Welcome to the website of the Barta Group!

We are located at the Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Austria.

Research program

Our research program broadly addresses scientific challenges that help to transition from a linear, fossil-dependent industry, to a one based on renewable resources. To this end, we develop methods that are able to integrate widely available sustainable carbonaceous material streams (such as renewable biomass, plastic waste) into the circular bioeconomy.
While deeply rooted in sustainable catalysis and green chemistry, the research group follows a highly interdisciplinary approach. Research areas related to emerging biorefinery concepts, circular bioproducts, materials and polymers, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, chemical engineering and organic chemistry are represented and integrated. Accordingly, the research group features PhD students and post-docs with a wide range of backgrounds and skills, and the regular group meetings address a variety of research topics.

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The Group
 

 

News

Time to celebrate: The AWS Phönix price is ours!

We are happy to announce that our sustainable surfactant prototypes from the aws Gründungsfonds funded prototype project “Abfall zu Abwasch” and the EIC Transition funded project PureSurf has won the Austrian Phoenix Founders Award in the category prototype.

Read more: Phoenix price

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The PureSurf initiative produces “green” surfactants from waste products and aims to found a spin-off company at the University of Graz. Check the latest news about PureSurf on the project website .

Something to celebrate: We won the Styrian Innovation award!

We are proud to announce that we were awarded the Styrian Innovation award for our research in the field of sustainable surfactants that can be produced pnly using locally available waste- and side streams.

Read more: „Grüner“ Gewinn

Foto: Land Steiermark/Streibl

The PureSurf initiative produces “green” surfactants from waste products and aims to found a spin-off company at the University of Graz. Check the latest news about PureSurf on the project website .

Great news: We got the EIC Transition Grant!

We are beyond happy to announce that we were selected by the European Innovation Council (EIC) as one of the receivers of the 2.5 million euros grant awarded to take breakthrough projects into real life.

Read more: Commission selects first EIC Transition projects to take breakthrough technologies from the lab into the real world

Foto: Uni Graz/Tzivanopoulos

The PureSurf initiative produces “green” surfactants from waste products and aims to found a spin-off company at the University of Graz. Check the latest news about PureSurf on the EU Trending Topics and on the University of Graz website.

Highlight: A method to produce polymers from lignin

We are proud to announce that our recent publication on bio-based polymers from paper industry waste made it to the homepage of the University of Graz! Congratulations to the authors who conducted this exciting research. Enjoy the read!

Merit Scholarship for former PhD student from Barta Group

Congratulations to Dr. Anastasiia Afanasenko (now post-doc at McGill University in Canada) for receiving the Merit Scholarship for foreign students (PBEEE 2021-2022)!

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