Current members
Assist. prof. dr. Jakob Kljun (sept. 2016 – ongoing)
holding a PhD in Chemical Sciences, obtained in 2013 @ FKKT, he works in the field of synthesis of platinum-group coordination compounds, the study of their biomedical applications and single-crystal X-ray structural analysis. Member of the organizing committee of Cutting Edge scientific conference series.
Simona Gričar (PhD student (c/o J. Kljun), Chemical Sciences program @ FKKT, junior researcher; oct. 2020 – oct. 2024).
Uroš Rapuš (PhD student, Chemical Sciences program @ FKKT, junior researcher; oct. 2021 – oct. 2025).
Each year we also have several diploma (B.Sc.) and master (M.Sc.) students in our labs!
Notable past members
Jerneja Kladnik (PhD finished 2020; postdoc researcher working on project »Metallo-Therapeutics to Combat COVID-19 Disease” (1 year); presently postdoc in Košmrlj group UL FKKT).
Ana Dolinar (postdoc researcher working on project »Metallo-Therapeutics to Combat COVID-19 Disease” (1 year)).
Katja Traven (PhD finished 2018; presently Slovenian national building and civil engineering institute (ZAG)).
Matija Uršič (PhD finished 2018; presently Slovenian national building and civil engineering institute (ZAG)).
Aleš Omerzu (academic visitor from the University of Rijeka, Department of Physics, Croatia; july – october 2017).
Božidar Čobeljić (guest postdoc researcher from the University of Belgrade, Serbia; oct. 2016 – oct. 2017; presently assistant professor at Faculty of chemistry, University of Belgrade, Serbia).
Sara Seršen (PhD in 2016; presently researcher @ Lek).
Marija Živković (guest postdoc researcher from the University of Kragujevac, Serbia; dec. 2014 – jul. 2015; presently assistant professor at University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia).
Petra Živec (PhD in 2004; presently Head of research field @ TRC JUB d.o.o.).
Rosana Hudej (PhD in 2013; presently researcher @BIA Separations).
Žiga Ude (BSc in 2011; presently Assistant Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, TU Dublin – School of Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dublin, Ireland).
Foreign exchange students
Tamas Pivarcsik (COST STSM; PhD student from the University of Szeged, Hungary; summer 2022)
David Cortes Alcaraz (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain; Erasmus grant; spring 2021)
Aleksander Smolarkiewicz (Torun University, Poland; summer 2021)
Nevena Stevanović (guest PhD student from the University of Kragujevac, Serbia; oct. 2019–spring 2020)
Antti Nurmesjärvi (summer 2018, University of Oulu, Finland; Erasmus grant).
Monika Markowska (2017 Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland; project ”VISA on the labour market”)
Catarina Cardoso Páscoa (2016-2017 Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal; Erasmus grant)
Sara Moreno da Silva (2015-2016, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain; Erasmus grant)
Elisa Esteve Codina (2013-2014, University of Valencia, Spain; Erasmus grant)
Jamie Scott (2011-2012, University of Glasgow, Scotland; Erasmus grant)
Božidar Čobeljić (2009, and postdoc 2016-17, University of Belgrade, Serbia; grant of the University of Ljubljana)
Sarah Tempelaar (2005-2006, Utrecht University, Holland, Socrates program grant)