CV

Employment

2025 - present: Research Associate, Institute Jožef Stefan, Department of Theoretical Physics

2025 - present: Assistant, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana

2022 - 2025: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Oxford, Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, group of Prof Julia M. Yeomans

2018 - 2022: Researcher Assistant (PhD Student), Jožef Stefan Institute, Department of Theoretical Physics, supervisor: Prof Primož Ziherl

Education

2018 - 2022: PhD in Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana
Supervisor: Prof Primož Ziher
Thesis title: Physical Models of Epithelial Morphogenesis

2016 - 2018: Master of Science in Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana

2013 - 2016: Bachelor of Science in Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana

Awards

2025: Jožef Stefan Golden Emblem Prize for Ph.D. thesis

2019: Faculty Prešeren Prize for masters thesis

2017: Special Commendation for Students with the Best Academic Achievements, University of Ljubljana

Grants

2026 - 2029: Nematic activity at cell resolution in three-dimensional tissues: morphogenesis, collective motion, and active mixtures, ARIS (Program AD) grant J1-70062

2026 - 2028: Nematic Or Polar Epithelia: what drives cell turbulence? (NOPE), RSF grant