prof. dr. sc. Gordana Medunić

Title:	Full Professor
Location:	5 MPZ
Public phone number:	+385 1 460 5909
Internal phone number:	5909
E-mail:	E-mail
Official web page URL:	https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1690973
Department:	Department of Geology

Teaching

undergraduate

• Atmosphere Pollution and Global Warming (37629) - Lecturer in charge
• Principles of elemental and phase analysis (41029) - Lecturer in charge

graduate

• Geochemical methods of environmental investigation (44116) - Lecturer in charge
• Geochemical Processes in Sedimentary Rocks (53499) - Lecturer in charge
• Geochemistry of sedimentary rocks (44114) - Lecturer in charge
• Geoforensics and Geomedicine (227711) - Lecturer in charge
• Geological aspects of waste disposals (44115) - Lecturer in charge
• Geological Aspects of Waste Management (53441) - Lecturer in charge
• Geostatistics (44013) - Lecturer in charge
• Phase and elemental analyis (44125) - Lecturer in charge

doctoral

• Interpretation and Mathematical Methods of Geological Data Analyses (153168) - Lecturer in charge
• Selected Topics on Sediment Geochemistry (153198) - Lecturer in charge

Biography

Research interests
Environmental geochemistry in the context of pollution of karst ecosystems with coal- and ash-derived sulfur and potentially toxic trace elements (Se, Mo, U, V)

Education

• 2004 PhD (UNIZG, PMF, Geology department)
• 1995. B.Sc (UNIZG, RGNF, geology)

Research mobilities
Barcelona (CSIC-IDAEA, 2014); Madrid (MNCN, 2017); Varanasi (BHU, 2017/18); Jamshedpur (NML, 2018, 2022/23); Cincinnati (UC, 2020)

Teaching mobilities
Lectures on geostatistics: Belgrade (RGF, 2016); Chongqing (SWU, 2019)

Training mobilities
Erasmus+: Krakow (Poland, 2016), Lampung (Indonesia, 2019), Jorhat and Jamshedpur (India, 2022), Bhubaneshwar (India, 2025)  

Invited talks
Penn State University (the USA, 2016); Yamanashi University and Chubu University (Japan, 2016)

Peer review activities
230 research manuscripts (Elsevier, Springer, MDPI, Wiley, Sage); Horizon Europe (research and MSCA projects)

Academic journal editorial membership
Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment (2014 - )

Award
Annual award of HGD: Malvić, T. & Medunić, G.: student textbook STATISTICS IN GEOLOGY (2015)

Selected research and professional publications
(complete list: https://www.bib.irb.hr:8443/pretraga/?operators=and|21972|text|profile&subgroup=ja-articles_in_press%7Cja-letters%7Cja-original_scientific_papers%7Cja-other_journal_papers%7Cja-preliminary_notes%7Cja-professional_papers%7Cja-review_papers%7Cja-short_communications)

Zgorelec et al. (2023): Biotechnological methods of selenium bioremediation from various compartments of environment: A review // Journal of Central European Agriculture, 24, 2; 531-551.

Petrović et al. (2023): Physicochemical and mineral characteristics of soil materials developed naturally on two ∼ 50 years old coal combustion residue disposal sites in Croatia // Catena (Cremlingen), 231, 107338, 10

Zhang et al. (2023): Enhancement of biomethane production by huminite- enriched lignite pretreated with hydrogen peroxide // International Journal of Coal Geology, 274, 104284, 10

Zhang et al. (2023): Contaminants from a former Croatian coal sludge dictate the structure of microbiota in the estuarine (Raša Bay) sediment and soil // Frontiers in microbiology, 14, 1-13

Fiket et al. (2022): Carbon-based raw materials play key roles in technology of the 21st century: Indian case studies // Rudarsko-geološko-naftni zbornik, 37(5), 61; 15-22

Kang et al. (2022): Coal-derived sulphur and selenium in marine sediment cores (Raša Bay, Croatia): recommended steps of analysing environmental earth data // Mathematical methods and terminology in geology, Zagreb: Rudarsko-geološko-naftni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2022., 75-83

Medunić et al. (2022): Computational skills in geosciences higher education system for the 21st century // Mathematical methods and terminology in geology, Zagreb: Rudarsko-geološko-naftni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2022., 5-12

Petrović et al. (2022): Mobility of metals and metalloids from SHOS coal ash and slag deposit: mineralogical and geochemical constraints // Environmental science and pollution research, 29, 46916-46928

Prevendar Crnić et al. (2022): Enhanced levels of hazardous trace elements (Cd, Cu, Pb, Se, Zn) in bird tissues in the context of environmental pollution by Raša coal // Rudarsko-geološko-naftni zbornik.

Medunić et al. (2021): Elevated selenium in vegetables, fruits, and wild plants affected by Raša coal mine water chemistry // Rudarsko-geološko-naftni zbornik, 36, 52; 1-13.

Published papers recorded in the Croatian Scientific Bibliography Database

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List of select publications

1. Huang, Z., Zhou, J., Zhong, Y., Chang, Y., Yin, W., Zhao, S., Yan, Y., Zhang, W., Gu, Q., He, H., Urynowicz, M., Sabar, M.A., Medunić, G., Liu, F.-J., Guo, H., Jamal, A., Ali, M.I., Haider, R. (2025.). Enhanced methane production from bloom algal biomass using hydrothermal and hydrothermal-alkaline pretreatment with anaerobic digestion. Scientific Reports, 15, 6775, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-90105-0           
2. Haneklaus, N., Kaggwa, M., Misihairabgwi, J., Abu El-Magd, S., Ahmadi, N., Ait Brahim, J., Amasi, A., Balláné Kovács, A., Bartela, Ł., Bellefqih, H., Beniazza, R., Bernas, J., Bilal, E., Bituh, T., Chernysh, Y., Chubur, V., Ćirić, J., Dolezal, C., Figulová, A., Filipi, J., Glavan, G., Guzsvinecz, T., Horváth, L., Josimovski, S., Kiselicki, M., Lazarus, M., Kazazić, M., Komlósi, I., Maged, A., Mashifana, T., Medunić, G. et al. (2025.). The phosphorus negotiation game (P-Game): first evaluation of a serious game to support science-policy decision making played in more than 20 countries worldwide. Discover sustainability, 6, 1, doi: 10.1007/s43621-024-00693-6.       
3. Fiket, Ž., Medunić, G. (2023.). Dataset of rare earth elements distribution in soils and vegetables. Results in earth sciences, 1, 100004, doi: 10.1016/j.rines.2023.100004.   
4. Petrović, M., Medunić, G., Fiket​, Ž. (2023.). Essential role of multi-element data in interpreting elevated element concentrations in areas impacted by both natural and anthropogenic influences. PeerJ, 11, 15904, 29. doi: 10.7717/peerj.15904.
5. Zgorelec, Ž., Vujnović, A., Prevendar Crnić, A., Medunić, G.* (2023.). Biotechnological methods of selenium bioremediation from various compartments of environment: A review. Journal of Central European agriculture, 24, 2, 531-551. doi: 10.5513/jcea01/24.2.3879. [pregledni]
6. Petrović, M., Ivanić, M., Vdović, N., Dolenec, M., Čermelj, B., Šket, P., Medunić, G., Fiket, Ž. (2023.). Physicochemical and mineral characteristics of soil materials developed naturally on two ∼ 50 years old coal combustion residue disposal sites in Croatia. Catena (Cremlingen), 231, 107338, 10. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2023.107338.         
7. Zhang, W., Mo, Q., Huang, Z., Sabar, M. A., Medunić, G., Ivošević, T., He, H., Urynowicz, M., Liu, F.-J., Guo, H. (2023.). Contaminants from a former Croatian coal sludge dictate the structure of microbiota in the estuarine (Raša Bay) sediment and soil. Frontiers in microbiology, 14, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1126612.
8. Petrović, M., Fiket, Ž., Medunić, G., Chakravarty, S. (2022.). Leaching capacity of inorganic constituents from SHOS coal ash and slag unregulated waste deposit: mineralogical and geochemical constraints. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29, 46916-46928. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-19074-5.
9. Prevendar Crnić, A., Damijanić, D., Bilandžić, N., Sedak, M., Medunić, G. (2022.). Enhanced levels of hazardous trace elements (Cd, Cu, Pb, Se, Zn) in bird tissues in the context of environmental pollution by Raša coal. Rudarsko-geološko-naftni zbornik, 37, 1, 19-30. doi: 10.17794/rgn.2022.1.3  
10. Fiket, Ž., Saikia, B., Chakravarty, S., Medunić, G.* (2022.). Carbon-based raw materials play key roles in technology of the 21st century: Indian case studies. Rudarsko-geološko-naftni zbornik, 37(5), 61, 15-22. [pregledni]
11. Medunić, G.*, Bilandžić, N., Sedak, M., Fiket, Ž., Prevendar Crnić, A., Geng, V. (2021.). Elevated selenium in vegetables, fruits, and wild plants affected by Raša coal mine water chemistry. Rudarsko-geološko-naftni zbornik, 36(1), 52, 1-13. doi: 10.17794/rgn.2021.1.1. 
12. Fiket, Ž., Petrović, M., Medunić, G., Ivošević, T., Fiket, T., Xu, L.Z., Wang, Y., Ding, S. (2021..). Evaluation of the potential release tendency of metals and metalloids from the estuarine sediments: case study of Raša Bay. Molecules, 26(21), 6656, 15 doi:10.3390/molecules26216656.
13. Medunić, G.*, Bucković, D., Prevendar Crnić, A., Bituh, T., Gaurina Srček, V., Radošević, K., Bajramović, M., Zgorelec, Ž. (2020). Sulfur, metal(loid)s, radioactivity, and cytotoxicity in abandoned karstic Raša coal-mine discharges (the north Adriatic Sea). Rudarsko-geološko-naftni zbornik, 35, 3; 1-16.
14. Rađenović, A., Medunić, G. (2020.). Dynamics and thermodynamics of a nickel uptake from a water system onto the blast furnace sludge. Journal of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, 55, 1; 110-118.
15. Medunić, G., Grigore, M., Dai, S., Berti, D., Hochella, M.F., Mastalerz, M., Valentim, B., Guedes, A., Hower, J.C. (2020.). Characterization of superhigh-organic-sulfur Raša coal, Istria, Croatia, and its environmental implication. International Journal of Coal Geology, 217; 103344. 
16. Dvoršćak, M., Stipičević, S., Mendaš, G., Drevenkar, V., Medunić, G., Stančić, Z., Vujević, D. (2019.). Soil burden by persistent organochlorine compounds in the vicinity of a coal-fired power plant in Croatia: A comparison study with an urban-industrialized area. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26; 23707-23716.
17. Fiket, Ž., Medunić, G., Vidaković- Cifrek, Ž., Jezidžić, P., Cvjetko, P. (2019.). Effect of coal mining activities and related industry on composition, cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of surrounding soils. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27, 6; 6613-6627.
18. Ivanić, M., Fiket, Ž., Medunić, G., Furdek Turk, M., Marović, G., Senčar, J., Kniewald, G. (2019.). Multi-element composition of soil, mosses and mushrooms and assessment of natural and artificial radioactivity of a pristine temperate rainforest system (Slavonia, Croatia). Chemosphere, 215; 668-677.
19. Medunić, G.*, Singh, P.K., Singh, A.L., Rai, A., Rai, S., Jaiswal, M.K., Obrenović, Z., Petković, Z., Janeš, M. (2019.). Use of bacteria and synthetic zeolites in remediation of soil and water polluted with superhigh-organic-sulfur Raša coal (Raša Bay, North Adriatic, Croatia). Water, 11, 7; 1419-1440.