The Laboratory for General and Inorganic Chemistry and Electroanalysis has operated as an independent scientific and educational unit since the founding of the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology in 1979. From 1956 to 1979, it was part of the unified Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry at the Faculty of Technology.

The Laboratory's earlier scientific research focused primarily on the study of ionic interactions and equilibria in aqueous solutions, electrode processes, and the application of electrochemical analytical methods. Significant results were achieved through the development of new experimental techniques and both analogue and digital electrochemical instrumentation for use in chemical analysis, as well as in electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical measurements.

In the past fifteen years, the Laboratory's scientific research has focused mainly on the development and application of electrochemical sensors and biosensors, with recent emphasis on nanostructured materials for use in biosensors, electrocatalysis, and bioelectrocatalysis. Laboratory staff have also achieved significant results in developing chemometric methods for resolving global electrochemical and spectroscopic signals and applying these methods to the analysis of multicomponent systems.