| 1979-10-08 |
Born in Maribor, Slovenia. Back then it was actually Yugoslavia. |
| 1986-09-01 to 1994-06-30 |
Attended primary school, which was then named after Veljko Vlahović
but today it honors Leon Štukelj. |
| 1994-09-01 to 1998-06-30 |
Attended high school Gimnazija in srednja kemijska šola Ruše. |
| 1997-10-05 |
Finished third at the U18 National Championships in the Mountain Bike Uphill race. I was very serious about cycling between 1994 and 2001.
I still ride every day and attend amateur races. My resting pulse is 34, the maximal is 193. |
| 1998-07-27 |
Finished high school education with a Matura. |
| 1998-10-01 to 2002-06-28 |
Attended the undergraduate physics course at the Faculty of Education,
University of Maribor. |
| 2002-06-19 |
Finished the undergraduate course summa cum laude with a Physics Diploma.
I successfully defended the Diploma even before the course had formally ended.
Looking back, I do miss the one additional year students normally take to write their undergraduate thesis, but at the time it felt like the best thing to do. |
| 2002-10-01 to 2006-06-30 |
Attended the postgraduate (PhD) physics course at the Faculty of Education,
University of Maribor. |
| 2002-10-01 to 2006-09-13 |
Got my first job. I was employed as a young researcher with an independent research grant (120k), which was financed by the
Slovenian Research Agency. |
| 2003-01-05 to 2007-03-27 |
Habilitated as Assistant of Physics at the
University of Maribor. |
| 2003-10-15 |
Rector's award of the University of Maribor for the best undergraduate student of the 1998-2002 generation. |
| 2004-08-28 |
Got married to Tinka. |
| 2004-12-05 |
My daughter Ela was born. |
| 2006-09-13 |
Obtained the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from the University of Maribor for my studies in physics. |
| 2006-10-01 to 2006-12-31 |
Since my young researcher job was linked with me obtaining the PhD, the contract terminated the same month this goal was achieved.
Since the University of Maribor doesn't have funding available for researchers,
one can, as a young PhD without external funding, either hope for a teaching position to open up or enter the job market. |
| 2007-01-01 |
The last figure of Visualizing the attraction of strange attractors was featured in
Invitation for authors of the
European Journal of Physics. |
| 2007-01-01 to 2008-12-31 |
Got my second job. I was employed as a researcher with an independent postdoctoral research grant (90k), which was financed by the
Slovenian Research Agency. |
| 2007-03-27 to 2011-03-29 |
Habilitated as Assistant Professor of Physics at the
University of Maribor. This habilitation terminated prematurely (normally it lasts five years), when I became Full Professor of Physics. |
| 2009-01-01 to 2010-12-31 |
With György Szabó and
Attila Szolnoki I was co-PI of the bilateral project between the
Research Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor. |
| 2009-05-01 to 2011-04-30 |
Got my third job. This time as an Assistant Professor of Physics at the
University of Maribor, but again with an independent postdoctoral research grant number two (120k),
which was financed by the Slovenian Research Agency. |
| 2009-08-11 to present |
National Contact Point of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
for the Φ·SOE in Slovenia. |
| 2009-09-01 to present |
Deputy Head of the Department of Physics at the
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics,
University of Maribor. |
| 2009-11-23 |
Received the Zois recognition (named after Žiga Zois)
for outstanding research achievements. This is Slovenia's second-highest award for scientific excellence.
Being 30 years of age at the date of receipt, I am the youngest person ever to receive this prestigious national award. |
| 2010-01-01 to present |
Head of the Institute of Physics at the
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics,
University of Maribor.
Unlike the Department of Physics, which is the governing educational unit of the Faculty,
the Institute of Physics is the governing research unit of the Faculty. |
| 2010-01-31 |
My h-index was 15 (source Web of Knowledge). |
| 2010-05-13 |
Awarded the Bronze Medal of the University of Maribor for excellency in research. |
| 2010-08-21 |
My papers have been cited 1000 times (source Web of Knowledge). |
| 2010-10-25 |
Joined PLoS ONE as Academic Editor. |
| 2010-10-29 |
Published 100 papers. It wouldn't matter at all, were it not for the fact that I have sort of promised my wife
(girlfriend at the time to be precise) that we will go to New York City once this happens.
That was sometime in the beginning of 2003, when I thought this will either never happen
or it will when I am really old. I have kept all the other promises, so for now I am forgiven. |
| 2010-11-10 |
Joined Chaos, Solitons & Fractals as Associate Editor. |
| 2010-12-24 |
My h-index was 20 (source Web of Knowledge). |
| 2011-03-11 to present |
Member of the Expert Body of the Slovenian Research Agency for Interdisciplinary Research. |
| 2011-03-15 |
My son Nik was born. |
| 2011-03-29 |
Habilitated as Full Professor of Physics at the
University of Maribor. |
| 2011-05-01 to present |
Got my fourth job. This time for life, as Professor of Physics at the
University of Maribor. Although independent of external funding,
they are very much counting on me to obtain additional research grants in the future. |
| 2011-07-01 |
Named Distinguished Referee by
the European Physical Society on behalf of EPL in 2010. |
| 2011-07-01 to 2014-06-30 |
I was awarded my first full scale national research grant (300k) by the Slovenian Research Agency. |
| 2011-07-16 |
My h-index was 25 (source Web of Knowledge). |
| 2011-10-21 |
Joined Scientific Reports as member of the Editorial Board. |
| 2011-11-11 |
My papers have been cited 2000 times (source Web of Knowledge). |
| 2011-12-05 |
Named Outstanding Referee of the Physical Review and
Physical Review Letters journals, as chosen by the journal Editors.
This is a lifetime award of the American Physical Society, based on the quality,
number, and timeliness of the submitted reports. |
| 2012-01-01 |
Joined International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos as Associate Editor. |
