Dr. Jana Kolar Current employment (since 2009): - Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Director General, Science Directorate - Past employments (till 2009): - MORANA RTD, Director - Faculty of chemistry and chemical technology, University of Ljubljana - Laboratory for cultural heritage, head, National and University Library

Curriculum Vitae 

Graduation from John Adams High School, IN, USA; a degree in chemistry at the University of Ljubljana, with the thesis prepared at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. Received a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1998 from University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
In 1990 employed by the Conservation department of the National and University Library. Head of the Conservation and Preservation dpt. between 1992-2005. Between 2005-2009 employed as the head of the Laboratory for Cultural Heritage. Director of MORANA RTD between 2004-2009.
Editor of an open access journal e-Preservation Science, a member of the editorial board of the journal Kvarkadabra (till 2009).  Co-ordinator of international projects within 5th, 6th and 7th EU framework programmes and a partner in several international projects (fp7, fp6, fp5, Eureka, Cost and Culture 2000). Co-ordinator of the ICOM-CC group on Graphic documents (2006-2009).

Co-editor of 2 books: Ageing and Stabilisation of Paper and Iron Gall Inks : On Manufacture, Characterisation, Degradation and Stabilisation. Has published more than 50 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and 13 chapters in books.

Visiting professor at EVTEK University of applied sciences, Helsinki, Finland (Non- and Micro-destructive analysis of cultural heritage (2007, postgraduate course for students of conservation).

Awards

- Zois award for outstanding scientific contributions in the field of chemistry, 2002, awarded by the Slovenian Ministry of Education, Science and Sport.
- Member of "Best Research Programme Group" of 2004, nominated by the Slovenian Research Agency.
- EUREKA Diploma, awarded by the Slovenian Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology in 2005.
- Prometheus award for science communication in 2006, awarded by The Slovenian Science Foundation.

Some other activities

Consultant to the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (Slovenian EU Presidency 2008) and Slovenian Research Agency. Co-author of the book Ljubljana in dialogue: European capital of culture 2012 (ISBN 978-961-6449-12-0). Delivers workshops on Grant writing and Science communication. Member of the Bled Forum Futures Committee.
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- Successful coordination and promotion of projects, presented at the Challenges of the EU 7th framework programme, Ljubljana, 2nd March 2007.

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Selected bibliography 

• J. Kolar, M. Strlič (Eds.),  Iron gall inks : on manufacture, characterisation, degradation and stabilisation, Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica, Ljubljana, 2006, ISBN 961-6551-19-1

• M. Strlic, J. Kolar (Eds.), Ageing and stabilisation of paper, Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica, 2005, Ljubljana, ISBN 961-6551-03-5.

• KOČAR, Drago, STRLIČ, Matija, KOLAR, Jana, ŠELIH, Vid Simon, PIHLAR, Boris. Peroxide-related chemiluminiscence of cellulose and its self-absorption. Polym. degrad. stab., 2008, vol. 93, no. 1, pp. 263-267.

• TRAFELA, Tanja, STRLIČ, Matija, KOLAR, Jana, LICHTBLAU, Dirk Andreas, ANDERS, Manfred, PUCKO, Danijela, PIHLAR, Boris. Nondestructive analysis and dating of historical paper based on IR spectroscopy and chemometric data evaluation. Anal. chem. (Wash.)., 2007, vol. 79, no. 16, pp. 6319-6323.

• KOLAR, Jana, MOŽIR, Alenka, STRLIČ, Matija, BRUIN, G. de, PIHLAR, Boris, STEEMERS, Ted. Stabilisation of iron gall ink : aqueous treatment with magnesium phytate. E-preservation science, 2007, vol. 4, pp. 19-24. http://www.morana-rtd.com/e-preservationscience/2007/Kolar-30-12-2007.pdf.

• ŠELIH, Vid Simon, STRLIČ, Matija, KOLAR, Jana, PIHLAR, Boris. The role of transition metals in oxidative degradation of cellulose. Polym. degrad. stab., 2007, vol. 92, no. 8, pp. 1476-1481.

• STRLIČ, Matija, KRALJ CIGIĆ, Irena, KOLAR, Jana, BRUIN, G. de, PIHLAR, Boris. Non-destructive evaluation of historical paper based on pH estimation from VOC emissions. Sensors, 2007, vol. 7, pp. 3136-3145.

• ARČON, Iztok, KOLAR, Jana, KODRE, Alojz, HANŽEL, Darko, STRLIČ, Matija. XANES analysis of Fe valence in iron gall inks. X-ray spectrom., 2007, vol. 36, str. 199-205.

• KOLAR, Jana, ŠTOLFA, Andrej, POMPE, Matevž, PIHLAR, Boris, BUDNAR, Miloš, SIMČIČ, Jurij, REISSLAND, Birgit. Historical iron gall ink containing documents - properties affecting their condition. Anal. chim. acta., 2006, vol. 555, pp. 167-174.

• GÓRA, Michalina, PIRCHER, Michael, GÖTZINGER, Erich, BAJRASZEWSKI, Tomasz, STRLIČ, Matija, KOLAR, Jana, HITZENBERGER, Christoph K., TARGOWSKI, Piotr. Optical coherence tomography for examination of parchment degradation. Laser chem. (Print), 2006, vol. 2006, pp. 1-6 (Full text).

• MALI, Gregor, ŠALA, Martin, ARČON, Iztok, KAUČIČ, Venčeslav, KOLAR, Jana. Insight into the short-range structure of amorphous iron inositol hexaphosphate as provided by [sup](31)P NMR and Fe X-ray absorption spectroscopy. J. phys. chem., B Condens. mater. surf. interfaces biophys., 2006, vol. 110, no. 46, pp. 23060-23067.

• ŠALA, Martin, KOLAR, Jana, STRLIČ, Matija, KOČEVAR, Marijan. Synthesis of myo-inositol 1,2,3-tris- and 1,2,3,5-tetrakis(dihydrogen phosphate)s as a tool for the inhibition of iron-gall-ink corrosion. Carbohydr. res., 2006, vol. 341, no. 7, pp. 897-902.

• MALEŠIČ, Jasna, KOLAR, Jana, STRLIČ, Matija, POLANC, Slovenko. The influence of halide and pseudo-halide antioxidants in Fenton-like reaction systems. Acta chim. slov., 2006, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 450-456, (Full text).

• BUDNAR, Miloš, URŠIČ, Mitja, SIMČIČ, Jurij, PELICON, Primož, KOLAR, Jana, ŠELIH, Vid Simon, STRLIČ, Matija. Analysis of iron gall inks by PIXE. Nucl. instrum. methods phys. res., B Beam interact. mater. atoms. [Print ed.], 2006, vol. 243, pp. 407-416.

• STRLIČ, Matija, ŠELIH, Vid Simon, KOLAR, Jana, KOČAR, Drago, PIHLAR, Boris, OSTROWSKI, Roman, MARCZAK, Jan, STRZELEC, Marek, MARINČEK, Marko, VUORINEN, Tapani, JOHANSSON, Leena Sisko. Optimisation and on-line acustic monitoring of laser cleaning of soiled paper. Appl. phys., A, Mater. sci. process., 2005, vol. 81, no. 5, pp. 943-951.

• MALEŠIČ, Jasna, KOLAR, Jana, STRLIČ, Matija, POLANC, Slovenko. The use of halides for stabilisation of iron gall ink containing paper : the pronounced effect of cation. e-PS, 2005, vol. 2, pp. 13-18, (Full Text).

• MALEŠIČ, Jasna, STRLIČ, Matija, KOLAR, Jana, POLANC, Slovenko. The influence of halide and pseudo-halide antioxidants in Fenton-like reaction systems containing copper(II) ions. J. mol. catal., A Chem., 2005, vol. 241, no. 1/2, str. 126-132.

• MALEŠIČ, Jasna, KOLAR, Jana, STRLIČ, Matija, KOČAR, Drago, FROMAGEOT, Dominique, LEMAIRE, Jacques, HAILLANT, Olivier. Photo-induced degradation of cellulose. Polym. degrad. stab., 2005, vol. 89, no. 1, pp. 64-69.

• KOČAR, Drago, STRLIČ, Matija, KOLAR, Jana, RYCHLÝ, Jozef, MATISOVÁ-RYCHLÁ, Lyda, PIHLAR, Boris. Chemiluminiscence from paper. Part 3, the effect of superoxide anion and water. Polym. degrad. stab., 2005, vol. 88, no. 3, pp. 407-414.

• BUDNAR, Miloš, SIMČIČ, Jurij, RUPNIK, Zdravko, URŠIČ, Mitja, PELICON, Primož, KOLAR, Jana, STRLIČ, Matija. In-air PIXE set-up for automatic analysis of historical document inks : presented at the Sixteenth International Conference on Ion Beam Analysis, 29 June - 4 July 2003, Albuquerque, MN, USA. Nucl. instrum. methods phys. res., B Beam interact. mater. atoms., June 2004, vol. 219/220, pp. 41-47

• KOLAR, Jana, STRLIČ, Matija. Evaluating the effects of treatments on iron gall ink corroded documents : a new analytical methodology. Restaurator, 2004, vol. 25, no. 2, str. 94-103.

• KOČAR, Drago, PEDERSOLI, José Luiz, STRLIČ, Matija, KOLAR, Jana, RYCHLÝ, Jozef, MATISOVÁ-RYCHLÁ, Lyda. Chemiluminiscence from paper. Part 2, The effect of sample crystallinity, morphology and size. Polym. degrad. stab.. [Print ed.], 2004, vol. 86, no. 2, pp. 269-274.

• STRLIČ, Matija, KOLAR, Jana, KOČAR, Drago, DRNOVŠEK, Tjaša, ŠELIH, Vid Simon, SUSIČ, Robert, PIHLAR, Boris. What is the pH of alkaline paper?. e-PS, 2004, vol. 1, pp. 35-47.

• KOLAR, Jana, STRLIČ, Matija. Laser cleaning of paper using Nd: YAG laser running at 532 nm. J. cult. herit., 2003, [No.] 4, pp. 185s-187s. http://www.sciencedirect. com/science?_ob=Mlmg&_imagekey=B6W6G-46X2FPH-5-.

• J. Kolar, M. Strlic, M. Budnar, J. Malešič, V. S. Šelih, J. Simčič: “Stabilisation of Corrosive Iron Gall Inks”, Acta Chim. Slov., 50 (2003) 763-770 (Full text). 

• M. Strlic, J. Kolar, V.-S. Selih, D. Kocar, B. Pihlar: "A comparative study of Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, and Zn in Fenton-like reaction systems at circum-neutral pH", Acta Chim. Slov., 50 (2003) 619-632 (Full text). 

• M. Strlic, J. Kolar: "Evaluating and enhancing paper stability - the needs and recent trends", Postpr. 5th Eur. Conf. Cultural Herit. Res., Cracow, Poland, 16-18 May 2002, in print (Full paper in PDF).

• M. Strlic,  J. Kolar, J. Rychly: "Paper conservation chemistry: a review of chemiluminescence studies of cellulose stability", Paper conservation chemistry : a review of chemiluminiscence studies of cellulose stability. In: TOWNSEND, Joyce M. (Ed.), EREMIN, Kirill (ur.), ADRIAENS, Annemie (Eds.). Conservation Science 2002 : papers from the Conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland, 22-24 May 2002. London: Archetype, 2003, 182-187 (Full paper in PDF).

• J. Kolar, M. Strlic: "Non-aqueous stabilisation of metal tannate inks", Restaurator, (2002) in print (Abstract).

• M. Strlic, J. Kolar, V.-S. Selih, M. Marincek: "Surface modification during Nd:YAG (1064 nm) pulsed laser cleaning of organic fibrous materials", Appl. Surf. Sci., 2003, vol. 207, no. 1/4, pp. 236-245(Abstract).

• M. Strlic, J. Kolar: "Size Exclusion Chromatography of cellulose in LiCl/DMAc", J. Biochem. Biophys. Meth., Special Issue 2003, vol. 56, no. 1/3, pp. 265-279 (Abstract).

• D. Kocar, M. Strlic, J. Kolar, B. Pihlar: "A new method for determination of hydroperoxides in cellulose", Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 374 (2002) 1218-1222 (Abstract).

• M. Strlic, T. Radovic, J. Kolar, B. Pihlar: "Anti- and pro-oxidative properties of gallic acid in Fenton-like systems", J. Agric. Food Chem., 50 (2002) 6313-6317 (Abstract).

• J. Rychly, M. Strlic, L. Matisova-Rychla, J. Kolar: "Chemiluminescence from paper. I. Kinetic analysis of thermal oxidation of cellulose", Polym. Degrad. Stab., 78 (2002) 357-356 (Abstract).

• J. Malesic, J. Kolar, M. Strlic: "Effect of pH and Carbonyls on the Degradation of Alkaline Paper", Restaurator, 23 (2002) 145-153 (Abstract).

• J. Kolar, M. Strlic, M. Marincek: "IR Pulsed Laser Light Interaction with soiled cellulose and paper", Appl Phys A, 75 (2002) 673-676 (Abstract).

• M. Strlic, J. Kolenc, J. Kolar, B. Pihlar: "Enthalpic interactions in size exclusion chromatography of pullulan and cellulose in LiCl/DMAc", J. Chromatogr. A, 964 (2002) 47-54 (Abstract).

• M. Strlic, J. Kolar, B. Pihlar: "Some preventive cellulose antioxidants studied by an aromatic hydroxylation assay", Polym. Degrad. Stab., 72 (2001) 535-539. (Abstract).

• M. Strlic, J. Kolar, B. Pihlar, J. Rychlý, L. Matisova-Rychlá: "Initial degradation processes of cellulose at elevated temperatures revisited - chemiluminescence evidence", Polym. Degrad. Stab., 72 (2001) 157-162. (Abstract).

• J. Kolar, M. Strlic, B. Pihlar: "A new colourimetric method for determination of hydroxyl radicals during ageing of cellulose", Anal. Chim. Acta, 431 (2001) 313-319 (Abstract).

• J. Kolar, M. Strlic, S. Pentzien, W. Kautek: "Near-UV, visible and IR pulsed laser light interaction with cellulose", Appl Phys A, 71 (2000) 87-90 (Abstract).

• M. Strlic, J. Kolar, B. Pihlar, J. Rychlý, L. Matisova-Rychlá: "Chemiluminescence during thermal and thermo-oxidative degradation of cellulose". Eur. Polym. J., 36 (2000) 2351-2358 (Abstract).

• J. Kolar, M. Strlic, M. Marincek: "The Effect of Nd:YAG Laser Radiation at 1064 nm on Paper", Restaurator, 21(2000) 9-18 (Abstract).

• M. Strlic, J. Kolar, B. Pihlar: "The Effect of Metal Ion, pH and Temperature on the Yield of Oxidising Species in a Fenton-like System Determined by Aromatic Hydroxylation", Acta Chim. Slov., 46 (1999) 555-566 (Abstract, Full text / PDF).

• M. Strlic, J. Kolar, M. Zigon, B. Pihlar: "Evaluation of Size-exclusion Chromatography and Viscometry for the Determination of Molecular Masses of Oxidised Cellulose". J. Chromatogr. A, 805 (1998) 93-99 (Abstract).

• J. Kolar, M. Strlic, G. Novak, B. Pihlar: "Aging and Stabilization of Alkaline Paper", J. Pulp Pap. Sci., 24(1998) 89-94 (Abstract).

• Kolar, Jana. Mechanism of Autoxidative Degradation of Cellulose. Restaurator 1997; 18: 163-176 (Abstract).

• International conference Durability of Paper and Writing November 16^th-20^th 2004, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Proceedings)

• Proceedings of Icom-cc graphic documents meeting March 11^th-12^th 2004, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Internet address: http://www.nuk.uni-lj.si/jana/stran.html