Job Title:

Scientific Councillor

Education

1997: Doktorica znanosti, University of Ljubljana. Thesis title: Mercury in sediments and atmosphere as a reflection of Idrija mining and mineralization

1988: Univerzitetna diplomirana inženirka geologije. University of Ljubljana. Thesis title: Geochemical comparison between cave sediments in Taborska cave and soils in surroundings

Research fields

Geochemistry, environmental geochemistry, urban geochemistry, geochemical mapping, mine waste deposits, potentially toxic elements, influence of mining on the environment, sediments, soil, environment

Selected projects

• Head of ARIS research project ExtremEarth (A holistic approach to the Earth surface processes driven by extreme weather events) (2025-2027) https://www.geo-zs.si/projekt/extremearth-celostni-pristop-k-preucevanju-vplivov-ekstremnih-vremenskih-dogodkov-na-procese-na-zemljinem-povrsju/)

• Head of research programme Groundwater and Geochemistry (2004-2025)

• GEMAS project team member (Geochemical mapping of agricultural and grazing land soil) https://gemas.eurogeosurveys.org/

• GeoZS research leader of "CRP 2022"project entitled "Assessment of the potential impact of waste incineration and co-incineration on human health consequences: a model study on the case of the Salonit Anhovo cement plant" (2022-2024)

Other

• Additional training: 

• 2006 Workshop Medical geology: metals, health and the environment (2006 Beijing)

• 2003 Workshop “Metals and Health” (project IGCP 454, Medical Geology – Edinbourgh)

• 1994 course “Geostatistics and map analysis” (prof. J. Davis)

• 1991 One month working visit at the Institute for Environmental Geochemistry in Heidelberg 

• 1990 course “Environmental geology”, under the leadership of prof. Mueller, University of Graz

• Awards

• 2023 award for excellent leading the editorial team of journal Geologija

• 2003: Lipold Prize for scientific achievements in the field of geology 

• Editorial:

• Editor in chief of scientific journal “Geologija” (https://www.geologija-revija.si/index.php/geologija/issue/view/127) (2010-)

• Editorial board member of journals: Journal of geochemical exploration since 2020, Atmosphere (2020-) and Frontiers in geochemistry (2022-)

• Membership:

• Member of Scientific Council for Natural sciences and mathematics at Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS) (2015-2025)

• Member of the Geochemistry Expert Group at EuroGoeSurvey (2008-)

• Member of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (SEGH) since 2000 and “fellow” of SEGH since 2023

• Member of Geological Society of Slovenia and Pedological society of Slovenia

• Mentoring:     

  Mentor to 5 finished PhD projects/thesis (Tamara Teršič, Miloš Miler, Špela Bavec, Martin Gaberšek, Valentina Pezdir)

• Citation:

  h -index 28