Curriculum Vitae [pdf]
Personal:
Born in Kranj, Slovenia, 1981. Married. 2 daughters and 1 son (2013, 2016, 2018).
Positions & employment:
| • Associate professor, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, UL, 2017- |
| • Senior reasearch associate, Josef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, 2017-
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| • Assistant professor (from 2015, with tenure), Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, UL, 2013-17
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| • Reasearch associate, Josef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, 2015-17
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• Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Marie Curie Fellow), Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, 2009-12
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• "Young researcher" (= PhD student), Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, UL, 2004-09
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Education:
| 2004-2009 |
PhD in Physics, specialisation Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana.
PhD thesis: "Colloidal Structures Confined to Thin Nematic Layers", Advisor: S. Zumer. |
| 2000-2004 |
MSc in Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana.
Msc thesis: "Effect of a Light Beam on Colloidal Particles Dispersed in a Nematic Liquid Crystal", Advisor: S. Zumer. (5-year course in 4 years) |
Awards:
| 2019 |
National "Ziga Zois" recognition of important scientific achievements in soft matter physics
Awarded by the Republic of Slovenia. |
| 2016 |
EPJ Distinguished Referee 2016
Awarded by the European Physical Journal. |
| 2014 |
Honorary award for best junior university professors
Awarded by the University of Ljubljana. |
| 2011 |
Jozef Stefan Golden Emblem Prize.
Awarded by the national Josef Stefan Institute. |
| 2010 |
International Glenn Brown award for the best PhD Thesis in the field of liquid crystals.
Awarded by the International Liquid Crystal Society. |
| 2004 |
University of Ljubljana "Faculty Preseren's Award" for the outstanding Diploma work (Master thesis).
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| 2000 |
"Excellent student" national award for excelent finish of secondary schooling (Matura, Abitur) .
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| 1996 |
National "Zois scholarship" for gifted students. |
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