Job Title 

Researcher - Scientific Associate

Education 

2020: Doktor znanosti, University of Ljubljana. Thesis title: Holistic approach to geochemistry of solid inorganic particles in urban environment

2014: Univerzitetni diplomirani inženir geologije. University of Ljubljana. Thesis title: Geology and hydrogeochemistry of Žveplenica spring in Trebuša valley

Research fields

Geochemistry, environmental geochemistry, urban geochemistry, microanalysis of solid particles

Selected projects

• Dynamics of geochemical processes under the influence of extreme weather events – ENLIL (https://www.geo-zs.si/en/projekt/enlil-dinamika-geokemicnih-procesov-pod-vplivom-izjemnih-vremenskih-dogodkov/) 

• Wine provenance: geo-climatic, microbiological or human construct? Example of Slovene blaufrankich wines (https://www.geo-zs.si/en/projekt/poreklo-vina-geo-klimatski-mikrobioloski-ali-cloveski-konstrukt-primer-slovenskih-modrih-frankinj/) 

• A holistic approach to the Earth surface processes driven by extreme weather events – ExtremEarth (Deputy Project Manager, https://www.geo-zs.si/en/projekt/extremearth-celostni-pristop-k-preucevanju-vplivov-ekstremnih-vremenskih-dogodkov-na-procese-na-zemljinem-povrsju/) 

Other

• Membership in: Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (SEGH, board member since 2023), Geochemistry Expert Group of The Geological Surveys of Europe (GEG EGS), Slovenska matica, and Geological Society of Slovenia (Geochemistry Section Coordinator),

• Member of Editorial Board of “Geologija“ journal,

• “Lipold Prize 2024” – National award for scientific achievements in the field of geology,

• “Excellent in science 2022” award - Selection of scientific paper “Attic dust: an archive of historical air contamination of the urban environment and potential hazard to health?” as one of the important scientific achievements in 2022 in the field of natural and engineering sciences by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency,

Invited lecture by the Natural Science and Technology Section of the “Slovenska matica” titled “Dust – More Than Just a Nuisance” (2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCEpX94sS_Q)