Research Abroad

Birk Jernej

Jernej is a third year chemistry student at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology in Ljubljana. During primary and secondary school, he actively participated in cultural events, athletic competitions and various knowledge competitions. He will undertake a research visit in the field of organic synthesis under the supervision of Professor David Šarlah in Illinois.

Godejša Jaka

Jaka Godejša is studying for a Master’s degree in Tourism at the University of Primorska, Faculty of Tourism Studies – Turistica in Portorož. He graduated under the mentorship of Dr. Dejan Križaj with the title: Use of non-fungible tokens in the event industry. As part of his thesis, he organised the first dinner in Slovenia

Puhar Gregor

Gregor is a chemistry master’s student at the University of Ljubljana, where he also completed his postgraduate studies. He conducted the practical part of his master’s thesis, researching reactions between mercury and various organic ligands, at Umeå University. During a year-long Erasmus+ exchange program at Umeå, he obtained a Master of Science degree. In addition

Odra Raščan Ema

Ema Odra Raščan is a PhD candidate of American Studies at the University of Ljubljana. Prior to this, she completed her Master at the Diplomatische Akademie Wien, where she delved into security studies with a thesis on comparative maritime security strategies of the EU and the US. Her research aptitude is evident in her publications,

Škerlep Domen

Domen is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology. He has just completed an exchange semester in Astrophysics at the University of Queensland, Australia. Throughout his education, Domen has authored a scientific article that has been published in the mathematical journal Matrika. He is currently researching the aerodynamics and

Perko Zala

Zala Perko is a master’s student of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. Before completing her studies at this faculty, she gained practical experience during her gap year at Lek d. d. in the Microbiology and Analytics departments. She later joined a research group at the Department of Biochemistry,

Rozman Črt

Črt Rozman is a third-year bachelor’s student of the university physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in Ljubljana, thereafter, he intends to enroll in a master’s program in Medical Physics. Concurrently, he is involved in research projects at the Jožef Stefan Institute. As part of the ASEF exchange program, he will be visiting

Jurjevič Vesna

Vesna Jurjevič is an MSc student of Molecular and functional biology at the Biotechnical faculty, University of Ljubljana. Currently she is working on her master thesis under the guidance of Dr. Barbara Breznik from the National Institute of Biology in Ljubljana, studying the role of melanoma antigen MAGEC2 protein in glioblastoma and antitumor immune response.

Mladenić Grobelnik Adrian

Adrian Mladenić Grobelnik is a junior Artificial Intelligence (AI) researcher and engineer at the Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia, and a third-year undergraduate student in Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Ljubljana. Specializing in Natural Language Processing and commonsense AI, Adrian has published six papers and completed an internship at Carnegie Mellon University focused