prof. Slobodan Žumer

Physics of soft matter, partially ordered matter, theory and simulations, liquid crystals

Tel: +386 1 4766 657

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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/ 

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 

www:    https://fiz.fmf.uni-lj.si/~gregor/                    

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

Non-equilibrium soft matter, active colloids in complex fluids, active nematics, dynamics of liquid crystals and complex matter, in-silico modeling of biopharmaceutical processes

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. 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. Andrés Arango Restrepo

Active Matter, Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics

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Tel: +386 69 606 545

E-mail:Andres.Arango@fmf.uni-lj.si

www: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andres-Arango-Restrepo?ev=hdr_xprf                   

dr. Peter Ropač

Photonics, shape optimization, liquid crystals

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Tel: +386 1 4766 577

E-mail: peter.ropac@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                  

Jaka Zaplotnik, PhD student

Liquid crystals, photonics, applied machine learning

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Tel: +386 1 4766 587

E-mail: jaka.zaplotnik@fmf.uni-lj.si 

Peter Marinko, PhD student

Liquid crystals

Tel: +386 1 4766 587

E-mail: peter.marinko@fmf.uni-lj.si 

Enej Caf,  Joint PhD student with Prof. Gareth Alexander at Warwick

Active matter, nonlinear dynamics, biophysics

Google Scholar | ORCID | arXiv

Tel: +386 1 4766 587

E-mail: enej.caf@fmf.uni-lj.si 

Vitja Beltram, PhD student

Charged active matter

E-mail: vitja.beltram@fmf.uni-lj.si 

Iztok Štuhec, PhD student

Biophysics, protein adsorption and separation

E-mail: iztok.stuhec@fmf.uni-lj.si

Ema Osolnik, PhD student

Dynamics of structures in active matter

Tel: +386 1 4766 587

E-mail: ema.osolnik@fmf-uni-lj.si 

Žiga Černe, PhD student

Soft matter photonics 

Tel: +386 1 4766 577

E-mail: ziga.cerne@fmf.uni-lj.si

Lara Erzin, PhD student