Members
prof. Slobodan Žumer
Physics of soft matter, partially ordered matter, theory and simulations, liquid crystals
Tel: +386 1 4766 657
E-mail: slobodan.zumer@fmf.uni-lj.si
www: https://www.fmf.uni-lj.si/en/directory/492/zumer-slobodan/
prof. Miha Ravnik
Head of the research group »Physics of soft and partially ordered matter"
Vice-dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana
Head of the IJS-UL research program »Physics of Soft Matter, Surfaces and Nanostructures«
soft matter physics, theory and simulations, colloids, liquid crystals, active matter, bio-sensors, optics and photonics of anisotropic media, topological materials, , fluidics of complex fluids (active and passive), soft matter photonics, protein biophysics, metamaterials, machine learning
Tel: +386 1 4766 709
E-mail: miha.ravnik@fmf.uni-lj.si
www: http://ravnik.fmf.uni-lj.si/
assoc. prof. Daniel Svenšek
Nematohydrodynamics, macroscopic dynamics of complex (active) systems, continuum models and packing of long polymers (DNA), layered systems, bacterial/flocking dynamics, acoustic modeling
Tel: +386 1 4766 631
E-mail: daniel.svensek@fmf.uni-lj.si
www: https://fiz.fmf.uni-lj.si/~daniel/
assist. prof. Simon Čopar
Topology and geometry in liquid crystals
Tel: +386 1 4766 530
E-mail: simon.copar@fmf.uni-lj.si
assist. prof. Gregor Skačej
Liquid crystal elastomers, caloric effects in soft matter, molecular simulation (lattice and off-lattice)
Tel: +386 1 4766 627
E-mail: gregor.skacej@fmf.uni-lj.si
assist. prof. Andreja Šarlah
Motor proteins, stochastic kinetic models, Monte Carlo simulations
Tel: +386 1 4766 627
E-mail: andreja.sarlah@fmf.uni-lj.si
www: https://fiz.fmf.uni-lj.si/~andrejas/
assist. prof. Žiga Kos
Dynamics of liquid crystals, active matter
Tel: +386 1 4766 569
E-mail: ziga.kos@fmf.uni-lj.si
www: https://sites.google.com/view/ziga-kos
dr. Urban Mur
Light-matter interaction, photonics, liquid crystals
Tel: +386 1 4766 569
E-mail: urban.mur@fmf.uni-lj.si
dr. Seyed Reza Seyednejad
Active nematic liquid crystal anchorings,
Colloidal self-assembly in biaxial and uniaxial nematic liquid crystals.
Tel: +386 1 4766 697
E-mail: seyed-reza.seyednejad@fmf.uni-lj.si
dr. Aditya Vats
Ferronematic liquid crystals, Active matter, Living liquid crystals,
Ferroelectric liquid crystals
Tel: +386 69 606 545
E-mail: aditya.vats@fmf.uni-lj.si
dr. Andraž Gnidovec
Interactions and dynamics on a sphere, packing simulations, inverse design for self-assembly
Tel: +386 1 4766 521
E-mail: andraz.gnidovec@fmf.uni-lj.si
Nika Kralj, PhD student
Liquid crystals, active matter
Tel: +386 1 4766 697
E-mail: nika.kralj@fmf.uni-lj.si
Polona Aupič, PhD student
Liquid crystals, molecular dynamics simulations
Tel: +386 1 4766 697
E-mail: polona.aupic@fmf.uni-lj.si
Peter Ropač, PhD student
Photonics, shape optimization, liquid crystals
Tel: +386 1 4766 577
E-mail: peter.ropac@fmf.uni-lj.si
Jaka Zaplotnik, PhD student
Liquid crystals, photonics, applied machine learning
Tel: +386 1 4766 587
E-mail: jaka.zaplotnik@fmf.uni-lj.si
Benjamin Knez, PhD student
Biophysics, protein aggregation
Tel: +386 1 4766 569
E-mail: benjamin.knez@fmf.uni-lj.si
Enej Caf, Joint PhD student with Prof. Gareth Alexander at Warwick
Active matter, nonlinear dynamics, biophysics
Tel: +386 1 4766 587
E-mail: enej.caf@fmf.uni-lj.si
Alumni (recent)
dr. Mitja Štimulak (now at company Gorenje)
dr. Guilhem Poy, Marie Curie fellow (now at University of Montpellier)
dr. Jeffrey Everts, Marie Curie fellow (now at Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS)
dr. David Seč (now at company Adria Tehnik)
dr. Anja Pusovnik (now at company Lumentum)
dr. Jure Aplinc (now at company Lek)
dr. Shun Wang
dr. Miha Čančula (now at company VMware)
dr. Tine Porenta (now at company Lek)
dr. Regina Jose (Assistant Professor at Mercy College)
dr. Jayasri Dontabhaktuni (now professor at Mahindra university)
Visitors
September 2018, June 2019: WeiTing Chen, PhD Student
June 2017 - April 2018: dr. Masoomeh Hashemi
July 2017, Sept. 2019, Jan. 2020: prof. Jun-ichi Fukuda