• ☆ Catalysis
• ☆ Dispersion Chemistry
• ☆ Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials
• ☆ Nanotechnology
• ☆ Chemical Engineering
• ☆ Process Chemistry
• ☆ Reactor Design
• ☆ Environmental Engineering and Technology
• ☆ Climate Science
• ☆ Adhesion Technology
• ☆ Applied Chemistry
• ☆ Reverse Engineering
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Survey Design & Methodology
• ☆ Feasibility Studies
• ☆ Technology Scouting
• ☆ Fact Checking
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Instructional Webinars
• ☆ Skills Training
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Traditional/Narrative Literature Review
• ☆ Systematic Literature Review
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Language Translation
• ☆ Sustainable Development
• ☆ Project Management

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing

Research Market Research, Feasibility Study, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis

Product Development Formulation, Product Validation, Manufacturing

Work Experience

Researcher, project coordinator

Cinkarna (Slovenia)

July 2007 - Present

Education

PhD (Nanotechnology )

Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School

November 2007 - June 2012

BsC (Chemistry)

Univerza v Ljubljani Fakulteta za Kemijo in Kemijsko tehnologijo

October 2000 - May 2006

Certifications

• Climate Reality Leadership Corps

  The Climate Reality Project

  https://www.climaterealityproject.org/

  October 2021 - Present

Publications

CONFERENCE ABSTRACT

(2021). Conversion of hydrated titanium gel to white T i O 2 pigment. Cutting Edge 2021 : scientific conference for young researchers : independent in science.

(2015). T i O 2 / S i O 2 composite photocatalysts for air treatment. The 3rd International Conference on Photocatalytic and Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Treatment of Water.

(2015). Organic-free colloidal titania as the impregnation media of mesoporous silica in indoor air-cleaning applications. Proceedings of the 6th Croatian-Slovenian-Serbian Symposium on Zeolites.

(2011). EPR study of interfacial charge transfer in titanium dioxide nanoparticles. SLONANO 2011.

(2011). Hydrothermal synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles used for paste preparation for photoelectrochemical solar cells. Slovenski kemijski dnevi 2011.

(2010). Preparation and photocatalytic activity tests of self-cleaning surfaces by fluorescence measurements. Third International Conference on Semiconductor Photochemistry.

(2010). Superparamagnetic photocatalytic nanocomposite particles for application in the decomposition of pollutants in water. SOLAR 10, International Conference on Nano/Molecular Photochemistry and Nanomaterials for Green Energy Development.

(2009). Superparamagnetic photocatalytic nanocomposite particles for application in the decomposition of pollutants in water. V: Abstracts. ECIS 2009, 23rd Conference of the European Colloidal and Interface Society, September 6-11, 2009, Antalya, Turkey.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2018). Hydrothermal synthesis of Mn-doped TiO[sub]2 with a strongly suppressed photocatalytic activity. Materiali in tehnologije.

(2017). Highly efficient photocatalytic activity in the visible region of hydrothermally synthesized N-doped T i O 2. Informacije MIDEM : časopis za mikroelektroniko, elektronske sestavne dele in materiale.

(2016). T i O 2 − S i O 2 films from organic-free colloidal T i O 2 anatase nanoparticles as photocatalyst for removal of volatile organic compounds from indoor air. Applied catalysis. B, Environmental.

(2014). Surface treated titanium dioxide nanoparticles as inorganic UV filters in sunscreen products. European coatings journal.

(2014). Surface treatment optimization of pigmentary TiO2 from an industrial aspect. JCT research.

(2014). Alumina surface treated pigmentary titanium dioxide with suppressed photoactivity. Journal of coating science and technology.

(2014). Gel-sol synthesis of rutile nanoparticles. Acta chimica slovenica.

(2014). Surface treated titanium dioxide nanoparticles as inorganic UV filters in sunscreen products. Acta chimica slovenica.

(2013). The influence of surface-treated nano-TiO_2 (rutile) incorporation in water-based acrylic coatings on wood protection. Wood Science and Technology.

(2012). The synthesis of anatase nanoparticles and the preparation of photocatalytically active coatings based on wet chemical methods for self-cleaning applications. International journal of photoenergy.

(2011). Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane trisilanols as pigment surface modifiers for fluoropolymer based Thickness Sensitive Spectrally Selective (TSSS) paint coatings. Solar energy materials and solar cells.

(2011). Protection from the sun : surface treated rutile TiO[sub]2 nanoparticles are effective UV absorbers. European coatings journal.

CONFERENCE POSTER

(2012). Self-organized T i O 2 nanotube arrays : use in dye-sensitized solar cells. Fourteenth Annual Conference YUCOMAT.

(2012). Self cleaning ability of commercially available and laboratory produced self-cleaning glass after one year of outdoor exposure. Thematic Woorkshop Instrumental Analytical Methods for Environmental Monitoring.

(2011). Hydrothermal synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles and development of sol-gel modified pastes applicable for flexible dye-sensitized solar cells. Thin film & advanced solutions. [Aix en Provence: s. n.].

(2010). The synthesis of rutile nanoparticles. Slovenski kemijski dnevi 2010.

(2009). The syntheis and characterization of rutile titanium oxide nanoparticles. C 2009. Vol. 3, Materials Science. Microscopy Conference, Graz, Austria.

CONFERENCE PAPER

(2012). T i O 2 nanoparticle engineering in Cinkarna Celje. Researchers' Day 2012.

(2011). Anatase nanoparticles synthesis and photocatalytic coatings preparation for self-cleaning applications. Easy-to-clean / Self-cleaning coatings III". Hannover: Vincentz Network.

DISSERTATION THESIS

(2012). Controlled synthesis of TiO [sub] 2, nanoparticles and their application in photovoltaics.

LECTURE SPEECH

(2011). TiO2 nanoparticles and treir various technological applications. SLONANO 2011.