Positions held at the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana:
- (2016-present) Member of the collegiate body of the study program Biotechnology
- (2009-present) Vice President of the Programme Council for the Doctoral Study Biosciences
- (2009-2016) Head of the Doctoral Study Committee
- (2008-present) Head of the Research group for Nanobiology and Nanotoxicology
- (2008-present) Full Professor of Zoology
- (2007-present) Full Professor of Toxicology
- (2006-2016) Coordinator of the scientific area Biology within the Doctoral Study Biosciences
- (2004-2016) Vice Head of the Department of Biology
- Member of the Senate (until September 2016)
Education:
- (1996) PhD in Environmental Toxicology from the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana; title of the thesis: Toxicity of Zinc to Terrestrial Isopods
- (1992) MSc in Biology from the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana; title of the thesis: Morphology of Digestive Tract and Accumulation of Heavy Metals in the Digestive Tract of Isopods
- (1989) BSc in Biology from the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana
Awards:
- (2017) Jesenko Prize awarded for lifetime achievements by the Biotechnical Faculty
- (2015) Faculty Award for outstanding scientific, academic and profesional work
- (2009) Best 5 advisors of the year selected by the Slovenian Society of Young Researches
- (1995) SETAC Young Scientist Award for the best presented paper at 5th SETAC Conference in Copenhagen
Partnerships in large EU projects:
- (2015-2019) Horizon 2020 NanoFASE (646002)
- (2015-2018) Horizon 2020 MSCA-ITN-2015; Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions; Pandora
- (2013-2017) Large-scale integrating EU FP7 project NanoMile (310451)
- (2011-2015) Large-scale integrating EU FP7 project NanoValid (263147)
Partnerships in EU projects and networks:
- (2017-present) DaNa project
- (2016-present) BioNanoNet
Head of Slovenian research projects:
- (2014-2017) Effect of inorganic nanoparticles on biological membranes J1―6728
- (2011-2014) Interactions between nanoparticles with different surfaces and model biological systems J1―4109
- (2007-2009) Elaboration and evaluation of a toxicity test for engineered nanoparticles with terrestrial isopods J1―9475
- (2004-2007) Stress response across levels of organization in the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber and the duckweed Lemna minor: a mechanistic approach J1―6473
- (2001-2007) Joint effects of binary mixtures of cadmium, zinc and mercury on selected test animals and plants J1―3186
Partnerships in large Slovenian projects (recent):
- (2015-2019) Integrative zoology and speleobiology P1―0184
- (2014-2017) Effect of inorganic nanoparticles on biological membranes J1―6728
- (1999-2014) Investigations in zoology and speleobiology
- (2009-2013; 2014-present) Center of excellence: Advanced Materials and Technologies for the Future
- (2009-2013; 2014-present) Center of excellence: Nanosciences and nanotechnologies
Fellowships:
- (2016) Visiting researcher at the College of the Environment & Ecology, Xiamen University in China (2 weeks)
- (2015) Visiting researcher at the College of the Environment & Ecology, Xiamen University in China (3 weeks) in the frame of joined Chinese – Slovene bilateral project BI-CN/14-15-006.
- (2004-2007) Visiting Professor at the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy (one to two months per year) in the frame of joined Italian-Slovene bilateral project BI-IT/05-08-022
- (1997-1998) TEMPUS Fellowship for study visits of the Free University of Amsterdam in Netherlands (two weeks)
- (1997) NATO Fellowship for NATO workshop on the Danube River Basin at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary (two weeks) and at the Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (two weeks)
- (1995-1996) TEMPUS Fellowship for study visits of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark (four weeks) and the University of Padova in Italy (two weeks)
- (1992) TEMPUS Fellowship for six months stay at the University of Reading in UK
- (1991) CDG Fellowship for six weeks visit of the Heidelberg Institute of Zoology at the Heidelberg University in Germany
Doctoral dissertation (PhD) supervisions:
- Supervisor: Primož ZIDAR (2000); Luka DRINOVEC (2002); Aleš LAPANJE (2005); Nataša NOLDE (2006); Anita JEMEC (2008); Vladka LEŠER (2009); Janez VALANT (2010); Sara NOVAK (2013); Živa PIPAN TKALEC (2013); Barbara DRAŠLER (2014); Tamara MILIVOJEVIĆ (2014); Tea ROMIH (2016); Veno KONONENKO (2017); Maja SOPOTNIK (2017)
- Co-supervisor: Marjetka KRALJ KUNČIČ (2010); Agron MILLAKU (2010); Jernej ZUPANC (2011); Karmen STOPAR (2014); Matej HOČEVAR (2014); Poornima BUDIME SANTHOSH (2014); Tina MESARIČ (2014)
Memberships in societies:
- Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
- Slovenian Toxicological Society
- Slovenian Society for Microscopy
- Slovenian Academic Society of Technical and Natural Sciences (SATENA)
Memberships in councils:
- Programme council of the Doctoral study of Biomedicine at the University of Ljubljana
- Programme council of the Doctoral study of Biosciences at the University of Ljubljana
- (2017-present) Member of the advisory board for the Slovenian Innovation Hub European Economic Interest Grouping
- (2011-2014) Editorial board of the scientific journal Protoplasma (Springer)
- (2009-2016) Head of the Doctoral Study Committee at the Biotechnical Faculty
Cooperation with industry:
Dissemination of scientific results:
- (2011-present) Member of a board on genetically modified organisms (GMO) at the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Government of the Republic of Slovenia
- (2010, 2012) Lectures on nanoproduct safety at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (CCIS)
