prof. dr. sc. Gordana Medunić

Teaching

undergraduate

• Atmosphere Pollution and Global Warming (37629) - Lecturer in charge
• Principles of elemental and phase analysis (41029) - Lecturer in charge
• Seminar II (41036) - Lecturer in charge
• Seminar III (41046) - 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
• Seminar IV (44011) - Lecturer in charge
• Seminar (thesis related) (44034) - Lecturer in charge
• Seminar V (44028) - Lecturer in charge
• Thesis (44037) - 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

Scientific publications (CroRIS)

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List of select publications

1. Malenšek Andolšek, N., Lojen, S., Zupančič, N., Medunić, G. (2026). The Natural Attenuation of Bioavailable Sulfur Loads in Soil Around a Coal-Fired Power Plant 20 Years After Ceasing Pollution: The Case of Plomin, Croatia. Sustainability, 18, 747. https://doi.org/10.3390/su18020747.
2. Petrović, M., Vidaković-Cifrek, Ž., Medunić, G., Fiket, Ž. (2026). Toxicity assessment of coal ash after 50 years of weathering: the integration of multielement analysis and biological endpoints. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, doi: 10.1039/d5em01010a.
3. Petrović, M., Ninčević Grassino, A., Lapić, J., Djaković, S., Furdek Turk, M., Medunić, G., Fiket, Ž. (2026). Changes in the mobility of oxyanions from coal combustion residues after 50 years of natural weathering. Waste Management, 216, 115450, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2026.115450.
4. He, H., Mao, W., Heng, X., Cheng, J., Cao, M., Cao, Q., Zhou, Z., Tao, X., Medunić, G., Huang, Z.-X. (2026). Effects of combined humic-microbial amendment on the growth of packchoi and soil improvement for coal mine subsided area. Environmental Research, 1, 1, 1-2, doi: 10.2139/ssrn.5938627.
5. 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.         
6. 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.
7. Zhang, W., Huang, Z., Zhang, D., Medunić, G., Urynowicz, M., Liu, F.-J., Guo, H., Haider, R., Ali, M. I., Jamal, A., He, H. (2023). Enhancement of biomethane production by huminite- enriched lignite pretreated with hydrogen peroxide. International Journal of Coal Geology, 274, 104284, 10, doi:10.1016/j.coal.2023.104284.
8. 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.  
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Petrović, M., Fiket, Ž., Medunić, G., Chakravarty, S. (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, doi:10.1007/s11356-022-19074-5.
14. 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. 
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.