Job Title

Researcher, Scientific Associate

Education

2008: Doktor znanosti. in Geology, University of Ljubljana. Thesis title: Biostratigraphy of Late Paleozoic beds in the Dovžanova soteska, Slovenia

1996: Univerzitetni diplomirani inženir. geologije, University of Ljubljana. Thesis title: Geology of the area between Podutik and Toško Čelo, Slovenia

Research fields

Paleozoic biostratigraphy, (micro)paleontology, sedimentology, geological mapping, natural stone, geological natural heritage

Selected projects

• ARIS research programme Regional Geology (www.geo-zs.si/en/temeljne-geoloske-raziskave/)

• INTERREG IT-SI Kras-Carso II: Joint management and sustainable development of the Classical Karst area (www.geo-zs.si/en/projekt/skupno-upravljanje-in-trajnostni-razvoj-obmocja-maticnega-krasa/)

Other

• President of the Slovenian National Committee for International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme (IGGP), member of the CGI Geoscience Terminology Working Group (GTWG) and corresponding member of two IUGS subcommissions: on Carboniferous Stratigraphy (SCCS) and on Heritage Stone (HS), member of two EuroGeoSurveys (EGS) expert groups: on Geological Mapping and Modelling (GMMEG) and on Geoheritage (GhEG).

• Co-editor and (co)-author of basic and popular scientific monographs (The Geology of Slovenia, Geological Atlas of Slovenia, 70 Geological Wonders of Slovenia, Geological Tour of Ljubljana)

• President of the Slovenian Geological Society (2014–2019)

• Awarded the Marko V. Lipold Plaque for outstanding contributions in the field of geological sciences (GeoZS, 2011)

• LinkedIn profile:  https://si.linkedin.com/in/matevž-novak-0a852827