Curriculum Vitae
Personal:
Born in Kranj, Slovenia, 1981. Married. 1 daughter and 1 son.
Education and positions:
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 2005-2012 |
Teaching assistant (asistent), Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana.
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| 2009-2012 |
Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Marie Curie Fellow), Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford.
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| 2009-2012 |
Tutor for Condensed Matter Physics (3rd year Physics), University of Oxford.
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| 2013- |
Assistant professor (from 2015, with tenure), Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana.
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| 2015- |
Reasearch associate, Josef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana.
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Awards:
| 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. |
Grants:
| 2010-2012 (2 years) |
ACTOIDS - Active liquid crystal colloidsofluidics - EU FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF Marie Curie Fellowship (at University of Oxford); PI M. Ravnik with J.M. Yeomans |
| 2012-2016 (4 years) |
FREEFLUID - Channelfree liquid crystal microfluidics - EU FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (at University of Ljubljana); PI M. Ravnik |
| 2013-2015 (2 years) |
Research Project ARRS Z1-5441 Active and complex materials fluidics at microscale // Fluidika aktivnih in kompleksnih tekocin na mikroskali (at University of Ljubljana); PI M. Ravnik |
| 2015-2018 (3 years) |
USAF AFRL EOARD Research Project Nematic Colloidal Tilings as Tunable Soft Metamaterials (at University of Ljubljana); PI M. Ravnik |
| 2016-2017 (2 years) |
SLO - USA bilateral ARRS travel grant Topological soft matter for photonics // Topološka mehka snov za fotoniko (University of Ljubljana and Unviersity of Pennsylvania); PIs M. Ravnik and R. Kamien |
| 2016-2018 (3 years) |
Research Project ARRS J1-7300 Metamaterials based on liquid crystal colloids // Metamateriali na osnovi tekocekristalnih koloidov (at University of Ljubljana and Josef Stefan Institute); PI M. Ravnik |
| 2016-2019 (3 years) |
Industrial project with company Lek d.d. member of Sandoz Development of the preformulation platform for the development of biopharmaceutical formulation // Razvoj predformulacijske platforme za razvoj formulacije bioloskega zdravila; PI M. Ravnik |
| 2017-2020 (3 years) |
Applied Research Project ARRS L1-8135: Biopharmaceuticals: sensor for aggregation of protein particles based on liquid crystals // Biološka zdravila: detektor tvorbe proteinskih delcev na osnovi tekočih kristalov. (at University of Ljubljana, Josef Stefan Institute, and Lek. d.d member of Sandoz); PI M. Ravnik |
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