CV

Last update on 10. February 2023

Education

• 06/2019 - 12/2022: Institute for Mechanical Systems, D-MAVT, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • PhD in acoustofluidics under supervision of Prof. Jürg Dual
  • PhD thesis title: “On the acoustic streaming and forces in acoustophoresis”
  • Co-examiners: Prof. James Friend (UC San Diego) and Prof. Outi Supponen (ETH Zurich)
• 09/2017 - 05/2019: D-MAVT, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • MSc in mechanical engineering
  • GPA = 5.92/6 (with distinction)
  • MSc thesis supervised by Dr. Thierry Baasch and Prof. Jürg Dual
  • MSc thesis title: “Numerical analysis of the acoustic radiation force”
• 09/2016 - 11/2016: Laboratory of Food Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • Invited visiting student
  • Hosted by Prof. Peter Fischer
• 10/2014 - 09/2017: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • BSc in mechanical engineering
  • GPA = 9.377/10
  • BSc thesis supervised by Prof. Igor Emri
  • BSc thesis title: “Effectiveness of a zero efficiency system based on a generated force”

Employment

• 01/2023 - present: Institute for Mechanical Systems, D-MAVT, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • Postdoctoral researcher
  • Research in the group of Prof. Jürg Dual
• 06/2019 - 12/2022: Institute for Mechanical Systems, D-MAVT, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • Doctoral student
  • Research and teaching under supervision of Prof. Jürg Dual
• 10/2018 - 05/2019: Institute for Mechanical Systems, D-MAVT, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • Student research assistant for Prof. Dennis Kochmann
  • Implementation of finite elements in C++
• 02/2017 - 05/2019: Iskra PIO d.o.o., Slovenia
  • Industrial internship in 2018
  • Extended collaboration with R&D
• 11/2017 - 02/2018: Institute for Mechanical Systems, D-MAVT, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • Student research assistant for Prof. Jürg Dual
  • Implementation of Stokesian dynamics in Matlab
• 05/2015 - 09/2017: Center for Experimental Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Student research assistant for Prof. Igor Emri
  • Working on mechanics of granular materials
• 03/2017 - 09/2017: Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Novo mesto, Slovenia
  • Project with industrial partner Donit Tesnit d.o.o. through “Creative path to knowledge” programme
  • Under supervision of Prof. Anatolij Nikonov
• 03/2012 - 09/2017: Slascicarstvo Jozica Pavlic s.p., Slovenia
  • Occasional work at a family confectionery
• 07/2011 - 07/2011: L-tek d.o.o., Slovenia
  • Student work in production and warehouse

Supervision

During my PhD at ETH Zurich, under supervision of Prof. Jürg Dual, I supervised:

• 11 BSc theses
• 3 semester projects
• 2 studies on mechatronics
• 2 MSc theses

Teaching

• Head (or shared head) assistant for the following courses at ETH Zurich:
  • Technische Mechanik, Prof. Jürg Dual, fall semester 2020
  • Mechanik GZ, Prof. Christoph Glocker, spring semester 2021-2022
  • Experimentelle Mechanik, Prof. Jürg Dual, spring semester 2022.
• Lecture on the use of finite-element method for acoustofluidics, and in charge of numerical lab sessions in Microscale Acoustofluidics course of Prof. Jürg Dual, fall semester 2019-2021, at ETH Zurich.

Scientific reviewing activities

Detailed records on Web of Science

• Physical Review Letters
• Physical Review E
• Physical Review Applied
• Journal of Fluid Mechanics
• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
• JASA Express Letters
• Nature Reviews Methods Primers
• Lab on a Chip
• Acta Acustica

Awards

• (2022) Invited speaker at Acoustofluidics 2022 conference
• (2021) W. Terence Coakley Award 2021 at Acoustofluidics 2021 conference
• (2017-2019) Ad futura Scholarship for Study Abroad
• (2017) Preseren Award for Students (an award for the BSc thesis)
• (2010-2017) Zois Scholarship (throughout the secondary school and BSc studies)
• (2015) Best Student of Generation at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana
• (2014) General Matura Certificate - Summa Cum Laude distinction
• (2013 & 2014) 2nd and 3rd prize at National Competition in Mechanics
• (2013) Krka prize for research on “Self-Treatment of Pain with Over-the-Counter Medication in Central and South-Eastern Slovenia” awarded by Krka d.d.
• (2010) Best pupil in science in generation at Sentjernej Primary School
• (2009 & 2010) Gold Pregl Certificate at National Chemistry Competition
• (2009 & 2010) 3rd prize at National Robotics Competition in category “ROBOsled INOVATOR”
• (2010) 1st prize at National Robotics Competition in category “ROBOsled POZNAVALEC”

Personal skills

• Languages
  • Slovenian (native)
  • English (fluent)
  • German (basic)
• Software (that I work/worked with - not necessarily mastered)
  • COMSOL Multiphysics
  • Matlab
  • Wolfram Mathematica
  • Microsoft Office
  • Siemens NX
  • Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop/Premiere Pro
  • OpenFOAM
  • FIJI
  • Ilastik
  • ParaView
  • Computer languages: Latex, Python, C++, Arduino, Wolfram Language
• Community involvement:
  • Clarinetist, co-founder and board member of Ave Orchestra