Honors & Awards

2024

• Miha Ravnik receives the International Liquid Crystal Society Samsung Mid-Career Award for scientific excellence at the mid-stage of the career Awarded by the International Liquid Crystal Society.

2023

• Miha Ravnik receives the Golden Plaque award for outstanding scientific and pedagogical contributions; Awarded by the University of Ljubljana.

• Žiga Kos becomes an assistant professor.

• Jaka Zaplotnik receives best student presentation award (1st prize) at the 20th Optics of Liquid Crystals Conference in Szczecin (Poland)

2022

• Žiga Kos receives Jozef Stefan Golden Emblem prize.

• Miha Ravnik becomes full professor.

2021

• Miha Ravnik receives the Slovenian research agency (ARRS) award for exelence in science (Odlični v znanosti).

• Miha Ravnik receives the Blinc Award for physicists at the beginning of their career.

2019

• Miha Ravnik recieves National Zois recognition of important scientific achievements in soft matter physics.

• Slobodan Žumer recieves the Freéderiksz Medal of the Russian Liquid Crystal Society for his contribution in the field of Physics of Liquid Crystals.

• Simon Čopar receives Prometej award.

2018

• Simon Čopar receives Certificate of recognition for young higher education teachers and staff.

2017

• Slobodan Žumer receives Zois Award for lifetime achievements.

• Slobodan Žumer awarded APS Fellowship.

2016

• Slobodan Žumer elected into European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

• Miha Ravnik awarded EPJ Distinguished Referee 2016.

2014

• Miha Ravnik receives the Honorary award for best junior university professors Awarded by the University of Ljubljana for his extraordinary achievements in research and teaching.

• Slobodan Žumer receives Honored Member Award of the International Liquid Crystal Society (ILCSOC).

• Simon Čopar receives Glenn Brown Prize.

• Simon Čopar receives Jozef Stefan Golden Emblem prize.

2012

• Slobodan Žumer receives Paper Award A of Japanese LC Society.

2011

• Miha Ravnik receives Jozef Stefan Golden Emblem prize.

• Simon Čopar wins the faculty competition in reciting the number Pi.

2010

• Miha Ravnik receives Glenn Brown Prize

Faculty Prešeren Awards 

(Outstanding Master's thesis awards issued by Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana)

2021:  Jaka Zaplotnik

2017:  Urban Mur

2014:  Žiga Kos

2013:  Miha Čančula

2010:  David Seč

Poster Prizes

2021:  Nika Kralj (18th International Conference on Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals)

2017:  Žiga Kos (14th European Conference on Liquid Crystals)