NIB

SHORT CV

Language skills: English, German 

Education: 

− 2003 – 2008: B.Sc. in Microbiology at the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana; Graduation thesis title: Benthic transformations of mercury at the oxic-anoxic transitions in the Gulf of Trieste 

− 2008 – 2013: Ph.D. in Environmental Protection at Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana; Doctoral dissertation title: Interaction of natural organic matter with mercury in coastal marine and lagoon environments 

Working experience: 

− 1.2.2014 – : Postdoctoral researcher at Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology 

• Microbial mobilization of biologically unavailable mercury species; financed by Ministry of Education, Science and Sport through action ‘Researchers at the beginning of their career’ 

− June 2013 – 1.2.2014: researcher at Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology • Optimization and validation of novel indicator systems in complex environmental matrices; financed by ARRS (L1-5446) 

− October 2008 – June 2013: Young researcher at Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology 

COLLABORATIONS

Participation in various national and international projects: 

• MIRACLE (Mercury Interdisciplinary Research project for Appropriate Clam farming in Lagoon Environment), financed by the Deputy Commissioner (Commissario Delegato) for the Marano and Grado Lagoon 
• HYDRONET: Floating Sensorised Networked Robots for Water Monitoring, FP7, Technologies for measuring and monitoring networks 
• Low dissolved oxygen events in the Northern Adriatic: in situ experimental insights into multi-level responses before, during and post-anoxia; financed by Austrian Science Fund (FWF P21542-B17) 
• Interactions between natural organic matter and metals, with special interest on mercury, in coastal sea (Gulf of Trieste); financed by ARRS (J1-2136) 

• 2008: student work at Department of Environmental Sciences, ‘Jožef Stefan’ Institute; analyses of mercury concentrations in various environmental samples (prof. dr. Milena Horvat) 
• 2007: student work in Laboratory of Biotechnology, University of Chemistry; optimization of Western Blot method for protein transfer (prof. dr. Roman Jerala)

FIELD OF RESEARCH

• microbe-mineral interactions
• microbial transformations of mercury
• mercury biogeochemistry

SELECTED (NEWER) PUBLICATIONS

Link to COBISS, a Slovenian database containing all my publications